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.

OSSO = One Stop Solution for Orthopedics. Omnichannel orthopedics platform, with its first centre in Gurgaon. ₹4CR seed round. Angels in the round: Sahil Jindal (DS Jindal Group), Aakashdeep Goyal, Parijat Sharma, Viraj Patel. Follows on a ₹2.3CR pre-seed round led by Blume Founders Fund in Mar 2025, in which Umesh Agarwal (Haldirams) also participated. Founded in Jun 2024, Gurgaon based. Founders: CEO Kunal (Carnegie Mellon Master's in BioTech & Management '12) was at Fresenius Kabi for three years, was the Co-Founder & CEO of Navia Life Care (healthcare SaaS, $1M from Anicut etc.) for seven years, followed by stints as a Venture Advisor to Blume, and the Head of Condition Management at Dr Reddy's; Avani (MSc in Molecular Biology '12 and PhD in Molecular Neuroscience '16 from Max Planck) built Warriors Connect (community for those with mental health conditions) and led Medical Content for THB (healthcare SaaS). Comps: Stance Health (General Catalyst, Antler, DeVC), (GSF/IvyCap/Flipkart Ventures); Nivaan Care (Endiya).

Co-living startup with a full-stack rental platform offering fully furnished, ready to move in rooms/homes with flexible lease terms in Bangalore . It manages 360 residents across 150 homes, with 90-9% occupancy rates and average customer stays of 14 months. It removes common friction points such as brokerage fees, large security deposits and landlord coordination for tenants, while offering homeowners predictable returns and end-to-end property management. ₹17CR Pre-Series A round led by Incubate Fund Asia, along with WEH Ventures, Twin & Bull Family Office, Stride Ventures, 91Ventures, Untitled VC, as well as 40 landlords and tenants on the platform. Alongside a ₹4CR debt raise. Founded in Oct 2023, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Shail (IIT Kharagpur) and CPO Rishabh was co-founders of Slaash (AI-based CRO tool for D2C brands); COO Mayank (also IIT Kharagpur) was a software engineer at Cisco.

Gaming studio for PC and console games. Its first PC game, Ghatika, is about the survivors of ancient city that is destroyed, following which they rebuild their lives and avenge those they lost. It is yet to launch. ₹2.3CR seed round. Founded in Mar 2025, Bangalore based. Founder Raunaq (Karnatka State Law Univ. '14) was an Operational Risk and Compliance Specialist at Cognizant for almost a decade.

Second-hand P2P marketplace focused on kids products. Users can browse products and chat with other parents to ask questions and negotiate price. Used products marketplaces in general need verification, logistics and payments support (including dispute resolution) not provided by classifieds platforms. Revenue traction undisclosed - 10K products sold according to their website. ₹3.2CR seed round. Angels in the round: Ranjit Pratap Singh (Pratilipi), Aashish Jindal and Vivek Gulati (GRIP Invest), Abhishek Bhayana (NearPe Technologies). Founded in Apr 2023, Bangalore based. Founders: Priyadershita (IIT Roorkee '15) was a PM at Pratilipi, Camp K12, Embibe; Abhas (also IIT Roorkee) was at Flyhomes (home lending products for the US) for seven years, most recently as Engineering Manager.