Tracking pre-seed and seed rounds that close in India every week
Links out to the the websites of the startup and its investors, along with LinkedIn profiles of the founders and fundraising news.
Digital speech therapy for stuttering and other communication disorders. Eloquent, it's first app, has resulted in a 53% reduction in stuttering severity and a 34% improvement in communication confidence. $500K pre-seed round. The founder was most recently Chief Data Scientist at DeepTek (AI in Radiology), while the CTO was also a data scientist at the same firm.
Pre-launch venture that will establish medical and surgical oncology facilities in Delhi and Mumbai, with plans for 10 cities over the next three years. Fully integrated care, with shorter wait times for treatment, mental health support, nutritional care and pain management. $10M seed round, in a JV between the renowned hospital group and a healthcare focused VC firm. 2070 Health is the venture studio arm of W Health Ventures The founding team/CXOs are undisclosed, the company has no online presence as yet.
Hybrid-casual gaming studio. It's first game, Ludo Hero, released this Feb. $1M pre-seed round. Other investors in the round: Ventana Ventures, 91 ventures, Untitled Ventures. Dhananjai brings experience from GamesKraft/Mayhem Studios/Dream Game Studios. Neeraj spent close to nine years at Zynga.
Laser weeding - an AI-powered laser weeder (pre-launch) attaches to tractors, cameras and AI models detect weeds, and robotic actuators burn them with high-power lasers. This reduces costs for farmers, boosts yields and promotes organic farming. ₹5CR seed round. Both founders are from Mahindra University, the CEO was a robotics researcher at Farming Revolution, a German startup with a similar product.
Nutrition brand with a range of flavoured oats. Pre-seed round, amount undisclosed.
Deeptech startup in oncology precision diagnostics. It's molecular subtyping tests provide comprehensive data to doctors to guide them in providing personalized therapy. Pre-seed round, amount undisclosed.
Food and wellness products sourced from the Himalayas. Revenue and other numbers undisclosed. Pre-seed round of an undisclosed amount. The founders came together through The Naropa Fellowship, a post graduate program for entrepreneurial leadership to create impactful businesses in Ladakh. The 4th co-founder, Mohd. Anas Zubair (CTO), is not linked below.
Quick commerce for fashion, with delivery in 60 minutes. The immediate goal is to cover 80% of Bangalore's PIN codes, while diversifying into over seven lifestyle categories (categories undisclosed), and expanding across Tier 1/2 in the next five years. It's Try & Buy feature allows you to do exactly that, while the delivery exec waits. $3.2M seed round, with participation from existing investors (Better Capital, Untitled Ventures) and angels Abhishek Goyal (Tracxn), Abhinav Pathak (Perpule), Madhav Tandan, Nikhil (Panthera), Saurabh Gupta (DST Global). The three founders worked together at Amazon and Perpule (self checkout solutions).
Shoe care brand, crossed ₹50L monthly sales in October 2024 (the last time numbers were reported). $100K pre-seed round. Two of the three founders built Brand Th3ory, a digital marketing agency, for close to a decade.
An alternative web, without access to the internet. The startup allows smartphones to create a decentralised network that can be utilized by consumers, retail and businesses across geographies to transact and communicate without the presence of internet or telecom services. $1.1M seed round. Angels investors in the round: Paul Taylor, Rahim Noorani, Rushi Manche (Movement Labs). Satvik was Global Product Lead, Web3/NFTs at Mastercard