Holiday Tribe is a travel-tech startup reimagining leisure trips through AI-powered personalisation. They offer two main products: instant customized travel packages with the assistance of travel experts for bundled holidays, and an AI-powered platform for independent travellers to create, modify, and book personalized itineraries. They are backed by a vast supply network of over 100,000 hotels and 1 million+ experiences and ties with tourism boards from Abu Dhabi to Switzerland. ₹25CR Pre-Series A round led by Powerhouse Ventures and GSF, with other angels also supporting the mixed equity-and-debt raise. Co-founder and CEO Anshu Sharma drives product and growth strategy, drawing on his leadership experience at MakeMyTrip. Co-founder and CEO Chirag Goyal brings deep travel industry expertise, steering operations and partnerships.

Elever is a digital-first wealth platform that helps people and businesses grow their money through smarter, more automated investing. Instead of relying on gut calls or manual portfolio management, Elever uses data-driven strategies to build customised plans for different financial goals. The idea is to make wealth creation accessible, transparent, and less dependent on market guesswork. $1.1M Pre-Series A round led by Brand Capital (the Times of India Group’s investment arm), with participation from global CXOs, existing investors, and promoters. Co-founder and CEO Anshul Sharan drives vision, strategy, and brand-building. Co-founder and CTO Ram Subramaniam leads tech architecture and product innovation. Co-founder and CMO Santosh R owns distribution, goal-based positioning, and investor engagement. Co-founder and CIO Karan Aggarwal heads investment model design and financial structuring.

TurboHire is a Hyderabad-based Saas startup that helps large companies automate their hiring process. It uses its in-house smart AI technology to speed up and simplify everything from walk-in interviews to senior-level hiring. The platform connects smoothly with popular HR tools like SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM, and Workday, so companies don’t need to change their existing systems. Over 120 big companies, including Cipla, Tata Motors, PwC, Lenskart, Britannia, RPG Group, and Ola use TurboHire to cut down on manual work, speed up hiring, and make better decisions using tools like AI, natural language processing, and data analytics. $6M Series A round led by IvyCap Ventures.

Metaforms is a Bengaluru-based AI startup that builds smart workflows for market research agencies. Their platform automates survey creation, data processing, vendor coordination, and reporting using AI agents, cutting hours of manual work into minutes while maintaining quality. Trusted by four of the top 20 global research agencies and used to process over 1,000 surveys monthly, Metaforms plans to expand into voice-based research, automated report generation, and deeper platform integrations. $9M Series A round led by Peak XV Partners, with participation from Nexus Venture Partners and Together Fund. CEO and Co-founder Akshat Tyagi drives product vision and AI strategy for automating research workflows. Co-founder Arjun S heads engineering and platform delivery.

Snooplay is a Gurugram-based toytech startup that helps parents, educators, and therapists discover the right toys and games based on personality, developmental goals, or learning needs. Snooplay curates a wide inventory across categories like mental health, education, special needs, and skill-building, positioning itself as a discovery-first platform for purposeful play. It also plans to introduce an AI-led product recommendation engine and resale options to expand reach and retention. ₹8 CR Pre‑Series A1 round led by Pravek Family Office. CEO and Co-founder Aanchal Mahajan previously worked in media and content, before launching Snooplay in 2019. Co-founder Brij Raj Singh has a background in digital marketing and operations, and leads growth and partnerships at the company.

Arivihan is a Bengaluru-based AI-native edtech startup delivering fully automated, personalized coaching for Class 12 students in India’s Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. Founded in 2024, its platform offers AI-generated video lessons, instant doubt clearance, and dynamic study plans in over 80% Hindi-medium formats. Their scalable approach enables affordable, teacher-less learning designed for exams like CBSE, NEET, and state boards. Students have shown an average 42% performance improvement within 30 days. $4.17 M Pre‑Series A round led by Prosus Ventures and Accel, with participation from GSF. CEO and Co-founder Ritesh Singh Chandel is an IIT Roorkee alumnus who leads product strategy and has built Arivihan’s AI-first learning system. CTO and Co-founder Sonu Kumar, also from IIT Roorkee heads the technical development of Arivihan’s proprietary AI models. COO and Co-founder Rushabh Kothari is an experienced mathematics educator who oversees content design, academic strategy and operations.

