AI research startup developing models using small datasets particularly for drug discovery. The goal is to create creative co-pilots and lifelong learning agents, with initial results expected by this December. The idea is that AI could recombine known patterns to propose novels ones, with the potential to revolutionise drug discovery. $2.6M seed round. Angels in the round include Girish Mathrubootham (Freshworks), Manav Garg (Eka Software). Founders: two of the co-founders Govind and Srikant built Curio, the AI-driven news companion, together for eight years. Co-founder Suzanne (PhD in Biological Sciences, Monash) has been an external collaborator at DeepMind the past five years, while Edgar has been at Google for a decade including as Staff Research Scientist at DeepMind. Founded in Apr 2025.

Home services marketplace - deep cleaning, painting - that is now expanding into civil construction and home renovation. Currently at ₹2CR annualised revenue from 2,500 homes served monthly in Bengaluru. ₹17CR (~$2M) seed round. Founders: CEO BJ Arun was previously CEO of July Systems (acquired by Cisco), Librato (acquired by SolarWinds) and California Digital. He is the Chairman of the TiE Global Board of Trustees; COO Nishant (NIT, IIM) is from Glenmark, HP and Renoir Consulting. Comps that are focused on daily home tasks: Snabbit (Lightspeed, Nexus, Elevation), Pronto (Bain), Pync (rumoured to have raised).

SaaS for petcare businesses - vets, boarders, groomers. Live in India, expanding to the UAE and Australia. “Walk into most vet clinics or grooming centers and you’ll still find handwritten notes, WhatsApp threads, and scattered reminders.” The platform offers digital medical records, vaccination tracking, appointment scheduling, inventory management, payments and customer communication. Priced at ₹500 per branch per month in India, ₹3500 in the UAE. ₹5CR seed round. The Founder, Anil, founded Lollypop Design Studio, a UI/UX Studio in 2012. Founded: Jan 2024.

Drone-as-a-Service (DaaS) provider, with in-house software and manufacturing capabilities. The company has seven proprietary drones, across VTOL, fixed-wing, and surveillance. It caters to both enterprise (including Tata Projects, Reliance, Mahindra Susten, L&T) and government clients. ₹3.1CR revenue in FY23, ₹5.6CR in FY24, ₹4.2CR in FY25 YTD. ₹2CR bridge round, from undisclosed angels advised by Bestvantage Investments. Founder Jatin is a former software engineer (TCS, Persistent Systems) who has built this for over 12 years starting in Apr 2013.

Fintech platform for NRIs which operates out of GIFT City. Offers USD denominated fixed deposits in India at a 5% interest rate (higher than can be earned outside India), along with compliance and tax filing services for NRIs. The company has taken a Payment Services Provider (PSP) licence and a broker-dealer licence. It now plans to roll out mutual funds, Indian and US equities and insurance products to its clients. $5M seed round. Angels in the round: Abhiraj Singh Bahl + Varun Khaitan (Urban Company), Akshant Goyal (Zomato), Varun Alagh (Mamaearth), Vineet Sethi (PayU), Aditya Sharma (McKinsey). Founders: Ankur (CEO), Savitri (COO), Ayush (CTO) and Sai Sankar (CBO) all worked together at Niyo (global travel cards) - they were respectively VP of Product, Chief Customer Experience Officer, VP of Engineering and CBO at Niyo. Ankur, Savitri and Ayush also built Goalwise together (as CPO, COO and CTO) - a mutual funds investment platform acquired by Niyo. Founded in Jan 2024. Comps: Rupeeflo (Piper Serica).

Tools for the gTLD system - i.e. the system that manages generic top level domains (.com, .org etc). Provides enterprises brand protection, domain portfolio management and advisory on the new gTLD ecosystem (there are a number of new top level domains on market). “As the internet grows and technology plays a bigger role for business, the need for robust brand protection and domain intelligence will only grow. Their approach is both policy-aware and tech-first — exactly what global enterprises need.” Angel round of an undisclosed amount, from the investors named above as well as David Yu Liu (Information Industry) and Vinay Hebbar (Harvard Business Impact). Founders Vinay (CEO) and Vivek (COO) started out in Aug 2017. Vinay is ex Thomson Reuters and LexisNexis, Vivek is ex Reliance Jio.

Aerospace startup building next-gen hydrogen powered propulsion systems for defence, civil aviation and shipping. Incubated at IIT Delhi, the company has test-fired India’s first hydrogen-based aero engine, with plans to commercialise its first small-category engine in the next 12 months. $1.6M seed round. Founder Prithwish has a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from North Carolina State University - he was a Research Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory (run by the US Dept. of Energy), with brief stints at Agnikul (Lead, Computational Studies) and Euler Motors (AVP - Thermal and Battery R&D). Founded in Nov 2023.

Kids focused health and wellness brand, with a range of clean-label products for coughs and colds - sore throat lollipops and throat sprays. For kids aged 2-12, going live D2C and on e-commerce this month/August. ₹8CR seed round. Angels in the round: Arjun Purkayastha (Reckitt), Arjun Vaidya (V3 Ventures), Avnish Chhabria (Wellbeing Nutrition), Mohit Gupta (Lyskraft), Siddhartha Nangia + Swagat Saranagi (Smytten). Founders: Sanil is ex-Flipkart (category head), Uber (GM), Udaan (pharma/medicines) with brief stints as a co-founder building Pharma.Tech (B2B pharma manufacturing marketplace) and Relymeds (15 min medicine delivery). Vishakha is ex-Agro Tech Foods (marketing), Ferrero (brand manager), Glenmark (marketing). Founded in Oct 2024.

SaaS tool providing revenue/monetization infrastructure for enterprise customers to unify pricing, billing and revenue management using a single no-code system. This gives clients the ability to experiment and scale new pricing strategies without being limited by legacy tools. Global customers including Neysa, NCR Voyix and Akoya. "Strategic investment" of an undisclosed amount from a $25M US-India fund. The company has already raised seed funding from Endiya Partners, Silicon Valley Quad and Idealabx. Founders: Murali is the CTO and sole founder. Ex Cisco and Intuit, he was the co-founder of Financial Technologies 360 (SaaS solution for banks in the US). Jayaram, CEO (not co-founder), was the CEO of Zenprise (acquired by Citrix). Founded in Feb 2021.

AI-driven MMP (Mobile Measurement Partner). MMP’s are third party tools to optimize mobile advertising campaigns. Customers can integrate Linkrunner’s MMP within 90 minutes - a process which has traditionally taken 2-4 weeks and 3-5 people. Most app installs for Indian customer acquisition campaigns are unattributed, given the cost of of attribution is a a significant % of CPI. The goal is to drastically reduce this attribution cost per install - alongside unifying customer data to run more affective campaigns. $560K pre-seed round. Founders: Shreyans (BITS Goa) and Darshil (SVIT) built Bluelearn together - a social learning platform also backed by Titan and 2am. Founded in Jul 2024.