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.

A new AI-led email client. Provides a contextually intelligent and prompt free email experience. The goal is to improve productivity, with superior thread organization, better attachment handling, semantic search and group summarization features. Currently available for Gmail and Google Workspace users in a desktop-only beta. 30-day free trial, then priced at ₹125 a month for two email accounts, and ₹49 a month for each additional account. $200K pre-seed round. Founded in Sep 2024, Mumbai based. Founder Neeraj (BITS Pilani '14, ISB '19) was the head of product design at Insider, and went on to JP Morgan investment banking and BCG after his MBA. Comps: this takes on Superhuman, Spark, Fyxer. Sign up for a free trial here - https://faraday.email

Korean quick-service restaurant (QSR) chain, which appears to have four outlets (soon, five) in Bangalore. K-everything is a theme across India - beauty/music/dramas/food. ₹4CR seed round. Founder Hasan (Ramaiah '16; UBC Sauder '18) worked in Canada in accounts/BD roles (in a recycling company for food processors, for example) before returning to India to start Koriken in May 2022

As the name suggest, ironing and dry cleaning services with on demand home pickup, returned within 24 hours, starting in Bangalore. Traction: in a year the company is at ₹3CR annualised revenue and has served 7K customers. ₹1.5CR ($180K) pre-seed round. Founded in Oct 2024. Founders: Rohit (VIT, Mica) led the trade marketing function in Kerala and Karnataka for Unilever; Ankit (IIT Delhi) was at Shadowfax for close to a decade (Chief of Staff, Director for Strategic Planning and other roles).

Chain of ayurvedic clinics starting out with its first clinic in HSR, Bangalore. The goal is to provide structured, doctor-led ayurvedic care to urban consumers. $800K seed round. Founded in Mar 2024. Founders: Puroo (IIT Kharagpur, IIM Ahmedabad), was at Flipkart Ventures before which he was an investment banking analyst at JP Morgan; Rahul (also IIT Kharagpur) was with Deutche Bank in London for 8 years, most recently as Vice President. He left DB at the end of 2024 to join Puroo as a co-founder. Comps: Kerala Ayurveda.

A full stack, customer to customer attempt at cracking India's secondhand products ("pre-owned") market, which remains undisrupted beyond OLX (inaccurate listings, payment and pickup coordination issues etc.) and used mobile phone sites. This is an ~$18B market with 70M Indians (buyers + sellers) who engage in transactions monthly. Launched in Bangalore in Aug 2025 with a focus on electronics, home appliances and household goods (including furniture). How is this attempt different? A full stack approach means a three day money back gaurantee and doorstep logistics. AI is used to verify listings, catalog-match, grade the condition of products and provide a guidance on price. One hard to solve problem for such sites - second hand UGC product photos just don't look great. ₹3.4CR pre-seed round, led by Titan with the participation of Raveen Sastry (Multiply Ventures). Founded in Apr 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: Ankit held product roles at Juniper and Bitclass; Chirag was an Associate Director of Product at Swvl (private bus ride hailing in the UAE).

Premium managed hospitality provider, with 650 beds in Pune across Tribe Student Accommodation (student hostels), Tribe Commune (co-living for office workers) and Tribe Suites (executive apartments). Launching 1,000 new beds this FY with a goal to get to 25K beds across Tier 1 cities eventually. $2.8M seed round. Angels in the round include Kunal Khanna (Vivaldis), Krishna Jain (unknown). Founded in Apr 2018. Founder Yogesh was the Co-Founder & CEO of YOLO Life (fully furnished smart homes) and of Better Homes Pune. Comps: YourSpace, Stanza Living.