Tracking pre-seed and seed rounds that close in India every week
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Restaurant chain which claims to have invented butter chicken and dal makhani! Operates 15 outlets in India and in Bangkok, the first restaurant in its foreign foray which opened in May 2025. ₹100CR annualized revenue with double digit EBITDA margins. Expansion focused on the UK, GCC and Southeast Asia. Funding of an undisclosed amount.
Platform providing the memory layer for LLM apps. This has become a fundamental problem in chatbots, where individual chat sessions can be recalled but the memory layer - which builds a deeper understanding of its user over time, and seamlessly switches context - is missing. $24M raised across seed and Series A, including $3.9M in a previously announced seed round. The seed round was led by Kindred Ventures, the Series A was led by Basis Set Ventures with the participation of Peak XV Partners, GitHub Fund, Y Combinator. Angels in the round include Scott Belsky, Dharmesh Shah, and CEOs Olivier Pomel (Datadog), Paul Copplestone (Supabase), James Hawkins (PostHog), Thomas Dohmke (ex-GitHub), Lukas Biewald (Weights & Biases).
"Events technology" startup which offers tools for event discovery, ticketing and guest management at venues. Events powered by the platform include concerts, marathons, business conferences and cultural festivals. Funding of an undisclosed amount, from actors Nayanthara and Vignesh Shivan. Founded in 2022.Comps: BookMyShow, Zomato.
Cybersecurity startup with an autonomous "cyber leadership" infrastructure that replicates CISO (Chief Information Security Officer) level decision making. No information on traction, claims to have onboarded an initial set of customers. Pre-seed round of an undisclosed amount. Founded in June 2025, Ahmedabad HQ.
Full stack voice AI for call center operations, with a contrarian approach focused on small language models (SLMs). The company provides lifelike voices in 16 global languages, across industries. Enterprise clients include Paytm, MakeMyTrip, ServiceNow. $8M seed round, funding towards R&D as well as India and North America expansion. Founded in 2023, SF/Bengaluru based.
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.