Full stack platform for gig workers to find verified jobs, as well as provide them with company or partner operated housing, meals and healthcare, along with access to phones and bikes. Paying guest (PG) housing hubs are located within 1km of major worksites - near logistics, warehousing and manufacturing clusters. This integrated model aims to reduce employee churn. Currently serves 3,000 workers across 50 cities, 150 of whom use Nia operated PGs. Works with companies like Flipkart, Zomato and Bigbasket. $2.4M seed round. Founded in Aug 2024. Founders: CEO Sachin was with Unilever for 14 years till 2010, following which he built Peel Works (Chiratae, Unilever Ventures), SaaS for kirana stores and blue collar workers; COO Lt Col Pushkar Raj was with the Indian Army for 21 years before joining Peel Works as Co-Founder & COO.

Rural distribution platform that helps FMCG brands expand into rural and semi-urban markets through a network of tech-enabled dark stores. Currently operates 10 dark stores which serve 5K retailers across Western UP, working with brands like Bikano, Yellow Diamond and Kingfisher. Aiming at 25 dark stores to serve 25K retailers within the next year. ₹4.5CR pre-seed round. Angels in the round include Kunwar Asheesh Saxena (RedDoorz). Founded in Dec 2022. Founders: Jitendra was a growth partner at 1K Kirana Bazaar (another offline distribution network), a cluster manager at Udaan and the founder of Dhaanika, an organic produce brand; Nishant managed growth and expansion at 1K Kirana and led offline sales for RedDoorz (similar to OYO) in Vietnam, and Treebo back home.

Runs wealthtech platform MIDASX, which functions as a multi-asset class marketplace as a service - offering stock baskets, research calls, corporate FDs, model portfolios, bonds, MLDs, and unlisted equities in one place. This is a B2B2C offering - allowing financial advisors, brokers and distributors to create microsites with this multi-asset offering to their investors. This comes with compliance and an admin/backend for their clients. ₹12CR seed round.

B2B e-commerce platform that specializes in building materials. The company provides a line of credit to emerging architects, contractors and builders, powered by NBFCs like Muthoot Finance and Rupifi. ₹6CR seed round from the corporate venture capital arm of Somany Impresa Group, the owners of Hindware.

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.