Enterprise data governance solutions. Provides companies with a model-agnostic platform to implement AI solutions across their operations with complete control over data governance. $230K pre-seed round. Founders Ashwani and Amarsh are both IIT Kanpur as well as co-founders of Transerve (location intelligence) for 14 years, till its acquisition by Precisely (data integrity co. with 12K customers).

Supplier of certified organic food products to a global customer base of private labels. Provides a full range of products from staples, oils and spices to dry fruits and super foods. ₹1.5CR seed round from undisclosed investors. Founder Sushant started Samasta in 2021, prior to which he ran a marketing firm for eight years; his co-founder Prateek is a software developer by background.

Mass premium jewellery brand focused on 'celebration' wear. 400 SKUs are sold D2C and through marketplaces, with ₹1-30K price points. Currently at ₹1CR (~$100K) annualised revenue. ₹2.5CR (~$290K) pre-seed round. Founders: Ankur (IIT Roorkee, IIM Bangalore) is from Mastercard, McKinsey and Fashinza (three years including the founder's office); Manali is from category roles at Healthkart, Limeroad, Bulbul as well as Fashinza (three years including as Director of Revenue). Founded in Aug 2024.

Quick commerce for baby care products delivered within 60 minutes. Currently live from one dark store covering 10 pin codes in Bengaluru. $3.2M seed round. Angels in the round: Maninder Gulati (OYO), Abhishek Goyal (Tracxn), Nitin Gupta (Uni), Arjun Vaidya (V3). Founders: Chetan (IIT Kharagpur), ex Deutsche Bank, was a VP at Leap Finance; Vivek (IIT Kharagpur) is also from Deutsche Bank as well as BCG, followed by OYO (close to six years); Abhijit (IIT-BHU) was the Co-Founder of MojoStay followed by engineering roles at Leap and Skydo. Founded in Aug 2025. Comps: FirstCry now offers same day delivery in 40 cities.

AI research startup that brings alignment and steering to models, to ensure they offer reliable and accurate domain-specific output in enterprise deployments. Pre-seed round by Antler from their inaugural AI Disrupt program, with $1M funded in capital and in kind (GPU perks). Founders: CEO Aakash has a PhD in Computational Mathematics from École des Mines (Paris) with postdoctoral research at Stanford; COO & CMO Mrunmayee was the co-founder of CourtEasy (AI for legal professionals) for c. two years. Founded in Feb 2025.

Luxury handbag and accessories brand, with 50 SKUs priced at ₹5,000-15,000. Sold via Ajio Luxe, Tata Cliq Luxury, Nykaa Luxe. Seed round of an undisclosed amount. Founders: Sanchit (EDHEC) was part of Whirpool's global Fast Track Management Program for two years; there is no information available on co-founder Annika, after her Master's in Luxury Accessory Design and Management from Italy. Founded in Jan 2024.

Casual dining and QSR chain for - you guessed correctly - Japanese food. The company has three models - a café, a bakehouse (faster service) and the KoiKoi Essentials food products brand (ramen kits, frozen meals) - with 7 outlets across Delhi NCR and Mumbai currently at an ₹30CR (~$3.4M) annualised revenue. The goal is to get to 90 outlets/20 cities/₹200CR (~$23M) by 2027. $2M seed round. Includes the participation of Capitar Ventures, a venture debt firm. Founder Gaurav started this in 2019, soon after his Masters degree.

Fashion and travel accessories brand - luggage covers, storage pouches, socks and hankies. The brand has shelf space in diverse multibrand outlets (MBOs) - Regal Shoes, Crossword, Hamleys. Currently at 15K monthly orders, 25% offline-75% online sales split. Monthly sales data not provided. ₹4.5CR seed round. Founders: Harshit (Narsee Monjee) held strategy and marketing roles at Future Consumer (part of Future Group) for 5 years as well as at Pfizer Consumer Healthcare; Manali was at MullenLowe Lintas for 5 years, followed by Future Consumer, and brand design agencies in Singapore. Founded in 2021.

Full-stack Edge AI hardware platform - the company builds modular Edge AI computing platforms that integrate compute, connectivity and storage on a single board - with 5000 shipped to date. This hardware is deployed in industrial gateways, humanoid robots, autonomous vehicles, drones and defence systems. Competes against boards provided by global players: Raspberry Pi, Nvidia Jetson, Google Coral, Qualcomm. ₹1.39CR seed round. Founders: CEO Prabhu is from EMC, Siemens and Affiliatics; Savitri was a director at WaterBot Online Solutions for a decade (IoT systems). Founded in Jan 2025.

Sustainable packaging for fresh produce. The packaging is in the form of plant-based films, that extend shelf life of fruits and vegetables by up to 3x. It is both biodegradable and compostable, with R&D as well as production in Visakhapatnam. Naturally (pun intended), this is a B2B business, working with farmers, exporters and retailers. It has two products, for bulk shipments and for retail. Building both sales and compliance functions in the US and India. Current revenue scale not provided. $1M seed round. Founders Taraka and Venkata built out SBioTech, an aquaculture startup that specializes in probiotics for fish, for seven years. That overlapped with them building MicGene Lab, a state of the art research laboratory in Visakhapatnam. Founded in Aug 2020.