AI-led workflow management for pharmacovigilance, which is required by drug regulators globally to monitor, detect and report adverse drug events (ADEs) throughout a drug's lifecycle - from trials to post-market use. Historically, this work has been outsourced to services firms who manually review social media, call centre logs, emails and legal filings to stay abreast. Targetting enterprise customers in the pharma industry. $3M seed round. Founders: Raghavendra was CBO for Hitech & Services at LTIMindree and Head of Hitech & Services at Larsen & Toubro Infotech; Vijay was at CISCO for 25 years and was more recently at Google Cloud (engineering product management across GCP); Mohan was at Yahoo, ServiceNow and Commure in head of engineering roles in the Bay Area; Ashutosh Bordekar (CFO), not linked here, joined from Mastek and LTIMindtree. Founded in July 2024.

Materials science company that is pioneering silica aerogel insulation sheets. Funding towards R&D and production while seeking customers in oil and gas, EVs, defence and construction. ₹12CR seed round. Founders: Ankit (IIT Roorkee) spent 12 years at Pluss Advanced Technologies (thermal energy storage and advanced polymers); Apoorv (also IIT Roorkee, with a PhD in Ionomer Membranes from Clemson University) also worked at Pluss; Devakar (also Clemson University) was a business lead at Pluss. Founded in Aug 2024.

Ride hailing platform for women, by women. Gurgaon based, with plans to expand beyond NCR. Works with 250 women drivers, who are known as "sister partners". 50K app downloads, no information on traction. ₹2.075CR seed round. IAN investors leading the round: Hari Balasubramanian, Uday Chatterjee, and Sri Prakash. Founders: Ajay and Vindhya started Fery Rides in Apr 2022 during their MBA (BML Munjal); CTO Himanshu joined a year later after two years in software dev agencies.

High-tech, climate resilient farming startup that produces European strawberries under its Oh! Fruits brand - these are twice as sweet and have three times the shelf life of typical Indian varieties. Output will be boosted from 2-3kg per day to 120kg per day, and will diversify into blueberries and raspberries. The goal is to solve inconsistent fruit quality and the lack of year-round supply in India, the world's second largest fruit producer. $2M seed round. Angels investors include Sashi Kumar (Akshayakalpa Organic). Founders: Harish is from BCG (six years) and Pure Harvest (agribusiness in Dubai); Timothy is a plant scientist from South Africa who also worked at Pure Harvest, and SMARTKAS (smart farms); Damien is also a plant scientist from Spain who worked at Viscon Group (food processing equipment manufacturer) and at SMARTKAS. Founded in Dec 2023.

Business intelligence startup which using its proprietary AI engine to deliver descriptive, diagnostic analytics for enterprises. Integrates with 700 data sources. Clients include the government's eMarketplace and IRCTC. ₹4CR seed round. Founder Vipul was at BharatPe, most recently as zonal head for Mumbai, Goa and Gujarat, followed by Tijoree, a neobank, where he headed sales. Founded in Dec 2023.

AI-led SaaS tool for consumer research, which crawls conversations across comments, reviews and posts on social media. The company has 40 customers include WPP, GroupM, Britannia, Foxtale and Godrej. $1.3M seed round. Angels in the round: Abhishek Goyal (Tracxn), Mekin Maheshwari (Flipkart), Bhavik Dholakia (Swatantra Wealth), Harsh Shah (Fynd), Arnav Kumar (Leap Finance), Shiv Kapoor (Titan Capital), Biswa Kalyan Rath (Comedian). Founder Abilash started Consuma soon after graduating from PES University. Founded in Jan 2021. Comps: thelighbulb AI (Chiratae, Anthill).

US-focused mental health platform that works with providers - psychiatrists, psychologists and therapists - to offer an integrated approach to patients, including clinical infrastructure (equipment and specialised staff); an AI platform to identify eligible patients and assist with prior authorizations; and an operational management platform (treatment delivery, billing, compliance). Launched three months ago, the company has contracted 75 mental health providers in the US. $7M seed round. Incubated by 2070 Health, a venture studio which was itself set up by W Health Ventures. Founders: CEO Ben is ex DaVita and was Chief Strategy Officer at Strive Health; Daniel was Head of US Ventures at 2070 Health and VP of Portfolio at Fractal Software, a SaaS venture studio; Ginger was VP of Clinical Operations at Mindful Health Solutions (behavioural healthcare). Founded in Apr 2025.

Ethical AI platform for enterprises to test, validate and deploy Ai systems that are unbiased and transparent. No information on traction. Round of an undisclosed amount. Founder Neelima was the founder of Tarah AI (tech and business consulting) for 15 years.

Screen free device for kids aged 3-10, with educational content from content studios and publishers, and a parent-friendly app for real time monitoring. Pre-launch. $300K pre-seed round. Also part of the Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First in India. Founders: Chandramouli, an Antler EIR, is an engineer from Capillary Technologies, Redbus and Amazon; Venkat founded Sellerworx (SaaS for online sellers), acquired by Capillary Technologies, and was Chief Growth Officer at Zest Money. Founded in Jun 2024.

Pet food brand, present in 20 outlets in Bangalore with plans to expand to Mysore, Hyderabad, Goa and Kochi. Sells biscuits and jerky packets priced at ₹700-800. Works with vets and nutritionists to ensure taste and nutritional value. $425K seed round by undisclosed investors. No background available on the founder, Smriti.