Skincare brand with anti-aging solutions, just launched with its initial product. ₹2CR seed round. Angels include Aditya Agarwal (P-TAL). The founder was previously the founder of BOTNAL, another skincare brand.

Wedding planning company, focused as much on weddings abroad as on NRIs planning their weddings in India. $2M seed round, little known on the company or investors.

Marketplace for salons, spas and wellness clinics. 700 outlets across NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Pune, no traction provided. $550K seed round. Angels in the round: the founders of Swiggy Dineout and Orra. One of the founders was a Business Development Manager at BBLUNT (salon chain), the other two recenty graduated from college and built AndBooks (home delivery of college books).

Bringing AI to tender management. AI analyses and summarises RFPs, checks for compliances and simplifies bid proposals. This in turn brings down manual review times by 90% and increases tender win rates for clients. ₹5.1CR seed round. Angels in the round: Haresh Chawla, Abhishek Goyal and more. Two of the founders built UltraPawz (Fitbit for pets); the third was CTO at Blozum (conversion optimization for WhatsApp).

Integrating AI agents and copilots into existing applications, getting jobs done for end users using natural language prompts. The platform comes with an agent builder as well as "agent experience", i.e. an AI-powered agentic interface for applications that simplifies user interactions. $6M seed round. Other investors in the round: Darkmode Ventures. Founders: Deepak and Rahul were co-founders of Slintel (GSF, Stellaris, Accel), acquired by 6Sense, where they then worked. The third co-founder Anirudh was CTO & Co-Founder of alloan.ai after a decade as a researcher at Microsoft.

AI agents to manage cross-platform workflows for product managers. ₹1.3CR pre-seed round. The three founders are software engineers - the CEO had short stints at Microsoft and ControlShift.

Micro-dramas platform (i.e., ReelShort for India), with episodes of 1-2 minutes each. $2.1M seed round, with funding towards creating localised content for India, SE Asia and the Middle East. Other investors in the round: 8i Ventures, Waveform Ventures, Warmup Ventures, Bombay54, Bharat Founders Fund. The three founders built used car platform Truebil, acquired by Spinny. Comps: ChaiShots (round in closing), DashReels (from Stellaris-backed Dashtoon), Kuku TV (from Kuku FM), ReelShort itself.

SaaS platform for companies to manage their recruitment process. Works with companies in FinTech and IT to manage resume verification, skill assessment and checking the cultural fit of candidates. ₹5CR seed round, investors undisclosed. Co-Founder Nihar spent close to 17 years at Axis Bank.

Hyperlocal fashion delivery out of Ahmedabad, with tie-ups with 50 local stores and brands. The app itself launches this month. Pre-seed round at a $1.2M valuation, fundraise amount and investors are undisclosed. Founders: the CEO started straight out of college; the CMO was Co-Founder at ZIPPIT, hyperlocal delhivery of anything.

Refrigerated container shipping platform for perishible goods. Operates in a niche for temperature-controlled exports of fresh produce, meat, marine products and flowers from India. "Our platform has been instrumental in solving export inefficiencies for Indian SMEs. We’ve reduced booking times from 72 hours to just 10 minutes, while also helping clients cut down spoilage and expand market reach by over 40%.” ₹2.5CR bridge round, following on ₹2.75CR raised earlier. The founders have built this business over the last nine years. The CEO comes from the freight industry. Comps: Wiz Freight, Cogoport, Intercont.