Natural sweeteners which are zero-calorie, zero-sugar and zero-glycemic (gylcemic index of 0). While several sugar substitutes exist in the market, many contain artificial ingredients or have a bitter aftertaste. Currently at ₹1.5CR in revenue, with 12,000 orders through its website. ₹70L led by IAN Angel Fund. Founded in Mar 2025, Delhi based. Founders: CEO Manvi (Delhi Univ. BSc in Food & Nutrition '16; Amity University MSc in Food & Nutrition '18) is a clinical nutritionist with 12 years of experience across 11,000+ patients. She was a subject matter expert at Breathe Well-being for four years; CBO Sheen (Sri Venkateswara College '22) was a senior content writer at Univest (brokerage platform).

Pan-Asian F&B brand, with sauces, chilli oils, noodles, ready-to-eat curries and beverages. The company targets multiple Asian cuisines, across Korean, Japanese, Thai and Vietnamese. The company has bootstrapped its way to ₹6CR a month in net sales, across 2,000 pin codes in 250 cities. Ceres Foods is the company name. First institutional funding round, amount undisclosed, with a 17% for GVFL and Wipro Consumer Ventures, the venture arm of Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting. Founded in Oct 2020, Mumbai based. Founder & CEO Deb (Univ. of Birmingham '02) was an Executive Director at JPMorgan investment banking in Mumbai for seven years and founded Ceres Hospitality (cloud kitchen with 12 locations in Mumbai, across brands Pan of Asia, Kadhai House, and Pao & Bao) in 2014.

Plant-based detergent sheets combining detergent, softener and fragrance. Sheets can be dropped into the washing machine drum before adding clothes, and dissolve instantly in water. The sheets use a completely plant-based and biodegradable formulation while reducing water usage by 70% compared to traditional liquid detergents. Seed round of an undisclosed amount led by Sifat Khurana (Innovist), along with Atul Rajani (Dalas Biotech), Deeksha Rajani (Be.), Sidhant Keshwani (Libas) and others. Founders: six student founders from Tetr College of Business, who are from India, Canada, Colombia, Italy, Kazakhstan and Germany.

Travel gear brand designed for women, with luggage, bags, packing cubes and organisers. 4,000 customers since launch, with ₹2CR in annualised revenue. The brand has a 20% repeat rate within 60 days. $350K pre-seed round from Rebalance and VSS Investco, Vijay Shekhar Sharma's investment vehicle. Founded in Feb 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: Meenakshi (Rajiv Gandhi Prodyogiki Vishwavidyalaya '12; K J Somaiya MBA '15) headed revenue and growth for Jiomart Fashion (three years); was Associate Director at PharmEasy and Senior Manager at Myntra (in partnership and growth roles); Rashika (NIFT '17) is the Founder of ETC Design Studio (established in 2021) and was an accessory designer at Urban Tribe and Studio Moya.

Luxury innerwear brand with lingerie, shapewear, nightwear, resort wear, loungewear. Follows a low-inventory, high-rotation model, revenue scale undisclosed. ₹5CR (c. $600K) pre-seed round from a Mumbai-based single-family office, led by businessman Mohammed Asief Khan. The company raised an angel round from Nine Rivers Capital in Dec 2024. Founded in Nov 2024, Bangalore based. Founder & CEO Mitali (VTU '18) worked in investor relations at Elev8 and Kinara Capital.

Digital-first Indianwear brand, with design-first Indian and fusionwear. "On track" to reach ₹20CR annualised revenue, with a ₹50CR goal over the next two years. Sold D2C, on Nykaa and Amazon. Has also launched children's ethnic wear line, Alaya Kids. Seed round of an undisclosed amount. Founded in May 2021, Delhi based. Cosmo Brands is the company name. Founders: Himanshu (INIFD Institute) was a Senior Fashion Designer at Ritu Kumar; Jatin (DCAC '15; CEMS '20) was Co-Founder of Growe Hospitality and of Bourdaina (kitchen sharing infra). Fundraise advised by Brightbridge Advisors.

Functional personal care brand focused on daily-use skincare products. It launched The BAR, its flagship functional soap line, this March, and is expanding into hair wash, body wash and face wash. ₹4CR seed round. Founded in Nov 2025, Delhi based. Founder Karan (Nagpur Univ. '08) headed new product development at house of brands platform GlobalBees for ~five years and was with Akiva (herbal health shots).

Specialty coffee roaster and machine manufacturer selling easy-brew premium Arabica coffee (in capsules, beans, drip coffee bags, cups and cold brew bottles). It controls sourcing, roasting and packaging in-house. It is present D2C, in retail chains (Nature's Basket, Le Marche), and through B2B partnerships. It manufactures machines for use in F&B and in offices, with clients including Grant Thornton, Gartner, SBI, DS Group. ₹5CR seed rund led by IPV. Founded in Apr 2018, Delhi based. Founders: Kanika (SRCC '07; LSE '08) was Director - Foundational Research and Consumer Insights at The Centre for Science & Behaviour Change, and is ex-Dalberg and Cambridge Economic Policy Associates; Paritosh (SRCC '07; Tuck MBA '13) was VP, Strategy & Business Head, Online at Lenskart and is ex-LEK and Unilever (brand head for BrookeBond).

Fragrance brand for younger consumers. It has launched with four fragrances - The Boyfriend Shirt, The Chosen One, Still Here, and The Athlete In You. ₹6.3CR pre-seed round led by OTP Ventures. Angels in the round: Rohit Kapoor (Swiggy), Amit Damani (StayVista). Founded in July 2025, Gurgaon based. Founders: CEO Bharat (Hindu College '16; IIM Kozhikode '19) was Chief of Staff at HealthPlix (EMR); co-founder Prateek (Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology '14; IIM Kozhikode '19) led revenue growth and retention at Licious and headed international business growth for MPL.

Soon to launch men’s personal care brand with multi-functional products across skin, hair and body care. ₹8CR seed round. Founded in April 2025, Gurgaon based. Founders: CEO Kanika (SRCC '02; Mudra Institute of Communications '05) was Country Head at Taboola and Twitter; COO Atul (Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha Univ. '03; NIFT '06) held roles heading sports and fashion at Namshi.com (part of Noon) and led omnichannel, as well as eCommerce for Splash (fashion retail), at Landmark Group. He was also head of eCommerce at Benetton. Both founders are ex-Reebok.