Pre-launch luxury skincare brand that will be manufactured between France and India. ₹4.5CR (~$500K) seed round. Investors undisclosed - "a Bangalore-based family office". Little to no information available on the founders. Comps: see Antithesis and other comps (below).

Pre-launch (a prerequisite for this category?) beauty and personal care brand. ₹5CR pre-seed round. Founder Aparna was Partner at Good Capital. Complex routines are now making way for simpler, all-in-one products - "I identified a critical gap in India's personal care market. Women were overwhelmed by complex routines and multiple products marketed as "essential," yet they struggled to find solutions that delivered meaningful results. I want Indian women to feel less burdened by endless routines and get more value for their investments in personal care products". Recent funding in the BPC space - Indē Wild, Sammmm.

Lab grown diamonds. Going from 4 to 20 stores in the next two years, currently in Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, Hyderabad. $3M seed round. Two brothers - Adit is from WestBridge and BCG; Aayush worked at family business Prism Jewellery, a manufacturer of traditional diamond jewellery. Comps: COLUXE, Fiona Diamonds, Limelight Lab Grown Diamonds, Jewelbox.

Nutrition brand with a range of flavoured oats. Pre-seed round, amount undisclosed.

Food and wellness products sourced from the Himalayas. Revenue and other numbers undisclosed. Pre-seed round of an undisclosed amount. The founders came together through The Naropa Fellowship, a post graduate program for entrepreneurial leadership to create impactful businesses in Ladakh. The 4th co-founder, Mohd. Anas Zubair (CTO), is not linked below.

Shoe care brand, crossed ₹50L monthly sales in October 2024 (the last time numbers were reported). $100K pre-seed round. Two of the three founders built Brand Th3ory, a digital marketing agency, for close to a decade.

Female wellness and hygiene brand catering to Tier 2/3 cities. ₹3CR pre-seed round. Other investors: BeyondTeQ Ventures, Black Pepper Holding.

Ayurvedic skincare brand, sells on Nykaa in India and Sephora in the UK, now launching with Sephora in the US. Part of the Sephora Accelerate program. $5M seed round. The company last raised a seed round in 2022. Diipa is an influencer (2M followers on IG).

As the name might suggest, low-GI mithai made with stevia. ₹1.3CR pre-seed round. Angels in this round: Kavirut (OYO), Dhruva Dubey (Vishal Mega Mart), Rachna Bahadur (Wellness Forever). Prabhinder was a production executive at Nestle, before stints at Amazon, OYO, Flipkart.

Beauty and wellness supplements, sold online and in partnership with VLCC. Expanding via retail - dermatologists, pharmacies, and wellness centers. ₹3CR pre-seed round, following on its ₹6CR raise last year (AC Ventures, GSF, Fluid Ventures). Shreyansh comes from Alcatel and Whirlpool. Anousha is a former model.