High-tech, climate resilient farming startup that produces European strawberries under its Oh! Fruits brand - these are twice as sweet and have three times the shelf life of typical Indian varieties. Output will be boosted from 2-3kg per day to 120kg per day, and will diversify into blueberries and raspberries. The goal is to solve inconsistent fruit quality and the lack of year-round supply in India, the world's second largest fruit producer. $2M seed round. Angels investors include Sashi Kumar (Akshayakalpa Organic). Founders: Harish is from BCG (six years) and Pure Harvest (agribusiness in Dubai); Timothy is a plant scientist from South Africa who also worked at Pure Harvest, and SMARTKAS (smart farms); Damien is also a plant scientist from Spain who worked at Viscon Group (food processing equipment manufacturer) and at SMARTKAS. Founded in Dec 2023.

Manufacturer of modular, stackable fuel-cell systems for power generation. These range from sub-kilowatt modules for defence equipment to multi MW blocks for grid-scale, longer duration storage. Customers can integrate batteries with hydrogen and solar assets in a plug-and-play fashion. The company ultimately wants to build a gigawatt-scale factory, but is starting with field trials with anchor customers in telecom, construction and defence. The long term goal is to make the "diesel generator obsolete". $850K seed round.

Sustainable waste management solutions platform, which works with 3,000 recyclers and collectors across India. It provides waste collection services, extended product responsibility solutions (for brands that have promised to manage environment impact of their products to consumers) and a plastics recycling marketplace. Aiming at $20M in "transaction value" this financial year. $4M seed round.

Third party logistics (3PL) provider, with an 100% EV fleet of 450 vehicles. The company is at ₹80L in monthly revenue, with the proceeds of this round aimed at growing this 7x (over what period is unclear). Serves the typical set of quick commerce customers, along with online pharmacies and e-commerce. Plans to raise ₹80CR in its next round. ₹2CR seed round.

Creative marketing agency working across in branding, digital marketing, ATL, BTL and influencer campaigns. Seed round of an undisclosed amount. Angels in the round: Rohan Vijay Mantri (Mantri Landmarks), Sanjay Katkar (Quick Heal Technologies), Monish Darda (Icertis), Satyen Patel (Sahyadri Industries). Founders: Mohit co-founded boostrapped ResQ EMS (ambulance booking) and SpottingHawk (HR services); Nahush founded Classomatrix (marketplace for coaching centres). Founded in Jan 2017.

Managed marketplace for construction materials - buying directly in bulk from brands, retailers, and suppliers, selling to end users (home builders, contractors, architects) at the lowest possible price. Focused on Eastern UP, targeting to open experience centers in multiple cities - Lucknow, Kanpur, Ayodhya, Varanasi and Prayagraj. ₹10CR (~$1.1M) seed round from an undisclosed angel investor. No information available on the founder.

AI-led agritech platform focused on addressing labour shortages. The platform predicts labour demand and connects farmers with skilled workers, through a vernacular easy to use interface. Currently focused on Western Maharashtra’s horticulture belts. No information on current scale. ₹7CR pre-seed round. Founders: CEO Azhaan was an SVP at StrataVision (retail analytics) and head of VC investments at family office Celeres Investments; Gourav (CTO) was co-founder at Bodhi AI (coaching institute SaaS) and Bunkstation (secondhand books marketplace for students). Founded in Apr 2024.

B2B raw materials procurement platform serving for the recycling industry, starting with plastics. The company supplies recyclers with high quality, pre-processed inputs, while helping waste generators get better realizations. India generates about 10M tons of plastic waste annually of which 15% is collected for recycling but <9% is recycled given rudimentary sorting processes. As a result India generates 20% of worldwide plastic waste emissions. ₹5.3CR seed round. Angels in the round: Ganesh Natarajan, Ashish Goel, Chaitanya Kejriwal, and Shruti Deorah. Founders: CEO Viral was Co-Founder/CEO of StayAdobe (student housing) and Co-Founder at Smartstaff (blue collar staffing platform funded by Nexus, Arkam Blume); CRO Nirja (Columbia, HBS) is ex-Dalberg; Director of Ops Sharan was the Founder of Greenearth Industries (plastic waste processor). Founded in Jul 2024.

Online fashion wholesaler, combining an agile supply chain with a buying process for their retailer customers that combines agent assistance, live video shopping and a video product catalog. The company uses AI to analyze over 10K YouTube videos and 500K product images each month to identify trends before they become mainstream and ships them to retailers in 7-10 days. For example, the sari Alia Bhatt wore, supplied to retailers in small towns like Muzaffarpur and Samastipur. Retailers from over 250 districts have bought their products. ₹8CR seed round. Last round investors: DeVC, Bharat Founders Fund. Founders: Suparn and Anshul are both IIT Delhi. Suparn spent 8 years at McKinsey; Anshul is ex-Tata Strategic Management Group, Paytm, Kearney. Founded in Jan 2022 as Bizup, renamed to Navo around the time of this round.

Full stack original design manufacturer (ODM) for consumer tech products. ODMs design and manufacture products for other brands, using their own IP or by designing client-specific products. i-Do's portfolio of products includes those integrated with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) + WiFi (routers, phones, speakers), with plans to cover GPS and GSM tech. The company has a team of 100 engineers in India and China to $4M seed round. Founders: Shalabh was VP-Sales at electronics manufacturing services (EMS) firm Celestica for seven years. He subsequently built his own EMS ventures, one of which formed a JV with Zetwerk to build EMS company ZetTown; co-founder Ashita started her career at KPMG and is also ex-ZetTown, Zetwerk. Founded in Feb 2025.