Wedding planning platform providing everything from venues to photography, décor, catering and logistics. ₹60CR (~$7M) of wedding services fulfilled since they started (gross revenue), across over a thousand weddings in eight cities. Now at ₹1CR in net monthly revenue. $1M pre-seed round. Angels in the round: Chaitanya Ramalingegowda (Wakefit), Ajith Pai (Delhivery), Arash Ferdowsi (Dropbox). Founders: CEO Pawan and CPTO Rahul (both MIT) ran Betterhalf (matrimony app which raised $8M+ from YC, Tribe Capital) together for eight years Founded in Feb 2023. Comps: WedMeGood (Orchid India).

Home services marketplace - deep cleaning, painting - that is now expanding into civil construction and home renovation. Currently at ₹2CR annualised revenue from 2,500 homes served monthly in Bengaluru. ₹17CR (~$2M) seed round. Founders: CEO BJ Arun was previously CEO of July Systems (acquired by Cisco), Librato (acquired by SolarWinds) and California Digital. He is the Chairman of the TiE Global Board of Trustees; COO Nishant (NIT, IIM) is from Glenmark, HP and Renoir Consulting. Comps that are focused on daily home tasks: Snabbit (Lightspeed, Nexus, Elevation), Pronto (Bain), Pync (rumoured to have raised).

Chain of eggless dessert cafes starting with Gurgaon, with 10K monthly orders in June. Aiming at 100 stores by FY27. ₹3CR (~$350K) seed round. Founder Vidur had brief stints at OYO and Vodafone Idea, before founding Mulberry Experiences (catering co.).

Home services and house help on demand, currently operating in Bengaluru. Started off with car care, now covers all services (cooking, cleaning, gardening). Rumoured seed funding round which is unconfirmed. The three co-founders are IIT Delhi/IIT Roorkee - two of them worked at Apna Mart together. The third was with Peak XV for a year before starting Vah Vah (live online vocational training). Comps: Snabbit (Lightspeed, Nexus, Elevation), Pronto (Bain). Founded in Oct 2023.

Fashion quick commerce, with 250 brands offered in under 60 minutes to customers in Mumbai. Customers can use its Scheduled Home Trials option to try multiple sizes while the delivery agent waits. Now expanding to other cities. $4.5M seed round. Founders: CEO Padmakumar was VP - Fashion at Flipkart; and a Board Member and Head of Apparel & Fast Fashion at Myntra for eight years; after over a decade at Shoppers Stop; co-founder Bhavik is an engineer who was Senior Director of Product Management at Myntra for over six years. Founded in Mumbai in Feb 2025. Comps: Slikk Club (Lightspeed, Nexus), Newme (Accel, Fireside, 2am, All In, AUM), M-Now (by Myntra), Knot and Blip (both currently out in market to raise).

Building a house of brands in the architectural and interior design space - the company will partner with existing omnichannel brands - investing in them and supporting them with tech, "internet-led manufacturing" and distribution. The idea is to modernize fragmented segments in interiors - sanitaryware, furniture, kitchen, wardrobes, furnishings, lighting, hardware. The company has already partnered with four brands - FIAMARC (distributor for European brands), The House of W (bathroom fittings distributor), ColourCoats (surface coatings) and Metalia (metal building facades). Rumoured $20M seed round at a $120M valuation. Angels include Siddharth Shah (PharmEasy), Niket Shah (Motilal Oswal), Shalibhadra Shah (Motilal Oswal), Kabir Narang (B Capital). The three founders are co-founders of PharmEasy. Founded in Nov 2024.

Vertical short drama OTT, starting in Telegu. $5M seed round. The co-founders have built Chai Bisket over the past decade, a producer of web series (with 10M YouTube followers) and shows for OTTs in Telegu. Comps: Flick TV (also funded this week, see No. 10 below), Kuku TV, ShareChat’s QuickTV, Reel Saga, Reelies and global players, largely from China.

Vertical short drama OTT, planning to launch with 100 original titles. $2.3M seed round. The two co-founders were at BITS and IIM Bangalore together. CEO Kushal was VP, Content & Product at Eloelo and Associate Director, ShareChat; his co-founder Pratik was Senior Director, Growth at Pocket FM and Associate Director, Growth at Meesho.

AI driven shopping assistant for interiors. "No more hunting for products from Pinterest posts". ₹3CR pre-seed round. The three co-founders are architects from SMEF'S Brick Group of Institutes, an architectural college in Pune. Prior to this they ran SqFt51 together - a platform which combined a marketplace for home owners to find builders and vendors, along with a Gen AI platform for house plans and elevations.

Hyper personalised and effortless travel planning using AI. Launching a new app soon with one-click bookings and 24x7 concierge support. ₹13.5CR in GMV till date. ₹2CR pre-seed round. Founders: the CEO and CTO started the company six years ago during college. Comps: Holiday Tribe (GSF, Powerhouse), Rimigo (Reazon, SGgrow), 30Sundays (InfoEdge), GydeXP (Rukam Sitara, last week).