Tracking pre-seed and seed rounds that close in India every week
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Premium haircare brand designed for Indian hair types and weather conditions. Partners with 1,500 stylists across 300 premium salons in Tier 1 cities for its professional product range, along with a D2C line of shampoos and conditioners for home use. $3M Series A funding led by RTP Global along with All In Capital, Suashish and angels Kitty Agarwal (InfoEdge), Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal (Titan Capital). ₹6.5CR pre-seed round Nov 2025 led by All In. Founded in Sep 2023, &Done is the brand name, Ionic Professional is the company name. Founded in Sep 2023, Gurgaon based. Founders: Atit (BITS Pilani) was the Co-Founder & COO Of Bulbul (live commerce; Peak XV, InfoEdge; acquired by Good Glamm), and Co-Founder & CEO of Pluss (acquired by Netmeds) - he was also an AVP at Elevation; Saumya (IIT-D, Stanford GSB) was the Co-Founder & CEO of Udayy (live classes for English and Maths; Norwest, InfoEdge).
Skincare brand with anti-aging solutions, which launched with its initial product in May 2025 and now has 25K customers. ₹6CR seed round. ₹2CR raised at the time of launch from Titan along with Aditya Agarwal (P-TAL). Founded in May 2025, Delhi based. Founder Hemangi was previously the founder of BOTNAL, another skincare brand.
Menstrual hygiene brand. Revenue/customer scale undisclosed. Seed round of an undisclosed amount. Founded in Aug 2020, Calcutta based. No background information available on founder Dipesh (Univ. of Calcutta '09).
Science-led skincare brand building dermatologist-recommended products tailored for Indian skin needs such as pigmentation, uneven tone and excess oil. The brand formulates clinically tested solutions using proven actives like niacinamide, retinol and hyaluronic acid, with a focus on hydration, skin repair and long-term skin health. Winner of the Beauty & You Award by Estee Lauder & Nykaa. ₹24CR Series A Round led by Spring Marketing Capital, along with Lotus Herbals’ Beauty Innovation Fund, Arihant Patni and existing backer Unilever Ventures. Founded in Mar 2022, Udaipur based. Founders: CEO Piyush was previously the Co-Founder of Yorgain, a haircare supplement brand. He was at P&G for 10 years, most recently as Director of Home Care, Skin & Personal Care; CPO Dr. Prashant Agrawal is a skin specialist and hair transplant surgeon.
Beauty brand with high performance multifunctional beauty and personal care products that simplify daily routines for working women in India. Its initial product lineup includes a dry shampoo, an all-in-one hair cream and a lip treatment. ₹1-3K price points. ₹28CR seed round. Founded in Oct 2023, Delhi based. Founder & CEO Aparna (Binghamton University undergrad '16 and Masters '17) was a Partner at Good Capital (five years).
Breakfast-focused brand selling high protein oats, formerly known as GoOAT. No refined sugar, preservatives or artificial flavours. Has scaled from ₹10 lakhs to ₹65 lakhs in monthly revenue in "recent months". 70% of sales are D2C. ₹1.6CR pre-seed round, in addition to the ₹1.1CR in pre-seed funding already raised. Raised from D2C insider Super Angels Vikram Ahuja (HomeGuru), Akash Gupta (Zypp), Dhruv Kohli (Boba Bhai) who were in the last round; Consumer Collective by Atrium; with incoming angels Rashi Agarwal (Zypp), Akhil Kansal and Aayushi Khandelwal (Anveshan), Venus Dhuria (Phot.AI), Karan Kishorepuria (Regaal Resources) and others. Founded in Aug 2023, Gurgaon based. Founder Yash (Univ. of Mumbai '20) was the founder of WisEgg (beverage brand) briefly before starting GOAT Life.
Clean label beverage brand with natural sparkling drinks which are vegan and chemical free. Sold via quick commerce, retail channels, vending machines and HoReCa (chains like Chalu Chinese with 200 outlets). Revenue traction undisclosed, scaling production capacity from 250 litres to 2,000 litres (40K cans) per day. ₹2CR seed round, raised on Zee TV's entrepreneurship show Ideabaaz from Sooraj Singh (Unibots) and Shaili Chopra (SheThePeople). Founded in Oct 2019, Bangalore based. Founders Vrinda and Deepender started Swizzle straight out of Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering and Technology in Jhansi.
Analog watch brand which will launch in January 2026 with five collections. Each model will be limited and numbered. It will open its first experience store in Delhi. $3M seed round. Other investors in the round: 100 Unicorns, Tanmay Bhat, and over 30 founders including Varun Alagh (Mamaearth), Gaurav Khatri (Noise), Siddharth Dungarwal (Snitch), Nitin Jain (OfBusiness), Vishesh Khurana (Shiprocket), Chirag Taneja (GoKwik), Akash Gupta (Zypp), Arjun Vaidya (V3 Ventures). Founded in Apr 2025, Gurgaon based. Founders: Aakash (University of Wolverhampton '09; Northumbria MBA '10) was the founder of perfume brand BellaVita; Prerna (LSR '10; IE Business School '15) was the co-founder of luxury candle brand À La Folie; Anant was the co-founder of free beverages company Drink Free Advertising Media; the fourth founder, Kunal Kapania (Amity '19; Narsee Monjee '22), not linked here, was also co-founder at Drink Free Advertising Media.
New consumer appliances brand launching with its first product, Luma, an air frier priced at ₹9,999. Building a portfolio of consumer appliances across kitchen, home and personal care. Launching first in India. the company will expand to the GCC and the US over time. $1.4M pre-seed round, led by Sauce VC (this deal being its largest pre-revenue cheque). Also received Peak XV’s Spark Grant. Angels in the round include founders/execs from Caratlane, Noise, Urban Company, Mokobara, Ultrahuman, Servify, Vahdam, Dixon Technologies, Cyient, Reckitt. Founded in Mar 2025, Mumbai based. Founders: CEO Naiyya (NLS, Bangalore '07; HBS '12) was the founder of parenting platform BabyChakra, which merged with Good Glamm Group in 2021 where she became co-founder; CDO Vyasateja (Visvesvaraya Technological University '03; North Carolina State '08) is an industrial designer, and most recently founder of design studio Analogy.
Clean label regional snacking brand. No palm oil, no preservatives and no artificial chemicals. Focused on South Indian snacks which is, predictably, a ₹25,000CR market. The goal is to build the Haldirams of South Indian snacks, and to build a consumer (not just D2C) brand. It currently serves customers in Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai and Hyderabad (soon, Delhi) through its own website, Zomato and Swiggy and will now drive offline channels (modern trade). Currently fulfills 25K orders a month, revenue scale unavailable. ₹2.14CR interim round. Follows a ₹2.2CR pre-seed round by Titan in June 2025. Founded in Nov 2023, Chennai based. Founders: Rajakumaran (IIM Kozhikode '21) was Head of Growth at ShopUp (B2B e-commerce for Bangladesh), VP of Product at Uniform Junction and a category manager at VOONIK, and also co-founded school uniforms supplier Schoolay; Anbarasan was Principal Product Manager at ShopUp and co-founded WholesaleX (B2B grocery ordering).