Modern day software outsourcing/technology consulting firm which aims to reimagine India's traditional IT services model. As outsourcing giants increase layoffs, the company is focused on delivering software using smaller, AI-native teams working with AI agents. The goal is to deliver faster, with greater precision and with continuous delivery. The company has 50 clients so far, with the engineering team in India and BD in the US. “Heizen is our attempt to rebuild Infosys for the AI age. We believe velocity, not headcount, should be the core metric. We are combining elite engineering talent with AI agents to deliver high-quality software products in weekly sprints.” $500K pre-seed round. Angels in the round include Varun Alagh (Mamaearth), Abhishek Goyal (Tracxn). The company was formerly known as OpenGig. Founders: Aman is software engineer and former founder of Athenasquare (recruitment automation) which he co-founded with Abhilasha, who then went on the Microsoft before joining Heizen; the third founder Nijansh co-founded SpeakIn (EdTech). Founded in Apr 2024.

Vision-AI powered app testing platform. The platform replaces traditional locator-based test scripts with natural language prompts, enabling iOS and Android testing in plain English - providing 97% test reliability while reducing time for test creation. $2.7M seed round. Angels in the round include Anuj Rathi (Cleartrip) and Vaibhav Domkundwar (Better Capital). Founders: Asad (IIT Kharagpur) is an experienced PM (Meesho/Coinbase/GOJEK/Swiggy), Partha (NIT Rourkela, ISB) is also from a product background (BlackBuck/Zolo/Mensa Brands); while Yash was an engineer + PM at Amazon for 6 years. Founded in 2024.

SaaS for restaurants and cloud kitchens that are on Zomato and Swiggy. The platform tracks prep times, provide item-level out-of-stock tracking, manages reviews and flags refund issues in real time. Used by 800 restaurant locations across India with 5M orders tracked every month. They charges ₹1,000 per location per month with volume discounts available for multiple locations. Seed round, with investors and round size undisclosed. Founder Harshendar led product and tech at Ghost Kitchens India for 3 years, prior to which he built a restaurant management stack (menu digitalisation) called WTF (Where's The Food) which was acquired by Ghost Kitchens. Founded in June 2025.

AI native cloud platform for enterprises, which is yet to launch. Developers can define performance, compliance or cost objectives while the platform auto-manages deployment and execution across infrastructure stacks. $9.6M seed round. Other investors in the round: Climber Capital and angels including Ritesh Agarwal (Oyo), Ritesh Malik (Innov8), Aditya Virwani (Embassy Group). Founders: all three are IIT Kharagpur. Abhinav (HBS) was Global COO & CPO at OYO; Vamshidhar (ISB, Stanford) was a Partner at McKinsey for 13 years after 5 years at AMD; Abhijeet was with AT&T for 15 years in the US followed by three years at Jio as VP Cloud Tech & Infra. Founded in Apr 2025. Comps: Neysa ($30M Series A from Nexus, NTTVC, Z47).

AI digital marketing automation for small businesses in India, e.g. gyms, salons, hospitality providers and clinics. Manages SEO and automates all communication (automated responses, follow-ups and ongoing customer conversations). Used by 21,600 businesses since its beta. ₹15.5CR seed round. Other investors in the round: Vernalis Capital and angel investors including Revant Bhate, Vaibhav Domkundwar, Ramakant Sharma, Sumit Gupta. Founders: CEO Ashutosh built Matrix funded Testbook for 13 years before it was acquired by Classplus; CTO Ayush (IIT Kanpur), CPO Arpit (IIT Bombay) and CMO Narendra Agrawal (IIT Bombay) were also respectively CTO, CPO and CMO at Testbook. Narendra is is not linked here. Founded in May 2024.

Business intelligence platform, focused on automation and conversational analytics. Pre-seed round of an undisclosed amount. Angels in the round include Gaurav (Noise) and Amit (Central Warehousing Corporation). Founder Vipul Prakash had brief stints at Delhivery and IndusInd Bank, and was a Zonal Head at BharatPe. Founded in Dec 2023.

AI led cybersecurity firm working on fraud prevention for the finance industry. The company has developed adapIDAI, which is an "adaptive behavioural intelligence identity security risk engine" (i.e. an engine to track typical user behaviour and look out for unusual usage patterns) and BotShield, which can prevent zero-day attacks and mitigates DDOS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks. Targeting BFSI customers in India, as well as Kenya, South Africa, the UAE and South East Asia. ₹10.8CR (~$1.25M) seed round. Founder & CEO J P Mishra (PhD from IIT, Mandi) is a software engineer from Tech Mahindra, UnitedHealth and SAP. Founded in Dec 2021.

Cloud management platform that brings down cloud costs and drives AI application performance. The platform delivers real-time observability, cost control, chargeback, and optimisation through AI. It offers a unified experience through its partnerships with MSPs and cloud resellers. Seed round of an undisclosed amount. Founders: CEO Suchit (IIT Roorkee) spent 13 years at Oracle and a number of years across Hitachi Vantara, Dell and Veritas in VP/Director of Engineering roles; CPO Desmond (UC Berkeley; Stanford) is from VMWare and Symantec. SF based.

AI comes to screen recordings. Companies use screen recordings at scale, for example for product demos, user guides, sales enablement and training videos. Trupeer adds AI voiceovers, automates zooms and can edit the script post recording - none of which main comp Loom does today. Now used by over 10,000 clients - from startups to the Fortune 500. $3M seed round. Founders: Shivali and Pritish (IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay respectively) worked together at BCG, following which Shivali was at WhiteHat Jr (CEO's Office) And Pillow (The DeFI company, as Head of Growth) while Pritish spent five years at Dozee (remote patient monitoring). Founded in Feb 2024. Comps: Loom ($1.5B valuation - YC, A16Z, Sequoia).

SaaS for petcare businesses - vets, boarders, groomers. Live in India, expanding to the UAE and Australia. “Walk into most vet clinics or grooming centers and you’ll still find handwritten notes, WhatsApp threads, and scattered reminders.” The platform offers digital medical records, vaccination tracking, appointment scheduling, inventory management, payments and customer communication. Priced at ₹500 per branch per month in India, ₹3500 in the UAE. ₹5CR seed round. The Founder, Anil, founded Lollypop Design Studio, a UI/UX Studio in 2012. Founded: Jan 2024.