Helps companies track, analyze and improve their fleet operations. Undisclosed round size.

Handloom clothing brand. Running contrary to the fast fashion trend, it caters to women over 25 who are purchasing natural, handwoven fabrics. Funding will enable the brand to go beyond saris into everyday ethnic wear. Undisclosed amount. Other investors in the round: 3 Peaks Ventures, Ghazal Alagh (Mamaearth), Dhruv Koli (Founder, Boba Bhai), follow-ons participation by All in Capital, Sidhant Keshwani (Libas) and Vidur Kataria (Master Chow).

Battery-swapping platform for 2-wheelers and 3-wheelers, operating in 14 cities. $8M seed round, in equity and debt (split undisclosed). Pune based. Previously raised $8M at pre-seed.

Modular orchestration platform for building with open-source AI components, on cloud or on-premises. Enterprises can deploy AI workloads to production faster and with greater reliability. $2.5M seed round. Other funds in the round: Good News Ventures, Nivesha Ventures, Astir VC, GradCapital, MyAsiaVC.

"SVAS": breath, "TEK": technology. Innovative Non Invasive Ventilation (NIV) Mask for hospital use, which allows for continuous non-invasive ventilation while simultaneously administering nutrition to patients. Improves nutrition, reduces recovery times and reduces ventilator usage. ₹2CR raised in this seed round.

Aerospace startup building advanced propulsion systems for satellites. Developing ATOM, a thruster that utilizes an eco-friendly, nontoxic propellant; and CubeHood, a propulsion module which works with ATOM to power CubeSats (a particular class of small satellites). USPs: cheaper than alternative propulsion systems from the global market; environmentally friendly; made in India for defence clients. Chennai and IIT Kanpur based. ₹3CR raised in this pre-seed round.

Gold micro-investing platform, with daily savings plans starting from ₹10. Backed by physical gold, instantly redeemable. So how is it different to market leader Jar (https://www.myjar.app/)? The company runs Spare8+, where your gold savings are leased to bank verified jewellers, so you can earn a further 5% per annum. Undisclosed amount raised in this (bridge?) round from angels. The company raised a $800K pre-seed round in 2022 from 2am VC and Varanium Capital.

Enables truely green battery production. Converts organic waste (coconut shells etc.) into nanocarbons, which are used in energy storage devices (batteries and capacitors). This reduces our dependence on extracting raw materials from the ground, while increasing the energy density for lithium-ion hybrid batteries by 125% (e.g, a two-wheeler with a 100km range can now run 225km). Jaipur based. $1.2M seed round. Other investors in this round: Sagana.

Digital platform providing treatment for male reproductive health issues. Each patient is assigned a doctor and personal concierge for personalised treatment covering medication, nutrition, diagnostics, exercises and tech-enabled compliance. The Hindi-medium platform started out in UP and Bihar. ₹7.7CR pre-seed round. Angels: Altaf Saiyed (Traya), Raymond Russell (Pharos Fund), Vaibhav Domkundwar (Better Capital), Shreyas Kumar (Fermat Commerce), Bhargav Tarpara (Greenlit).

Omni-channel generic drugs chain selling products under its own name. Has a network of 225 franchisees and processes 1,500 orders a day online. Building out 60 minute delivery. Zee Laboratories, the founder's family business, is a generic drugs manufacturer which exports to over 50 countries and has 500 distributors in India. It supplies a portion of Zeelab Pharmacy's drugs as a contract manufacturer. $2.4M raised in this seed round.