Cultivated meat brand, replicating the taste and texture of conventional meat with 400 consumer trials so far. Cultivated meat is integrated with food-safe ingredients to improve affordability and scalability vs. a pure cell grown process. The plan is to distribute directly to consumers as well as manufacturers, retailers and restaurants. Future avenues include cultivated seafood and petfood. ₹2CR pre-seed round. Founders: Kamalnayan (Institute of Chemical Technology, '23) worked briefly at Abryl Laboratories (manufacturer of liquid vials) and has been President of nonprofit The Mumbai Smart Protein Project. Founded in Jul 2023. Comps are global: GOOD Meat, Upside Foods.

BioTech startup developing non-microplastic sustainable biopolymers, as an alternative to specialty polymers and ingredients. Agricultural waste is converted into biopolymers for use across home care, beauty, nutraceutical and pharma products. This round is towards setting up pilot production facilities and establishing a GTM. ₹18CR (~$2M) seed round. Founders: Shruti (Fergusson College '15) was a research associate in molecular biology for 5 years at NTU Singapore; Pranav (Fergusson College '17) has been researching biopolymers at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL) in Pune since 2018. Founded in Feb 2024.

B2B procurement platform for packaging materials, warehouse assets, capex and turnkey projects. Serves clients across e-commerce, quick commerce, hospitality and fresh produce - including Blinkit, Flipkart, Meesho, First Cry, Mensa Brands. Packaging materials are manufactured inhouse. ₹4CR seed round. Founders: Sagar (IIM Lucknow '23) was with EATCLUB, Lal10 (apparel manufacturer) and Swiggy; Rishabh was with Bira91 and Kenstar. Founded in Dec 2023.

Electronics manufacturer with its own brand of mini-UPS and multi-device chargers. The company has a 41% share of the mini-UPS market. ₹5CR round by Ramesh Kannan, founder of Kaynes Technology India Limited (electronics manufacturing services, $5B market cap). The CEO made interesting points on raising for hardware companies in India, over here: https://www.entrepreneur.com/en-in/news-and-trends/cuzor-bags-rs5-cr-seed-funding-from-kaynes-longer/496571. Founders: Sachin was SVP of Product Engineering at Ottomate International and managed product development at Lava; Saurabh co-founded Fydl (smart collars for pets) and is also from Lava. Founded in Nov 2020.

Supplier of certified organic food products to a global customer base of private labels. Provides a full range of products from staples, oils and spices to dry fruits and super foods. ₹1.5CR seed round from undisclosed investors. Founder Sushant started Samasta in 2021, prior to which he ran a marketing firm for eight years; his co-founder Prateek is a software developer by background.

Sustainable packaging for fresh produce. The packaging is in the form of plant-based films, that extend shelf life of fruits and vegetables by up to 3x. It is both biodegradable and compostable, with R&D as well as production in Visakhapatnam. Naturally (pun intended), this is a B2B business, working with farmers, exporters and retailers. It has two products, for bulk shipments and for retail. Building both sales and compliance functions in the US and India. Current revenue scale not provided. $1M seed round. Founders Taraka and Venkata built out SBioTech, an aquaculture startup that specializes in probiotics for fish, for seven years. That overlapped with them building MicGene Lab, a state of the art research laboratory in Visakhapatnam. Founded in Aug 2020.

Curated retail displays/outlets for D2C brands, located in hotels, co-working hubs, gyms and campuses. Has partnered with 150 D2C brands to offer their locations, including Awfis, Smartworks, The Lodhi Hotel (Delhi). Pre-seed round of an undisclosed amount. Founders: Tanmay was Chief of Staff at Sleepy Owl Coffee; Gurpreet worked at IndoSup, a B2B procurement platform. Founded in Jan 2024.

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).

EV logistics marketplace for low-emission last-mile deliveries. Launched in April 2025, the company offers real time tracking with carbon savings analytics. It will expand into 12 Tier II cities this year (e.g. Jaipur, Chandigarh, Bhopal, Surat) by December. It aims to establish two regional operations hubs and 20,000 drivers. $500K angel round from undisclosed investors. Founders: CEO PPrakarsh started ILine soon after his MBA (Hult International Business School); CSO Renu was at Verizon for 20 years, most recently as Head of Consumer Product Innovation and Insights. Founded in Jul 2024.

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.