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.
SpaceTech company, designing and manufacturing advanced rocket engine systems. Developing ANYA, a liquid rocket engine platform. Currently at the design and testing phase. The startup plans to set up an integrated rocket facility that will bring together design, manufacturing, and testing under one roof. ₹7CR seed round.
Pre-launch platform for brands (D2C, F&B and retail) to enhance customer engagement and loyalty. The platform embeds rewards into brand sites or at checkout, plugs into their CRM and POS, provides analytics, provides a unified wallet to users (across brands) and runs personalised offers to drive retention. Focused on India and the Middle East, targeting 100 brands and a 100K users in the next three months. Pricing: free for the next 3 months during their pilot. Seed round of an undisclosed amount.
Platform that provides access for patients from the UK to high quality medical treatment in India, along with support across travel, concierge services and rehab, and will operate its own "aftercare" centers. The arbitrage/math is painfully (pun intended) obvious - a single hip replacement costs £17K in the UK, £5K with this company; an IVF cycle costs £9K in the UK, £4.5K over here. The goal is to expand to the US, Canada, Australia and Europe. $4.5M seed round. Other investors include 1947 Rise Fund; Peercheque; international cricketers Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, KL Rahul, through their athlete-led investment group 4CAST; along with Sriharsha Majety (Swiggy), Abhishek Goyal (Tracxn), Ritesh Malik (Innov8), Manish Vij (Smile Group), Arjun Vaidya (V3 Ventures).
An "AI backed" marketplace for used EVs, currently two-wheelers. Operates via partnerships with OEMs, dealers, banks and NBFCs. It has an EV specific scoring framework along with an inspection unit, and currently works with 150 dealers (who can buy through the platform). Listings on the platform itself are yet to launch. The marketplace has an instant-sell platform called TerraCash, to drive liquidity of supply. ₹9CR pre-seed round. Angels in the round: Shishir Maheswari (Eversource Capital), Samrath Jit Singh (Trontek Batteries), Ayush Lohia (Lohia Auto), Kapil Nirmal.
Babycare quick commerce platform, selling apparel, diapers, toys and essentials in under 30 minutes. Brands listed include Nestle, Huggies Healthcare, Chicco, Cetaphil. “The baby care market needs a dedicated quick commerce solution given the time-sensitive nature of baby products." Launched in Sep 2024, operates in Gurgaon, will build its own logistics. Kids apparel and toys are fast growing categories which are driving retention beyond essentials. $3.3M seed round. Other investors: UNTITLED and angels from Oyo, Pristyn Care, Mosaic Wellness, Mi Arcus, Livspace, Magicpin. Comps: Peeko ($3.2M from Stellaris, Titan in August).
Intelligence and lead generation tool for financial services - helping companies identify, undertake deep research and connect with HNI clients. The platform build a 360 degree profile of HNIs including their personal, professional and social backgrounds as well as financial details. A network graph then identifies how best to connect with these potential clients. The platfform's customers include Kotak Private Wealth, KRISTAL, Neo and Nuvama Group. ₹3CR pre-seed round.
AI memory startup founded by a 19 year old, which extracts "memories" or insights form unstructured data and helps applications understand the context better. Started out as a tool on GitHub which allowed users to chat with their Twitter bookmarks. The platform ingests any kind of data - files, docs, chats, emails and app data streams, while allowing users to add memories in text and connect to apps like Google Drive, OneDrive, or Notion. A chrome xtension also pulls in notes from websites. Enterprise customers include Cluely and Composio - this serves as infrastructure for their own products. ₹3M seed round. Angels include Jeff Dean (Chief Research Scientist at DeepMind) and Dane Knecht (CTO Cloudflare).
Sustainable waste management solutions platform, which works with 3,000 recyclers and collectors across India. It provides waste collection services, extended product responsibility solutions (for brands that have promised to manage environment impact of their products to consumers) and a plastics recycling marketplace. Aiming at $20M in "transaction value" this financial year. $4M seed round.
Third party logistics (3PL) provider, with an 100% EV fleet of 450 vehicles. The company is at ₹80L in monthly revenue, with the proceeds of this round aimed at growing this 7x (over what period is unclear). Serves the typical set of quick commerce customers, along with online pharmacies and e-commerce. Plans to raise ₹80CR in its next round. ₹2CR seed round.
"Family management platform". This is an all-encompassing, privacy-first app for families - to manage household finances, daily tasks, location tracking and safety, and essential family information. The current product will be enhanced with an AI co-pilot which uses family-specific context to simplify everyday decisions. Launched in Mar 2025 with 30K active users today. $2M pre-seed round. Founders: CEO Jozzire (IIT Madras) is an ex-PM at Housing.com, Rentomojo, Myntra, Gojek and Khatabook!; CTO Mohit (IIT Delhi) is an ex-engineer at AppDynamics, Traceable AI, Moveworks and Dr. Droid. Founded in Mar 2024.