Naagin is a bold and flavour-first Indian hot sauce brand founded in 2019 by Mikhel Rajani, Arjun Rastogi, and Kshitij Neelakantan. The company fuses regional chilli heritage with chef-crafted sauces, oils, and spice blends, all designed for modern kitchens. Today it’s available in over 700 premium Indian retail outlets and on international platforms like Amazon, Walmart, and Carrefour, having served over one million customers to date . With a focus on sustainable, traceable sourcing using blockchain tools and operating a plastic-neutral business- Naagin is positioning itself as a global contender in the spicy condiment category. The company recently raised ₹18CR (c. $2.1M) in a pre‑Series A round led by 360 ONE Asset. Existing investor 8i Ventures participated for the third time, alongside 12 new and returning angel investors. The proceeds will fund factory scaling, team expansion, R&D, and marketing- fueling growth across B2B, D2C, quick commerce, and global exports. Mikhel Rajani, Co‑Founder & CEO, brings deep experience in F&B innovation from Francesco’s Pizzeria and Mandala; Arjun Rastogi, Co‑Founder & COO, is an alumnus of BlackRock and EY; Kshitij Neelakantan, Co‑Founder & Head of Operations, comes with a background in public policy and supply chain, holding a degree from SOAS London.

Pehle Jaisa is a Gurugram-based agritech startup that transforms village-level organic and agricultural waste into high-quality organic fertilizers and bio-stimulants. Using decentralized processing units integrated into local waste centers, it slashes the “first-mile” logistics cost and enables villages to produce their own fertilizers, gas, and electricity, empowering a circular rural economy. After selling over 1,500 MT of fertilizer and generating ₹2.5 crore in FY25, the company is targeting ₹100 crore in revenue in the coming years. $300K Pre-Series A. Founders: Pankaj Pandey previously founded Eggoz, CropCoin and KrishiGo; Ehtesham Farooqui has deep expertise in sustainable agriculture and climate-tech.

Kisah Apparels is a rapidly scaling ethnic wear brand for Gen Z and millennial men, headquartered in Kolkata. Since its inception in 2018, the company has evolved from a marketplace-first play to a digitally-native, omnichannel fashion label. Kisah seamlessly combines direct-to-consumer online strategies with physical retail presence—currently operating two stores and planning three more—while achieving a ₹25CR revenue in FY24 (a 42 percent YoY increase) and reaching a run‑rate of approximately ₹100CR in FY25, all while remaining cash-flow positive and profitable.The company recently raised ₹13CR in a pre‑Series A round, led by Sagar Daryani, founder of Wow Momo. Other investors in the round: Apoorv Salarpuria (Salarpuria Investments), Rahul Todi (Shrachi Group), Vinod Dugar (RDB Group), Inflection Point Ventures . Yash Sarawagi, Co‑Founder and CEO, previously worked as an investment banker, bringing a strong strategic and data-led mind to the business. Yashwi Sarawagi Ladsaria, Co‑founder & Director, was formerly a consultant at EY and manages Kisah’s design and operations . Recently, Saurav Kothari, an e-commerce specialist, joined the founding team to strengthen their digital retail engine.

Vecmocon Technologies is a Delhi-based deep-tech startup founded in 2016 by IIT and ISB alumni to drive the transition to smart, sustainable electric mobility. Its full-stack solutions include safety-compliant Battery Management Systems (BMS), smart chargers, motor controllers, vehicle intelligence modules, secure over-the-air update platforms, and AI-driven analytics. With deployments across 100K+ EVs- from two- and three-wheelers to light commercial vehicles, the company is enabling OEMs and fleet operators in India and globally to build connected, software-defined EVs tailored to Indian conditions. The company closed an $18M Series A round, with Ecosystem Integrity Fund (EIF) leading both the initial $10M tranche in November 2024 and the latest $8M segment in June 2025. Other participants in this round: Aavishkaar, British International Investment (BII), Blume Ventures (follow-on). This capital will fuel R&D in embedded EV systems, 5G-enabled connectivity, high-voltage platforms, and domestic manufacturing. The team comprises five tech-focused Co-Founders: Peeyush Asati, CEO and IIT Delhi alumnus; Adarshkumar Balaraman, Co‑founder; Shivam Wankhede, Co‑Founder & CTO; along with Akash Bansal and Nikesh Bisht, who hold board-level roles and drive engineering innovation for Ve­cmocon’s hardware-software stack.