Sharpsell.ai is a Mumbai-based SaaS startup offering an AI-driven sales enablement platform that helps enterprises automate and personalize field sales workflows. The software delivers ready-to-use talk-tracks, dynamically tailored content, and contextual coaching tools, all designed to drive consistency and performance for large sales teams across industries like BFSI, pharma, auto, and consumer durables. Sharpsell.ai claims lakhs of active field users from over 30 major Indian enterprise customers, including LIC, Axis Bank, SBI Life, Mahindra, Bajaj General Insurance, Whirlpool, and IDFC First Bank. The fresh capital will support tighter AI integration, deeper industry adoption, and expansion into Southeast Asia and the MENA region. ₹30CR Series A round led by Equentis Angel Fund, including a ₹10 cr investment from Equentis (its largest single-company cheque), with continued participation from existing backers Cornerstone Venture Partners and Mistry Ventures. CEO and Co-founder Hanuman Kamma leads product vision and go-to-market strategy. Co-founder and Chief Business Officer Arun Subramanian drives enterprise partnerships, industry vertical strategies, and sectoral expansion.

iTuring is a Bengaluru-based AI platform that helps banks, insurers, and other financial firms build smart systems without writing any code. Their platform takes care of everything: cleaning data, building models, testing them, and keeping things compliant with strict industry rules. It’s designed to save time (think hours instead of months), while still making sure the results are clear, trustworthy, and ready for audits. The company works globally, with teams in the U.S., India, and South Africa. $5 M Series A round led by Dallas Venture Capital and Mela Ventures. CEO & Founder Suman Singh drives company vision and product strategy, with prior experience in enterprise AI and data science implementations. Co‑founder & VP of Product Engineering Amit Kumar leads technical development. Co‑founder & VP of Product Development Mohammed Nawas oversees product execution and customer implementation.

QpiAI is a Bengaluru‑based deep‑tech firm combining quantum computing and AI to tackle complex industrial and scientific problems. They’ve created India’s first full-stack quantum computer, called QpiAI-Indus, which includes everything from the actual quantum hardware to the software needed to run complex algorithms. This system is built in-house and is designed to work across industries like pharma, manufacturing, and finance. Their team is also active globally, with research labs in the U.S., Finland, and India, and they work closely with both governments and large global companies to put this technology to real-world use. $32 M Series A round led by Avataar Ventures and the National Quantum Mission (Department of Science & Technology, Government of India). The round also saw continued backing from earlier investors including YourNest Venture Capital, SIDBI Venture Capital, and Sahasrar Capital. CEO & Founder Dr Nagendra Nagaraja, former senior executive at Nvidia and Qualcomm leads the development of QpiAI’s AI‑quantum convergence strategy. He is also the CTO, supported by a core team of 25+ PhDs from top international quantum research institutions.

Navana AI builds intelligent voice-based tools that help businesses make sense of customer conversations at scale. Their platform transcribes and analyzes phone calls in real time, identifying key details like customer intent, sentiment, resolution status, and more. This allows companies, especially those with large customer support teams to automate the tracking of call quality, agent performance, and customer satisfaction. By turning hours of raw audio into actionable insights and summaries, Navana AI helps businesses streamline operations, improve service, and make better decisions based on actual customer interactions. What sets Navana apart in the Indian context is its focus on the country’s deep linguistic diversity: the tech is built to work across multiple Indian languages and accents, making it especially useful in sectors like BFSI, healthcare, and e-commerce where customers often speak in regional languages. It raised ₹7CR in a pre‑Series A round, led by Antler India, with participation from angel investors Ajay Agarwal, Ronnie Screwvala, and Sandeep Singhal. CEO Raoul Nanavati co-founded Navana.ai in 2018; he leads strategic vision for voice tech designed to serve India’s linguistic diversity, especially the underserved populations in both urban and rural areas. Jai Nanavati, co‑founder and CTO, has spearheaded development of Navana's proprietary multilingual ASR stack tuned for Indian languages, dialects and real‑world acoustic conditions