Tracking pre-seed and seed rounds that close in India every week
Links out to the the websites of the startup and its investors, along with LinkedIn profiles of the founders and fundraising news.
Agentic AI to make off-road vehicles autonomous. Called NeuralPilot, AI agents combine data from cameras, LiDAR, and GPS sensors to equip off-road vehicles with navigation, mission planning and real time monitoring. Works with Neuralbox, its hardware device which can be retrofitted on to any vehicle. $2.4M pre-seed round. Other investors in the round: Saka Ventures, Appreciate Capital, Astir Ventures, IIMA Ventures, SIDBI, Heston Castelino. Founders Mohan and Aditya were respectively Co-Founder & CTO and Head of Robotics and AI Engineering at Flo Mobility (robots for moving materials at construction sites, warehouses and mining operations). Founded in Dec 2023.
Skilling and placement platform for nursing students and professionals. Uses gen-AI for personalised training and simulates real-world clinical scenarios. It also supports nursing professionals with mock interviews, resume building and automated assessment tools for job readiness. It claims to "reach 2M learners monthly". It also partners with hospitals and other healthcare service providers for placements. Now building out in regional languages for Tier 2/3 cities. Undisclosed seed round. Other investors in the round: Aayush Phumbhra, along with other angels and family offices. Founders: three of the founders, Prince, Utkarsh and Gourav, studied their Bachelors in Medicine from AIIMS Jodhpur before starting NPrep. The fourth founder, Shrey Gupta, is not linked here. Founded in Jul 2023.
AI-native radio frequency satellite infrastructure, through a network of nanosatellites. The goal is to provide clients in industries across maritime, aviation, defence, oil and gas, and weather forecasting low-latency, high precision insights with 6x more data value per dollar, by capturing the entire radio spectrum compared to legacy satellites which are optical only (i.e. only capture images). Space trials are planned by end 2025, using ISRO's launch vehicle, with pilot customers next year. "Images cannot track moving assets like ships or aircraft. Today, companies take four to four-and-a-half hours to reach a decision. We bring that down to under ten minutes". $2.5M pre-seed round. Other investors in the round: Eaglewings Ventures. Founders: Ankit (Kurekshetra Univ.) and Raghav (NIT Jalandhar) started Xovian Research Tech in 2014, a space-tech consulting firm and ecosystem enabler in 2014. They started Xovian Aerospace in 2018.
Observability tool for the AI age which provides real time production insights to developers. "Our mission is to redefine how software evolves, not after deployment but as it is being built". It helps devs eliminate unused code and improve software quality through a continuous feedback loop. The solution is targeted towards e-com, fintech and logistics firms, where fast-paced deployment and large codebases require greater visibility and automation. $2.5M pre-seed round. Other investors in the round: SenseAI Ventures, Stargazer Ventures. Founders: Anant (BITS Pilani) was the Principal Architect at Flipkart, with the firm for close to nine years; Priyanka was also an architect with Flipkart for close to ten years.
AI-powered dashcams for fleet operators that offer real-time safety alerts to prevent road accidents. Used by public transport, school bus and commercial fleet operators. It has 60 customers. $3M raised in a seed round - $1.2M was raised in April and $1.8M this August. Other investors in the round: Venture Catalysts, Vibha Chetan (Cheravi Ventures), Raveen Sastry (Multiply Ventures), Vivekananda Hallekere (Bounce), Nishchay AG (Jar). Founders: Ankit (NIFT, IIM Calcutta) was with Bounce and Bounce Infinity in a variety of roles (CEO's office; comms manager); Pranjal (Roorkee Institute of Tech.) was an EIR at Antler, and an engineer at Urban Company and Dream11. Founded in Oct 2023. Comps: Fleetx (Series C from IndiaMART and Beenext in May 2025); Safe Cams (bootstrapped).
AI robotics startup for manufacturing automation. The company has an AI vision platform that enables standard industrial robots to perform tasks without manual programming. Its first product, WeldT, uses computer vision to automate welding in manufacturing setups which produce a large variety of products. The tech is being adapted for other applications - painting, gluing, inspection and assembly. "Manufacturing as we know it is already fading. As AI evolves beyond the human form into Physical Intelligence, we are witnessing a once-in-a-century shift, where lean, adaptive, and precise automation will redefine how things are made." Aiming at 80 deployments across 20 customers within the next year. ₹6.5CR pre-seed round. Other investors in the round: Innovation Mission Punjab. Founders: CEO Anubhi (Masters in Automation Engineering from Newcastle University) was an automation specialist at Siemens in the UK for close to five years; CTO Amrit (IIT Delhi) ran his down dev firm prior to Terafac. Founded in 2023.
Conversational AI for call centres. Focused on clients in insurance, healthcare and debt collection. Has processed 3M minutes of calls, reducing the volume of calls handled by human agents by up to 70%. No information on clients. $1.1M seed round. Founders Sameer and Shubham are IIT Bombay alum; Sameer is from Thoucentric (data scientist at a management consulting firm) and Fitmint; Shubham is from Topmate (Head of Growth). Founded in Oct 2023.
AI enabled SaaS tool for game studios to automate the experimental and deployment of monetization strategies - personalising the in-game economy for users. This product is called Sentinel, while the company will also launch Grow, a one-click embedded financing service that gives studios access to marketing/customer acquisition financing in one click. $5.4M pre-seed round. Other investors in the round: DeVC. Founders: Vivek is from Electronic Arts (product management and analytics), Big Viking Games (Head of New Products) and spent two years at Z47; Sashank is from King (the studio behind Candy Crush), MPL and BCG. Founded in Apr 2025, SF/Bengaluru based.
Agentic AI platform to manage all the apps we use, through natural language prompts - for e.g. to manage Gmail, Slack, Notion, Trello. A unified interface offers access to more than 300 AI Agents, removing the need to engage with apps one by one. For example, the platform can "automatically review new GitHub pull requests, identify bugs or improvements using Code Interpreter, and post detailed feedback as comments before manual review." Aimed at multiple business personas - founders, devs, recruiters and marketers, to manage their workflows. $4M "pre-seed" round. Founder Sowmay was the Co-Founder & CEO of Instadapp (DeFi platform which raised $12M) for six years. Founded in Apr 2025.
Billing solutions provider for a new generation of AI (i.e. SaaS) companies. The goal is to reduce the complexity and time sink in building in-house usage based and hybrid billing systems. As software companies move from subscription models to AI workload based consumption, traditional billing tools are proving inadequate. The company will integrate with payment gateways such as Stripe and Razorpay. It estimates AI billing infra is a $4B market. $500K pre-seed round, which included angel investors from Magicpin, Zomato and Innovaccer. Founders: CEO Manish is a PM from Magicpin and Aftershoot; CTO Nikhil is an engineer from Zomato and WizCommerce; while co-founder Koshima was also a PM at Magicpin as well as Noise.