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.

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).