Startup focused on the circular economy, offering AI-enabled glass recycling and traceability. Pre-revenue, the company will offer the full suite (collection, sorting, processing, logistics, reporting). ₹1.7CR pre-seed round. Other investors in the round: SustainTN, ITEL Foundation. Founded in Sep 2023, Chennai based. Founders: CEO Iwan (Loyola '16) is a PM from Doodeblue Innovations and Concentrix; COO Karthik (NMIMS CDOE MBA '21) is from Wipro (learning and development specialist); CCO Mohammad (Karnataka State Law Univ.) is from Wester Infra and ANS LIght Zone (a decade across these companies). No background information on the fourth founder Varun Pandithurai.

Chip-design automation startup using AI reasoning to understand circuit structure and cut custom-chip timelines. Custom built chips can deliver 100x performance improvements vs. general purpose hardware. $1.7M (~₹15.4CR) pre-seed round. Other investors in the round: Concept Ventures, semiconductor angel Stan Boland. Founded in October 2025, London based. Founders: CEO Bragadeesh (IIT Madras '19) worked at Fractile (which is also working to chips and software to make LLMs inference faster), as well as CoMind and Imagination Technologies in London; co-founder Lannan (Worcester Polytechnic Institute '21; ETH Zurich '24) built TimeMatcher (WeChat mini program for group scheduling).

Robotics startup building a snake-like flexible robotic arm for inspection and maintenance. This is for hazardous environments where human entry can be dangerous, in shipbuilding, nuclear, oil and gas, and aviation. $2.1M pre-seed round led by pi Ventures, with Inuka Capital, Boundless Ventures, Boost VC, Turbostart, gradCapital. Founded in Jan 2024, Bengaluru based. Founders: CEO Vishrant; CTO Ayush and co-founder Prateesh started soon after IIT Kanpur '23.

EV battery technology startup focused on fast-charging and long-life battery systems for medium and heavy duty vehicles. The complete battery technology stack has been built in-house, from its BMS, liquid cooling systems, charging systems and IoT enabled analytics. ₹20CR seed round to scale manufacturing and product development in Navi Mumbai. Founded in Aug 2020, Mumbai based. Founders: CEO Ameya and COO Darshil at IIT Kanpur '16 and '15 respectively. Ameya is ex-Oxane Partners (IB analyst role at this tech provider for debt markets); Darshil is ex-Schlumberger (engineering).

Develops hydrogen-compatible micro gas turbines (MGT) for distributed power, mobility and aerospace use cases. The MGT is an advanced propulsion system, similar to a jet engine, capable of running on 100% hydrogen, natural gas, or blended fuels. India has 227 GW of installed diesel generator capacity which is primarily used as backup or captive power and can be replaced by cleaner alternatives. $1M (~₹9CR) seed round. Founded in May 2024, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Tapisj (IIT Kanpur '09) spent seven years at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (post-doc, then scientist); CTO Ugandhar (BITS Pilani '03: Univ. of Southampton '22) was an engineer GE Aviation for close to 12 years.

Biomanufacturing company that converts industrial carbon emissions into premium biochemicals which can be used for food, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, cosmetic, agricultural and advanced material industries. The company has developed a carbon biorefinery platform built on proprietary photobioreactor cultivation systems, with a PoC thermal plant set up last year which demonstrated continous carbon capture. Over the next 12-24 months, it will launch its first one-ton-per-day commercial plant and launch multiple pilots. ₹12CR (~$1.4M) seed round. Founded In Nov 2024, Hazaribagh (Jharkhand) based. Founders: Shreyansh (BITS Pilani; Cornell) was a Senior Manager in Takeda's internal manufacturing network, and was an Associate Manager at Bristol Myers Squibb; Umang (IcfaiTech) was an engineer at Cisco (14 years) including roles as Engineering Product Manager and Technical Lead; their father Sanjay is the founder of Sanjay Machineries and STC Hzb, businesses in Hazaribagh.

Company developing and manufacturing next generation battery cells, using LFP (Lithium Iron Phosphate) chemistry. Plans to set up a 250 MWh pilot manufacturing facility by 2027 and eventually scale to 2 GWh capacity. It has set up a 20K square foot R&D and pilot manufacturing facility in Bangalore. ₹27.4CR (~$3M) seed round. It raised its ₹7.5CR pre-seed round from Speciale in December 2022. Bangalore based, founded in Jun 2021.

Biomaterials startup developing sustainable, compostable alternatives to conventional plastics. It uses agricultural residues and lignocellulosic biomass (a plant based material) to create bio-based packaging materials (instead of petroleum-based plastics). This round is to scale production for its flagship product line, EcoGran. It has sold over 200K KG of its material to customers. 90% of its trials are converting to cmmercial deals with customers. ₹10.5CR seed round. Other investors in the round: DCG Pack, a strategic partner.

Medical robotics startup building robotics systems for minimally invasive soft-tissue surgeries, targetting high-volume abdominal and related procedures. These are segments where robotic adoption is still low in India. It has three products - Pulsar (compact surgical robot which integrates into laparoscopic setups), Galaxi (semi-automated system to enhance precision) and Nebula (VR-based robotic simulator for surgical training). Raise of an undisclosed amount from Kalaari. Founder & CEO Shaurya.

Semiconductor intelligence platform that applies causal AI to troubleshoot tool and process failures, so engineers at semiconductor fabs can move from failure to resolution faster. The system unifies equipment logs, sensor streams, images, service/field reports and technical documentation into a single causal-intelligence layer; with an RCA (root cause analysis) copilot that maps true cause-and-effect relationships. Meant for semidonductor fabs and their tool vendors (i.e. equipment manufacturers). Working with an initial set of pilot customers. $3M seed round. SF/Bengaluru based.