Rural distribution platform that helps FMCG brands expand into rural and semi-urban markets through a network of tech-enabled dark stores. Currently operates 10 dark stores which serve 5K retailers across Western UP, working with brands like Bikano, Yellow Diamond and Kingfisher. Aiming at 25 dark stores to serve 25K retailers within the next year. ₹4.5CR pre-seed round. Angels in the round include Kunwar Asheesh Saxena (RedDoorz). Founded in Dec 2022. Founders: Jitendra was a growth partner at 1K Kirana Bazaar (another offline distribution network), a cluster manager at Udaan and the founder of Dhaanika, an organic produce brand; Nishant managed growth and expansion at 1K Kirana and led offline sales for RedDoorz (similar to OYO) in Vietnam, and Treebo back home.

Risk management platform for ESG compliance. AI agents automate ESG due diligence, reporting and sustainability performance tracking for banks and other enterprises. Serves clients in the US, Europe, Singapore and India, including UOB in Singapore. $2M seed round. Founded in Jan 2023. Founder Barun was the founder of Corporate 360, a sales-tech SaaS product.

"Health first" F&B brand which offers nutritionist backed meals on subscription along with operating a chain of cafes in Bangalore. It currently operates four cafes as well as supplies 21K meals per month, with plans to expand to Hyderabad. Meal subscription prices range from ₹250 per meal (on three month plans) to ₹300 per meal (on one month plans). Think whole wheat hakka noodles or quinoa with grilled chicken. Seed round of an undisclosed round from Rainmatter, Aniketh Jain and Ashish Agarwal (Fyno, Kaleyra), R. Raghunathan (Prizm). Founded in Dec 2020. Founders: co-founder Vivek was COO of Game Theory (aggregator of sports venues), no background available on Neeraj).

Developer of autonomous satellite swarms, which capture faint emissions from maritime radar, satcom, satphones, and the spoofing of the Automatic Identification System (AIS) data of maritime vessels; and transforms these RF signals into precise real-time intelligence. This is useful, for example, for armed forces to plan missions and detect threats, for commercial maritime operators to safeguard shipping routes, to track illegal fishing, and to locate emergency distress signals. Plans to deploy in the next 12-18 months. $2.3M seed round. Founded in Aug 2024. Founders: CEO Siddhesh is a systems engineer who worked on autonomous satellite swarms at Upgraha Space Technologies; CTO Adheesh is an avionics engineer who was last at Aversan Inc., a Canadian engineering firm that supplies the space industry.

Intelligence layer for gaming studios - providing player insights, predictive analytics and hyper-personalisation - what it calls the "data-plane of intelligence". The platform captures every in-game event to deliver insights. At the early stages of partnering with newer gaming studios, product is pre-launch. $2M seed round. Founded in Jan 2025. Founders: Aashbir is a former consultant (Arthur D. Little and Kearney); Ashwin was a product lead art Electronic Arts; Jagveer was co-founder of YC21 alum Akudo (neo bank for teens).

Anti-Money Laundering platform that automates AML case investigations for banks and payment firms. The platform uses AI to drive speed, early detection and accuracy of AML cases in large financial datasets, while ensuring regulatory compliance. Focused on expansion in India and the Middle East - integrates into Zoho/Tally/Freshbooks. ₹1.1CR pre-seed round. Founded in Jan 2024. Founders: Akash (IIT Kanpur) was the founder of CenterStage AI (creatives generator); Vivek led BD at Sequoia backed TrueFoundry.

AI-ops platform for data infrastructure. The platform automates data protection and storage, helping tech teams manage multi-vendor systems across multi-cloud and hybrid environments. It will work with IT service providers and global integrators to build scalable infra for its clients. Pre-launch. $2.3M pre-seed round. Founded in Jan 2025. Founders: Tejas was at Dell for 17 years, leading global product engineering roles in data protection and cyber security; Ravi, also at Dell for the same period, was the Chief Architect of their Data Protection and Cyber Resiliency group.

Marketing automation platform to responds quickly and accurately to enterprises' B2B buyers. The "Signal-to-Revenue AI" unifies live buyer signals across chat/email/voice/LinkedIn and orchestrates AI-led engagement across these channels. Most B2B leads get dropped by humans - this is the first problem it solves, beyond which the platform passes on high-intent, high fit leads to the sales team. $500K angel round. Founded in Aug 2024. Founders: CEO Rahul was most recently CTPO OLX Autos and Emerging Markets; CPO Megha is also ex-product at OLX as well as Myntra; CTO Jayesh was Director-Technology at OLX; CIO Abhishek (not linked here) was Associate Director of Engineering at OLX.

Luxury footwear brand. ₹1.5CR raised on JioHotstar's show - "Pitch to Get Rich".

Marketing automation platform that functions as the equivalent of a full stack marketing agency, bringing together AI-led ad intelligence, creatives automation and analytics into a one-stop "ads operating system for brands". Typically, 5-10% of ads have succeeded at driving ROAS, for up to a few weeks at most - the goal is to address this. All access plans start at $99 per month. $1.7M seed round. Founded in Nov 2023. Founders: Nitin was a partner at Roland Berger, McKinsey and led the Telecoms and Tech group at Accenture; no background available on co-founder Gourav. Comps: Phot AI (InfoEdge funded this March).