AI digital marketing automation for small businesses in India, e.g. gyms, salons, hospitality providers and clinics. Manages SEO and automates all communication (automated responses, follow-ups and ongoing customer conversations). Used by 21,600 businesses since its beta. ₹15.5CR seed round. Other investors in the round: Vernalis Capital and angel investors including Revant Bhate, Vaibhav Domkundwar, Ramakant Sharma, Sumit Gupta. Founders: CEO Ashutosh built Matrix funded Testbook for 13 years before it was acquired by Classplus; CTO Ayush (IIT Kanpur), CPO Arpit (IIT Bombay) and CMO Narendra Agrawal (IIT Bombay) were also respectively CTO, CPO and CMO at Testbook. Narendra is is not linked here. Founded in May 2024.

SpaceTech startup incubated at IIT Madras. The company is developing autonomous, re-usable vehicles for in-orbit and microgravity experiments (i.e. commercial space research). Products that come out of such environments include special semiconductors, high purity protein crystals for pharma and artificial retinas. Microgravity environments are hard to recreate on earth and more options are needed in space as the International Space Station nears decommissioning in 2030. It aims to launch its first vehicle by Q1 2028. $1M pre-seed round. Founders: Aravind IB (IIT Madras) spent nine years as Graduate Research Assistant at the National Centre for Combustion Research & Development (NCCRD); Vishal graduated from VIT and Columbia with two years in-between joining Inbound; Abhijit (Goa Univ., Nalsar) was a Commanding Officer of the Indian Navy. Founded in Oct 2023.

Fitness sessions organised within apartment complexes - strength training, yoga, weight loss offered via both individual and group training. ₹2CR pre-seed round. Currently operational in 40 complexes in Bangalore, with 500 customers to date. Angels in the round include Pranay Jivrajka (Allo Health). Founder Shalabh (IIT Guwahati, IIM Lucknow) managed growth and brand marketing at Allo Health, worked across various verticals at and spent two years with Ola. Curefit Founded in Oct 2023.

D2C travel accessories with a multi-brand approach. Travel products include luggae, backpacks and neck pillows, all offered with an aim of two hour delivery. The company also plans to open 100 stores in the next two years. $5M seed round from First Cheque at Jungle Ventures and Fireside Ventures. Angels in the round: Revant Bhate (Mosoaic Wellness), Abhishek Goyal (Tracxn), Harsh Shah (Fynd), Chirag Taneja (GoKwik), Ramakant Sharma (Livspace) and more. Founders: Abhinav Pathak built Kalaari, Venture Highway and Prime backed Perpule, a cloud-based POS which was acquired by Amazon in 2021, before spending two years with Amazon; Abinav Zutshi is from Landmark Group, Trent and Big Bazaar. Founded in Feb 2025.

SaaS tools for hospitals and other healthcare service providers, including an outpatient (OPD) department management system, an end-to-end hospital OS, a clinical AI notetaker and an app for patients. Incubated at IIT Madras, the company is also integrating blockchain into a number of tools, for e.g. in managing sensitive organ donation databases. ₹6.5CR seed round. Founders: all three are IIT Madras. Prabhu is Head of the School of Innovation & Entrepreneurship at IIT Madras; Vijayaraja was co-founder at Gemicates (automation systems) for six years; Anirudh started out while still studying at IIT. Founded in Apr 2023.

Rocket manufacturing company with a flagship product - InfinityOne - that will deliver payloads of up to 350kg to altitudes of up to 800km (i.e. in Low Earth Orbit). The rocket has a reusable first stage which means it can relaunch within 24 hours. Its first commercial launch is planned for Jan 2028. $3M pre-seed round from undisclosed investors ("a family office and an angel investor"). Founders: CEO & CSO Dr. Ravindra Raj BM started Omspace straight out of IIT Madras; Chief Propulsion Engineer Maulik Mota joined after a brief stint at Essar Oil; Founded in Jun 2020.

Engineering simulations through high performance computing combined with "quantum-inspired" algorithms (i.e. algorithms that draw on quantum computing theory but use classical hardware, not quantum computers). Clients from the aerospace, automotive, energy and defence industry can use the platform for faster design cycles, with cheaper compute. The company has a collaboration with the US Air Force Research Lab, as well as paid pilots with ABB, BMW and Maruti Suzuki. $5M seed round. Other investors in the round: Transpose Platform, Alumni Ventures, Gaingels, ARKA Venture Labs, Grifiss Institute, Paradigm Shift Capital and Pranatech. Founders: Co-Founder & CEO Abhishek (BS, Aerospace from Rutgers; MEng from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) started this almost straight out of Rutgers; along with CTO Rut, also straight out of Rutgers; and COO Jash, after graduating from University College London (UCL). Founded in Sep 2020, HQ In New York with tech out of Bengaluru.

Parking solutions provider which offers a range of IoT solutions - a smart parking barrier that secures individual parking spaces for particular customers (using a pop-up barrier), automated boom barriers and EV fleet charging infrastructure. A marketplace also allows private parking owners to rent out their unused spaces by the hour, using the parking barrier/lock. The company currently facilitates 20,000 parking slot bookings a month. ₹2.09CR seed round. Founders: Amrit started Nick IT Solutions, a services firm, 18 years ago; Raj Kumar is from the advertising industry. Founded in Apr 2023.

Business intelligence platform, focused on automation and conversational analytics. Pre-seed round of an undisclosed amount. Angels in the round include Gaurav (Noise) and Amit (Central Warehousing Corporation). Founder Vipul Prakash had brief stints at Delhivery and IndusInd Bank, and was a Zonal Head at BharatPe. Founded in Dec 2023.

Fashion quick commerce startup, modelled around 100 minute delivery from nearby malls and partner outlets, i.e. shunning the dark store model for now. Shoppers can try multiple items at home and decide what to keep. Currently operational in Gurgaon. $250K pre-seed round. Co-Founder & CEO Adarsh (IIT Roorkee, FMS) was at BCG for six years and was VP of Business at Fashinza. Founded in Sep 2024. Comps: KNOT ($3M Pre-A this week - Kae, Sparrow), Slikk Club (Lightspeed, Nexus), Zilo (InfoEdge, Chiratae).