QSR platform which operates 12 multi-brand food courts in Gurgaon and Jaipur, each of which have six cuisines/six distinct in-house brands on offer - Sattva, Everyday 9, Wichwich, White Bowl, Wakingo and Coldplay. The platform combines dine-in, delivery and subscriptions. 500K orders delivered to over 150K customers till date. Looking to reach 50 outlets and ₹55CR in revenue by 2028. ₹12.25CR angel round (equity + WC) from Shivam Mishra (founder of String Ventures). Founded in Jan 2021, Gurgaon based. Founders: CEO Ankur (Amity '08) and co-founder Abhishek (Nagpur Univ. '05) are engineers by background and co-founders at IT orchestration and cloud management platform Flint for six years, before it was acquired by Freshworks in 2020; co-founder Rajeev (Univ. of Rajasthan '05) was transmission manager at Nokia for a decade. Ankur's mother Anjana is also a director of the company. The three founders set up Ripplewalk, a venture studio for restaurants, where. Pink Adrak was incubated.

Consumer AI startup building AI companion Mello, for audiences in India's Tier II, III and IV cities to explore alternate lives, careers and their aspirations with local cultural settings which reflect linguistic and social nuances of their region. $2.5M seed round which closed around Sep 2025, now officially announced. Other investors in the round: DeVC. Founded in Jan 2025, Bangalore based. Founders Akshay and Ajit are both BITS Pilani. Akshay was an engineer at CRED (four years); Ajit worked on product at BuyStars, Leap and Flipkart (six years across these orgs).

Omnichannel "affordable premium" grocery delivery platform focused on becoming the most trusted sourcer for organic, pesticide and antiobiotic free, minimally processed food across fresh produce, dairy, meat, seafood and daily essentials (staples, snacks etc.). The platform will combine farm-led sourcing with its private label brands, and will focus on dense urban micro-markets. Will launch in NCR, with 10-12 neighbourhood stores (3000 square feet format, with a bakery and cafe) along with 1-2 hour delivery, planned for FY27. $9M seed round led by 3one4.

Community-driven platform for competitive sports, with a ladder-based ranking for players to create structured competiitons within their local community. In beta on Android and iOS, users can create customised ladders for societies, clubs and friends groups, across sports. Originally started out of Sports Skill (a sports performance tracking app), SportsSkill Ladder will operate as a separate company. Raise of an undisclosed amount led by Nirav Mody.

Wellness spa in Mumbai, founded by the actress Mira Kapoor. Offers one-off treatments and week long programs, with sessions running from ₹3K to over ₹20K. It brings together traditional Indian practices (e.g. Ayurveda and sound healing) and modern longevity science (e.g. cryotherapy and infrared sauna). This round will go towards expanding to Pune, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Ahmedabad. $4M round. Angels in the round: Arushi Aayush Agrawal, Ash Lilani, Abhishek Goyal (Tracxn), Sanjay Kapoor.

Marketplace for factory outlets products, focused on branded excess inventory. This allows brand a separate channel for clearing out unsold stock without affecting pricing on their primary sales channels. By definition, the marketplace will have limited stock per SKU. ₹3.2CR pre-seed round. Founded in July 2025, Gurgaon based. Founders: Anurag (IIT Delhi) worked at Spring Marketing Capital and at Clovia (founders office); Mohit graduated from Seneca Polytechnic in Dec 2024.

Coffee-focused QSR chain which operates seven compact outlets in Bangalore. Items are in the ₹100-150 price range, with 150-200 square foot outlets. The company has its own brewing facility, allowing it to operate without expensive espresso machines. Started out as BONOMI (cold brew coffee brand) in Jan 2020, pivoted to Drickle in Jun 2024. ₹6CR seed round. Angels in the round: Param Kandhari (Kandhari Group), Naresh Krishnaswamy (Curefit), Abhinav Mathur (Kaapi Machines), Hemanshu Jain (Khyaal, Vinay Bhopatkar (CCD), Vaibhav Sisinty (GrowthSchool), Dalvir Suri (Dunzo), Rishit Jhunjhunwala (Truecaller), Shaili Chopra (via Zee TV's Ideabaaz show). Prior funding: ₹5.3CR raised in April 2025, followed by ₹50L from Ideabaaz. Founders: Vardhman started BONOMI, prior to which he worked on ops at Kyt (kids community) and Uber (in BLR and Sri Lanka); co-founder Rahul (NMIMS) joined in 2024, from growth + strategy roles at Curefit,Ola and Swiggy. He is ex-IB at JPMorgan. Former BONOMI co-founder Armaan Reet has moved over to hospitality chain Byg Ventures.

Beauty and wellness services on demand in Bangalore. Trained professionals reach customers in ten minutes, for high frequency use cases such as quick blow-dries, head massages and pedicures. The platform manages the supply of professionals and provides them training in-house. $3.2M seed round. Angels in the round: Ritesh Agarwal (OYO), Maninder Gulati (OYO), Abhinav Sinha (Kluisz), Sameer Brij Verma (Northpoint Capital), Abhishek Bansal (Shadowfax). Founded in Oct 2025, Bangalore based. Founder: CEO Komal (IIT Delhi '13; HBS '21) was a VP at Nexus prior to this. She started out at HUL (close to three years) followed by Grofers (a year) and OYO (two, including as Head of Ops in the UK); COO Ashish (IIT Kanpur '12) also started out at HUL (five years) followed by eight years at Oyo (most recently as SVP - Revenue Management and Global Distribution).

Social networking platform for real-time conversations with strangers to discuss common interests, such as music, fitness, gaming and travel. Offers 1-1 video chat and verified profiles. It launched in the US and India two months ago. ₹2CR seed round from a corporate/family office. Founded in Dec 2024, Hyderabad based. Founder & CEO Anurag (Master's from University of Mary Hardin-Baylor '16) is the Founder of Cinephile Pictures, and a business partner at a restaurant chain in Hyderabad, Telangana Spice Kitchen.

Microdrama platform focused on Bhojpuri. It has 100K downloads and 30K paying subs till date, with ₹3CR in annualised revenue today and ₹6CR targeted by March 2025. India had 50M Bhojpuri speakers at the time of our 2011 Census. The company will add five regional languages in the next two years. ₹2.4CR pre-seed round. Angels in the round: Sandip Gupta and Rajdip Gupta (Route Mobile) via SanRaj Family Ventures. Founded in Dec 2023 (altthe app launched six months ago), Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Brijesh (DDU Gorakhpur Univ. '07) was co-founder of MOBtexting for eight years (enterprise messaging); Co-Founder Om Prakash was Head of Growth at STAGE; the founder of Vokal Internet (hyperlocal news platform); and the founder of V3mobi, which was a regional language OTT from 2013-2018.