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.
Social media app with 1M Android users, which enables them to create high definition AI content. Round of an undisclosed amount. Treefe Technology is the company name. Founded in Jan 2024, Mumbai based. No background available on Founder & CEO Kapil (Univ. of Mumbai '03).
Consumer AI concierge which automates household decisions, coordination and everyday services. "Don't Tell me, Tell M” is the tagline. ₹102CR (~$11M) seed round, from Peak XV ($5M, 15.5% stake), Blume ($4M, 12.4%) and CRED ($2M, 6.2%), with a 21.11% ESOP pool. Founded in Jan 2026, Bangalore based. Founders: Kabeer (Univ. of Mumbai '04; Narsee Monjee '07) was Co-Founder & CEO of Dunzo; Kartik (IIT Madras; MIT '14) was VP & Business Head at Dunzo; co-founded Pillow (financial services on web3 rails) and was briefly Head of Business at Swish (10 min. food delivery). This lies at the intersection of quick commerce as well as home services. Snabbit is in talks to raise $55M at c. $400M, rumoured to be led by SIG; with Pronto looking for $20M at c. $200M from Lachy Groom; and Urban Company reporting instant home services crossed 1M bookings in March.
Mobile gaming studio building casual and puzzle games for a global audience, with five live games including Cozy Finds, Sticker by Number and Zen Math Crossword. Three titles have positive unit economics. Monetization is predominantly ad led and will diversify to IAP (in-app purchases). $3.1M seed round led by Centre Court and PeerCapital. Founded in Jul 2024, Bangalore based. Founders: Om (IIT Kharagpur '15), Tapan (VIT '15) and Harsh (BITS Pilani '17) are former PlaySimple Games colleagues. Om was a PM there, prior to which he co-founded Smartify World (industrial IoT) and SocialCORE. Tapan is also ex-Zynga, while Harsh joined PlaySimple out of college.
Formerly known as 3ioNetra, building a "dharma stack", i.e. faith-tech infrastructure for the digitisation of temples, compliance and devotee engagement. Round of an undisclosed amount. Existing investors include Artha Venture Fund and India Accelerator. Founded in Mar 2025; Mumbai based. Founders: CEO Amit (Magadh Univ. '06; Symby '08) was Co-Founder at 6Degree (eCommerce enablement SaaS) for a decade; CPO Sharad (Visvesvaraya Technological University '13) was a software dev at Pencil Point Designs (design consultancy).
Health-focused QSR brand with nutrient-dense açaí bowls starting at ₹199 in their first store in Indiranagar, Bangalore. 10K bowls since its Oct 2025 launch. Plans 8-10 stores in Bangalore with this round. ₹4CR pre-seed round led by All In Capital along with TDV. TDV went from the meeting at their store to term sheet in 24 hours. Founded in May 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: Rishav (IIT Kharagpur '15; IIM Bangalore '19) was with BCG in Dubai for ~six years; Akash (also IIT Kharagpur '15; IIM Bangalore '20) was at BCG in Bangalore for ~five years.
Residential rental discovery and management platform for homes in gated society that offers verified listings and reduced security deposits depending on your credit score. Operating in Bangalore, it offers home owners a gauranteed rent, while managing tenant relationships and maintenance. It launched in Whitefield six months ago and has 170 homes. ₹5CR from angels including Kunal Shah (CRED), Albinder Dhindsa (Blinkit), Pankaj Chaddah (Zomato), Mohit Gupta (Coyu, ex-Zomato), Akriti Chopra (Zomato), Gunjan Patidar (Zomato), Nitin Gupta. Founded in Jan 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: Sahil (SRCC '09) was at Stanza Living (~seven years, SVP Revenue and Growth) and Zomato (~five years, VP International Operations); Ashutosh (SRCC '12; ISB '20) was at CRED (~five years, Revenue Lead - Rewards); Zomato (~seven years, AVP - Global Growth).
EV ride-hailing platform operating in Delhi NCR with premium vehicles (BYD, MG). It operates over 100 vehicles and has completed 45,000 rides. ₹3.65CR angel round funding by its "existing users". Founded in Jan 2024, Delhi based. Founder Naveen (Kurukshetra University '08, Nyenrode Business University '10) for VP and Country Head for India at Zoomcar and National Sales Head at CARS24 for about a year each, and is ex-Swiggy (3 years) and redBus (4.5 years).
The boAt co-founder’s new venture, with scarce detail on what it will do. It will lie at the intersection of creators, culture, content, branding and AI. ₹100CR seed round. Founded in Mar 2026, Delhi based. Founder Aman Gupta is the co-founder of BoAt.
Gauranteed home resale platform. On the one hand, it uses AI to build valuation intelligence, i.e it analyzes historical transactions, live market signals and buyer engagement data to understand pricing dynamics within micro markets. On the other, it ensures sellers' homes are refurbished and matched with the right pool of qualified buyers. This ensures that sales happen as the home comes on to the market. Currently focused on Noida. $1M pre-seed round, from angels including Bharath Vivek Chandhok. Founded in Apr 2024, Noida based. Founders: Saurav (IIT Bombay '14) was Co-Founder & COO of Pocket52 (acquired by Gameskraft); Alaukik (IIT Bombay '15) was Head of Product Design at Pocket52 and was Lead Designer at PDI (data driven political consulting in the US); Shalin (Institute of Engineering & Management '15) worked in tech roles at Pocket52, Gameskraft and Yubi.
Fandom-driven storytelling platform enabling users to create and consume alternative storylines based on their favourite movies, shows, anime, games and books. It brings together fanfiction, comics, videos and discussions into a single space. Content is hosted across more than 250 fandoms, including Harry Potter, Marvel, The Lion King, with 150K users globally. Its users spend 20 minutes a day and are largely Gen Z, based in the US, Canada, UK and Europe. It has partnered with Arka Media Works to build fan content around Baahubali characters. $1M pre-seed round led by Kalaari Capital and Gruhas. Founded in Feb 2024, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Jatin (NIT Karnataka '18) was an Associate at Kalaari and a Decision Science Analyst at Jumbotail; Nesar (Ramaiah Institute of Technology '18) was also an Associate at Kalaari and was with Gilda VC (a fundraising platform); CTO Arvindmani (NIT Tiruchirappalli '18) was a software engineer at Fidelity Investments.