Bringing AI to tender management. AI analyses and summarises RFPs, checks for compliances and simplifies bid proposals. This in turn brings down manual review times by 90% and increases tender win rates for clients. ₹5.1CR seed round. Angels in the round: Haresh Chawla, Abhishek Goyal and more. Two of the founders built UltraPawz (Fitbit for pets); the third was CTO at Blozum (conversion optimization for WhatsApp).

Integrating AI agents and copilots into existing applications, getting jobs done for end users using natural language prompts. The platform comes with an agent builder as well as "agent experience", i.e. an AI-powered agentic interface for applications that simplifies user interactions. $6M seed round. Other investors in the round: Darkmode Ventures. Founders: Deepak and Rahul were co-founders of Slintel (GSF, Stellaris, Accel), acquired by 6Sense, where they then worked. The third co-founder Anirudh was CTO & Co-Founder of alloan.ai after a decade as a researcher at Microsoft.

AI agents to manage cross-platform workflows for product managers. ₹1.3CR pre-seed round. The three founders are software engineers - the CEO had short stints at Microsoft and ControlShift.

SaaS platform for companies to manage their recruitment process. Works with companies in FinTech and IT to manage resume verification, skill assessment and checking the cultural fit of candidates. ₹5CR seed round, investors undisclosed. Co-Founder Nihar spent close to 17 years at Axis Bank.

Privacy compliance and data governance startup. $400K pre-seed round. The founder is based in the Netherlands, started a dev firm there and was also the CIO of Mobinck (the incubation arm of AutoBinck Group).

SaaS product that enables live video eCommerce for brands as well as shoppable reels. It combines live video shopping, Agentic AI and conversational commerce to reduce bounce rates and drive engagement up by 2x, as well as increase sales by up to 30%. It has over 300 clients from Manyavar to Thomas Cook. $300K seed round. It had previously raised from 100x and Pentathlon Ventures. Founders: The CEO comes from Publicis Sapient (heading Cloud Managed Services) and Infosys; the CTO is from Publicis Sapient and Globallogic.

AI-driven English learning platform. Offers a voice-first tutor for English as a second language. Users improve their spoken English - across fluency, pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. The app has 4M installs, ~500K MAUs and 45K paying users. Expansion will focus on Latin America (40% of revenue today) and South East Asia. The majority of users are already outside India. $3.75M Pre-Series A round. Other investors in the round: Rebright, Force Ventures, GradCapital, Operators Studio. The founders started building Stimuler midway through college - three are from IIT BHU, the fourth, CTO Akshat Baranwal (not linked below) is from IIIT Allahabad.

AI-powered construction monitoring platform that transforms 360-degree helmet-mounted site videos into intelligent, time-stamped virtual walkthroughs, enabling real-time visibility, collaboration and progress tracking across construction projects. Pilots done, exploring India and the US market. Seed round, amount undisclosed. Founder Yash (IIT Bombay, Cornell) is from Beacon Associates, a civil contractor.

AI-powered "Product Experience Management" platform. Online sellers can create, manage and distribute product listings across channels - with automated catalog creation, product listing updates and visual content generation. Pre-seed round, amount undisclosed. Angels in the round: Sangeet Agarwal and Navin Parval (Mokobara), Rohin Mittal (AdYogi). Founders: Himanshu is ex-Reliance Retail and P&G; Ankit and Vipin are ex-AdYogi. All three worked together at ANS (Flipkart). Comps: some overlap with Phot.AI (InfoEdge, Together, AC Ventures), which focuses on the visuals for cataloging.