Janitri is an India-based medtech startup developing smart, AI-enabled wearable tools for real-time monitoring of maternal and fetal health during the 1,000-day journey from pregnancy through postnatal care. Its flagship device, Keyar, enables continuous tracking of vital signs in labor and remote settings, aiming to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality across hospitals and homes. With deployment across 800+ hospitals and monitoring over 200,000 mothers monthly, Janitri recently posted revenue of ₹8.5 crore in FY24–25 and expects to double in Q1 FY26 . $1.4M pre‑Series A round. Other investors in the round: Prateek Maheshwari; Pradip Todi (O2 Angels); tal64 syndicate. Founders: CEO Arun Agarwal is a VIT graduate who, inspired by preventable maternal deaths in Rajasthan, built Janitri’s mission-driven device ecosystem; lead technologists and co-founders are documented on Janitri’s site and LinkedIn, leading R&D in wearable diagnostics

AI powered travel discovery and booking app. With a hyper personalized discovery experience, they plan to offer 20 destinations in APAC and the Middle East. “The holiday booking experience is broken. Most travellers still rely on offline agents and get pre-packaged itineraries with limited flexibility. At Passprt, our goal is to empower users to travel their way with more choice, freedom, and context.” $500K pre-seed round. Founders: CEO Ujjwal is a software engineer who worked on product at Lokll (also travel discovery) before joining Barco as an R&D Engineer; co-founder Manoj is from WheelsEye (BD) and ApinBus (supply growth). Founded in Apr 2023. Comps: The Tarzan Way (IPV), Holiday Tribe (GSF, Powerhouse), Rimigo (Reazon, SGgrow), 30Sundays (InfoEdge), GydeXP (Rukam Sitara).

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.

D2C fast fashion brand. Claims to have a disruptive supply chain which ensures fresh product assortments (100 new weekly SKUs) and 25 day inventory cycles (traditional fast fashion brands hold inventory for 2-4 months). Operates out of its HQ in Guwahati and a 40,000 sq ft facility in Noida. ₹17.5CR pre-seed round. Founders: CEO Rimjim built StreetStyleStore, another D2C fashion brand, for a decade between 2012-2022; little information available on co-founder Partha. Founded in Apr 2022. Comps: Outzidr (Stellaris); NewMe (Accel, Fireside, All In).

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.

BioTech manufacturing company providing animal-origin-free recombinant proteins. Recombinant proteins are proteins that are artificially produced using genetic engineering techniques, for use cases ranging from pharma manufacturing to cellular agriculture. ₹4CR seed round. The company will use funding to expand its bioreactor capacity and scale up production. Founders: Vipul was a Research Associate at TERI (3 years) and a Senior Scientist at Biocon (2 years); Dr. Jitendra Wagh is also from TERI. Founded in 2019, based in Vadodara.

Manufacturing company for AI-enabled IOT devices. The company is a one-stop shop Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) for startups, SMEs and enterprises developing Ai powered products - meaning that it designs, prototypes as well as manages the production process. It has delivered 1M smart IoT devices so far and has an $81M order book. This is a $4M seed round from two companies that seem to have incubated Rapidise - Napino Tech Ventures (an electronics manufacturer) and Teksun Microsys (which itself is an IoT and AI product development firm). Founder Brijesh (BITs Pilani, IIM Ahmedabad) founded Teksun 10 years ago.

Weapons systems design, development and manufacturing firm with a focus on advanced electronic fuzes, warheads and munition integration technology. $1.1M round. Founder & CEO Priyanka (Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar) was an intern at DRDO before spending some years in her family business (hospitality and construction). Founded in 2019.

InsureTech startup offering Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), i.e. a platform for businesses to offer insurance products to employees and partners. It earns revenues through policy distribution, commissions on premium and for the tech layer it provides. For e.g., it has a partnership with Battery Smart to offer natural calamity insurance to its battery charging station partners. ₹6CR round. Founders: both CEO Anuj (NMIMS, IIM Bangalore) and Head of Product & Marketing Sanil (NMIMS, ISB) were co-founders of Healthysure, an employee benefits platform, for four years. Healthysure was also backed by IPV and Capita-A, amongst others; Founded end 2022/early 2023.

Lab-grown diamond brand. Focused on contemporary designs, a customised offering, will launch online this August followed by flagship retail stores. The brand debuted in early July with a limited-edition Rakhi collection marketed via WhatsApp. Friends and family round of an undisclosed amount, from Ajai Chowdhry (HCL), Tej Kapoor (ICICI Ventures), Sairee Chahal (Appreciate Capital), Kunal Chowdhry, Rachin Dewan, and Kunal Milwani (Synage). The angel round closed in Feb 2025. Founded by Priyanka Gill, Venture Partner at Kalaari Capital; formerly Founder of POPxo (sold to Good Glamm Group). Founded in Feb 2025. Comps: Comps: IVANA Jewels (Avinya Ventures), Firefly Diamonds (WestBridge), True Diamond (Titan, Huddle, Zeropearl), Fiona Diamonds (Venture Catalysts, AC Ventures), Limelight Lab Grown Diamonds, Jewelbox (V3).