Music technology group offering distribution, marketing and publishing infrastructure for independent artists and labels. Its community now represents 200K independent artists and labels across 45 countries, with artists on the platform growing 25% in the last month. These artists have collectively crossed 3 billion streams across global streaming platforms. Seed round of an undisclosed amount led by Ahdritz Capital, along with SumoSan, 10X Global, and Marigold Capital. Delhi based, founded in Apr 2022. Founder Rohan (Amity Univ. '15) co-founded Nesho Recycling World (batteries, electronics, plastics) in 2019.

AI Product Manager for software teams, using agentic architectures to help decide what software to build. With AI, the bottleneck for product teams has shifted from execution to deciding what to build. The product manager evaluates ideas for customer value, feasibility, cost, risk and business impact, before dev begins. Early adoption in the US, with government agencies and county-level tech teams. Pre-seed round of an undisclosed amount. Palo Alto based, founded in Feb 2025. Founders: CEO Yash (Hindu College '20; Great Lakes '21; Narsee Monjee '24) was a data scientist at MathCo; Ashrey (Boston University '20) was a management consultant at Modular Startups in Boston.

Yet to launch AI assistant that observes, learns and acts, completing tasks across workplace tools without commands. "Most AI tools wait for commands. Sonatic anticipates your needs. Instead of typing prompts or pushing buttons, your apps act like agents: they observe your context, generate the right tasks, and execute them on your behalf." Pre-seed round of an undisclosed amount, led by a16z Speedrun as part of the SR005 cohort. Angels in the round from Nvidia, OpenAI, and Meta SuperIntelligence Labs. SF based, founded in Jan 2025. CEO Kinjal is a Cornell drop-out (started in 2023). He was an EIR at Entrepreneur First.

Preventive health and longevity focused startup which will launch a physician-managed preventive health program called 150, later this year, with 300-biomarker panels. The company is also developing longevity-focused supplements and a health data platform tailored to South Asian populations. $2.6M round. Other investors in the round: Jayanti Reddy (designer). Singapore and Hyderabad based. Founder Ajay (University of Leeds '08; University of Warwick '09) is ex-Google (five years) was Senior Director of Product for the maps product at Grab. In 2020 he co-founded NextBillion.ai (custom mapping and location intelligence) which was acquired by US based Velocitor Solutions.

Marine robotics startup developing autonomous ships and submarines for the Indian Navy. Products include their premium offering, Jalkapi, an autonomous submarine for the Indian Navy which is undergoing sea trials; Jaldoot, an autonomous surface vessel already with customers; Swadheen, an autonomous survey vessel that has undergone sea trials; and a man-portable autonomous underwater vehicle which is in trials. $9.7M seed round. Other investors in the round: Sameer Brij Verma, Sandeep Singhal, Industrial47, Singularity AMC, and the company's founders. Bangalore based, founded in Jun 2017. Founders: Maitrai (IIT Kharagpur batch topper '17) set up Rekise straight out of college; Rear Admiral Shekhar Mital (IIT Kharagpur '84; National Defence College MPhil '10) joined as Executive Director in 2024. He was Chairman & MD of Indian PSU Goa Shipyard, which he turned around from a loss of ₹63CR to a profit before tax ₹330CR during his five-year tenure.

EV ride-hailing platform, with airport transfers, city rides and hourly rentals across Delhi NCR. 5,000 bookings to date, with plans to add 500 vehicles this FY27. Currently adding 25 vehicles a month, including the MG Windsor, MG ZS EV, Kia Carens Clavis EV, BYD e6. $1M round. Other investors in the round: Rohit Qamra, RMRN Ventures, BP Jain Holdings, Bipin Preet Singh, Aakash Goyal, Aakash Anand, Aditya Singh. Gurgaon based, founded in Jun 2025. Founders: CEO Mishu (Delhi Univ. '99) founded Torq Rides (motorcycle rentals, tour operator) and was Chief of Staff at Novatr; COO Rishi (Amity Univ. '09) set up motorcycle dealership Super Suzuki and also set up organic mushroom farm, Veggie Basket.

SaaS for football/soccer academies. Helps reduce admin by 75% and improve athlete retention through data driven engagement and performance tracking tools. Serves 14 global academies (across India, MENA, Nepal, US), with 8 paid US pilots. Plans to onboard 100 academies in a year with a targeted $1M in annualised revenue. $100K seed round. Kerala based, founded in Jun 2019. The three founders set up IT services firm Roninaks Ventures. CEO Nihal (Mahatma Gandhi Univ. '17; IIM Bangalore '23) was CEO at Roninaks; Swathy (SCMS '17; IIM Bangalore '23) was Chief Sales Marketing Officer; Nagaraj (SCMS '17; T A Pai Management Institute '22) was a co-founder.

Life sciences company specializing in tissue engineering. The company develops biofabricated human tissue and organoid models as alternatives to animal testing for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and cosmetic companies. ₹8CR round. Other investors in the round: Aaryan Baid. Bangalore based, founded in Dec 2020. Founders: CEO Manojkumar (K.S.Rangasamy College of Technology '14; VIT '16) was Senior Scientist at Next Big Innovation Labs; CBO Ranjith (also K.S.Rangasamy College of Technology '14, and VIT '17) worked on BD at Syngene and Anthem Biosciences; CXO Pradeep (Adhiyamaan College of Engineering '14; VIT '16; ICFAI Univ. MBA '20) is ex-Intas and was a Research Scientist at Appasamy Associates.

AI companion named Doro, which helps 3-10 year old children build their confidence and improve speaking skills. Conventional speech models struggle with children's speech because of differences in rhythm and pacing. The company has developed VedAnsh-v1, a proprietary speech-to-text and voice activity detection system designed for kids' voices. 500K downloads. $1.5M seed round led by IndiaQuotient, with the participation of General Catalyst. Gurgaon based, founded in Aug 2025. Founders: Shivam (IIT Madras '17) was Head of Product at Probo, starting out as a PM at Paytm and Urban Company; Siddhant (NIT Kurukshetra '15) was an engineer at Probo and technology associate at Goldman Sachs.

OEM which manufactures and rents out EV two and three wheelers. Cites a 5,000-vehicle order pipeline, with global ambitions. A mobile app can be used by riders to rent their EVs. EV rentals with battery swap are priced at ₹1,650 per week. Partners with eCommerce and quick commerce majors. Seed round of an undisclosed amount. Hyderabad based, founded in Mar 2022. Founder & CEO Anand (Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Bidar '95) was National Sales Head at Suzuki Motorcycles and AVP - Sales at Piaggio.