Educational toy brand with India inspired, all-natural toys for babies, toddlers and kids. Products include puzzles, soft toys, pretend play sets and activity based learning tools, designed and manufactured by the company inhouse. Pre-seed round of an undisclosed amount. Founded in 2023.

AI agents to help professionals enhance their personal branding and online presence on platforms like LinkedIn. Users can set a goal (e.g., get engagement, hire talent, get a job) and the platform generates personalized posts automatically. No information provided on traction. Round of an undisclosed amount. Angels in the round: Tyler Willis, Julian Weisser, and Hiten Shah. Based in California and Hyderabad.

Wealth management and debt syndication platform for HNIs, family offices and enterprises. Manages 100 channel partners and 1,000 investors. It has facilitated ₹4,000CR across debt, unlisted equity and mutual funds. $2.5M seed round.

Men's fashion brand focused on making western wear affordable. Manufacturing in-house, operates D2C, through 16 of its own stores as well as online. Its flagship HSR Layout (Bangalore) store showcases over 8,000 styles. No information on traction. ₹12.25CR seed round.

Nutrition brand with scientifically validated and metabolically efficient proteins. Flagship products include Pro Standard Whey and Super Isolate, both of which offer 30% higher protein absorption compared to traditional brands. $1M seed round. Other investors in the round: Cosma Ventures. Founded in 2014, with a focus on D2C since 2022.

This company is a subsidiary of Banka BioLoo, the NSE listed manufacturer and operator of biotoilets and sewage treatment plants. Megaliter transforms sewage treatment plants into re-usable water utilities, for use in landscaping, air-conditioning plants and flushing toilets. The conversion and subsequent re-use is provided on a subscription model, with no capex for the client. The focus is to drive expansion in Mumbai and Bengaluru and benefit from water saving credits available under climate resilience programs. ₹15CR seed round from undisclosed institutional investors. Mentored by Brigade REAP (Brigade Group's real estate accelerator program). Founded in Aug 2022. Founders: Namita is the founder of Banka BioLoo, Vishal is Banka BioLoo's CEO.

Trade finance company focused on addressing a $525B shortfall in trade financing in India, particularly for SMEs. Operates as an "NBFC Factor", which is a specialised NBFC license from the RBI, for firms focused on purchasing a company's accounts receivables in exchange for immediate WC. It provides invoice discounting, factoring, supply chain financing and cross-border trade credit. No information on current scale. $15M round which is a mix of debt and equity (mix undisclosed). Led by Nicolas Walewski, founder of Alken, an asset management firm in London. Founded in Jan 2024. Founders: Taranjit was the Head of Corporate Banking in India for Barclays for nine years, after stints at Citibank, ICICI (their PE fund of funds) and Bank of America; Ajitabh worked cross Barclays investment banking and corporate banking for 17 years. Comps: M1xchange, A.TREDS, Receivables Exchange of India.

Denim and casual wear brand which operates through a network of 50 franchised stores and through its website. Revenue was ₹11CR in FY25, with ₹22CR targeted for FY26. The company identified a gap between expensive global brands and low-quality local offerings. Pricing for a pair of jeans is ₹1200-2500. The plan is to get to 500 stores by 2030, driving expansion in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. The brand appeared on "Pitch to Get Rich" (!), a fashion business reality show on Jio Hotstar. ₹3CR round. Founded in 2013, and in its current avatar from 2019. Founded by Ritika and Vishal, a husband-wife duo. Ritika was in HR at Genesis Fashion, Vishal was a business analyst at Ramco Systems.

AI-native platform research and task automation platform for investment banks and asset managers. The founder is of Indian origin, as is one of the lead investors (Peak XV), otherwise this is a London-based startup which is focused on expanding into New York. The startup builds a deep understanding of its financial sector clients’ information flows and user behaviour. It then assists in drafting investment memos, conducting research and assembling client materials. Combined $15M seed and Series A round, with the seed round led by Peak XV and the Series A by FinTech Collective, with the participation of original (pre-seed - ?) investor Hoxton Ventures. Founded in Sep 2023. Founder Sid Jayakumar worked across research and engineering at Google DeepMind in London for seven years. A Mumbai native, he is from Cambridge (Comp. Science) and began a PhD in Deep Learning and AI in 2019 (while at DeepMind), which he later deferred. Recent joinees include Chris Andrews as COO - who was Global COO of Research at Morgan Stanley; and Veeral Manek in product - who was General Manager of Wealth & Trading at Revolut.

Home care startup that enables families to manage healthcare for elderly family members back home. Launched six months ago, with 3,000+ care requests managed across 10 cities in India. Customers pay a base $100 monthly fee for support and companionship through local health and telehealth partners, while arranging home visits, medication tracking, medical appointmenrs and seamless payment for expenses on behalf of families abroad. $2.4M seed round by funds in the UK. Incubated at Founders Factory and Aviva in the UK. Founder Anthony was most recently Head of Growth for East Asia at Taptap Send (remmitances). He briefly built Anjara (employee wellbeing app for Slack/Teams) and was Founder in Residence at Antler Toronto. Came up with the idea from trying to arrange home care for his parents in India during COVID. Founded in Jul 2024. Nila operates out of London, Bangalore and New York.