Music licensing platform for independent artists in Asia, i.e. "vernacular sounds, regional beats, and culturally relevant music assets". 30,000 musicians on the platform which launched in 2019, no metrics provided on usage. Seed round of an undisclosed amount. The Founder & CEO is from investment banking (Technology Holdings, Yukon).

B2B supplier of Indian sweets - single serve sizing, preservative-free with a 6-month shelf life. Sold through 27 B2B clients across 1,500 distribution points. Clients are largely HoReCa, it will now look at smaller scale HoReCa (chains with <5 outlets), caterers and launch a B2B2C brand - "FAAD". Targetting ₹20CR revenue in the next 15 months and entering the Middle East in 2026. ₹2CR seed extension round. Co-Founder Sanket ran Urban Spice for a decade, operating food kiosks in corporate parks.

Premium beverage brand (water,soda, tonic) sold through quick commerce and HoReCa (Singapore Airlines, Hyatt). The business is 85% HoReCa today but the founders see sparkling water + tonic as a ₹100CR market on quick commerce. ₹5.7CR seed round. Two brothers, the founders, have been building this since 2018.

Recruitment platform combining a network of freelance recruiters with - you guessed it - AI. A key positioning of the platform is towards building recruiter supply - "empowering recruiters to work remotely and independent". ₹1.2CR seed round. Three of the founders built VictaMan Services, a dev firm. The fourth, the CEO, was a sales manager in the pharma industry - Lupin/Dr. Reddy's/Emcure.

Healthy snacks - protein bars and protein milkshakes. $2M seed, including Sim&San (law firm), angels. Founders Ankit and Gayatri are the founders of ice cream brands Hocco and Huber & Holly, Gayatri is a nutritionist by training. Comps: The Whole Truth (Sauce, Z47, Sofina), The Yoga Bar (Fireside, acquired by ITC).

AI-powered construction monitoring platform that transforms 360-degree helmet-mounted site videos into intelligent, time-stamped virtual walkthroughs, enabling real-time visibility, collaboration and progress tracking across construction projects. Pilots done, exploring India and the US market. Seed round, amount undisclosed. Founder Yash (IIT Bombay, Cornell) is from Beacon Associates, a civil contractor.

AI-driven end-to-end vacation planning solution. In beta - 50 vacations taken, 70 at the planning stage - by customers so far. Seems to be an affiliate - booking is off platform (TBC). $550K pre-seed round. The three founders are from from the Pune Institute of Computer Technology and built GigIndia together (B2B on-demand task completion, acquired by PhonePe). Comps: Holiday Tribe (GSF, Powerhouse), 30Sundays (InfoEdge).

Daily savings app in beta mode, for self employed individuals earning ₹30-70K (~$350-800), looking to save/invest ₹50-200 a day in debt mutual funds. Savings is an entry wedge - "in the fintech space, it is difficult to sell savings as a product to end users, making customer acquisition difficult. Once we manage to scale the product, we will look into expanding our offerings to include a bouquet of financial products. These may include partially secured lending, FDs, credit cards, among others". $4M seed round, including Abhiraj Bhal (Urban Company); Sunil Prabhune (L&T); Abhinav Sinha, Maninder Gulati (OYO). All three founders are IIM, IIT and ex-BCG, with stints at OYO and Urban Company.

Animal and plant nutrition products, made from insects. Fundraise towards building a Black Soldier Fly factory (i.e., a facility dedicated to rearing Black Soldier Fly larvae) that will process 150 tonnes of feedstock on a daily basis; and global expansion. ₹32CR (~3.8M) seed round. Other investors in the round: Blume Founders Fund, Nitin Sharma (Nexus), Sameer Brij Verma (Northpoint), Anchit Gupta (Samara), David Chen (Equilibrium Capital). Founders: Siddharth (BITS/Kellogg) comes from Intact Infosys (a system integrator); Shivali (TERI, Humbodlt Fellow- Leibniz University) is a waste management expert. Comps: Loopworm (WaterBridge, Omnivore), Arthro Biotech (not funded).