Hybrid-casual gaming studio. It's first game, Ludo Hero, released this Feb. $1M pre-seed round. Other investors in the round: Ventana Ventures, 91 ventures, Untitled Ventures. Dhananjai brings experience from GamesKraft/Mayhem Studios/Dream Game Studios. Neeraj spent close to nine years at Zynga.

Laser weeding - an AI-powered laser weeder (pre-launch) attaches to tractors, cameras and AI models detect weeds, and robotic actuators burn them with high-power lasers. This reduces costs for farmers, boosts yields and promotes organic farming. ₹5CR seed round. Both founders are from Mahindra University, the CEO was a robotics researcher at Farming Revolution, a German startup with a similar product.

Nutrition brand with a range of flavoured oats. Pre-seed round, amount undisclosed.

Deeptech startup in oncology precision diagnostics. It's molecular subtyping tests provide comprehensive data to doctors to guide them in providing personalized therapy. Pre-seed round, amount undisclosed.

Food and wellness products sourced from the Himalayas. Revenue and other numbers undisclosed. Pre-seed round of an undisclosed amount. The founders came together through The Naropa Fellowship, a post graduate program for entrepreneurial leadership to create impactful businesses in Ladakh. The 4th co-founder, Mohd. Anas Zubair (CTO), is not linked below.

Quick commerce for fashion, with delivery in 60 minutes. The immediate goal is to cover 80% of Bangalore's PIN codes, while diversifying into over seven lifestyle categories (categories undisclosed), and expanding across Tier 1/2 in the next five years. It's Try & Buy feature allows you to do exactly that, while the delivery exec waits. $3.2M seed round, with participation from existing investors (Better Capital, Untitled Ventures) and angels Abhishek Goyal (Tracxn), Abhinav Pathak (Perpule), Madhav Tandan, Nikhil (Panthera), Saurabh Gupta (DST Global). The three founders worked together at Amazon and Perpule (self checkout solutions).

Shoe care brand, crossed ₹50L monthly sales in October 2024 (the last time numbers were reported). $100K pre-seed round. Two of the three founders built Brand Th3ory, a digital marketing agency, for close to a decade.

An alternative web, without access to the internet. The startup allows smartphones to create a decentralised network that can be utilized by consumers, retail and businesses across geographies to transact and communicate without the presence of internet or telecom services. $1.1M seed round. Angels investors in the round: Paul Taylor, Rahim Noorani, Rushi Manche (Movement Labs). Satvik was Global Product Lead, Web3/NFTs at Mastercard

Cybersecurity startup providing agentic AI for real-time, multimodal deepfake detection. It's fintech clients use it to detect deepfakes in their video KYC processes. $600K pre-seed round. Other investors in this round: Soonicorn Ventures. SF/BLR based. Piyush, CEO, was a research fellow at MIT and CEO of Manush Labs, a corporate innovation lab. The CTO and CDO are from IT services firm Calance.

AI courses, internships and certification. Pre-seed round, amount undisclosed. Prashant ran Jetihire, a recruiting firm, prior to this.