30 Startups To Watch: Startups That Caught Our Eye In July 2026

July turned out to be an action-packed month for the Indian startup ecosystem. The biggest headline came from Skyroot Aerospace, which became the first Indian private company to launch a rocket into space. 

On the unicorn front, the country welcomed its 132nd unicorn and the third one in the AI space in the form of Emergent. The startup’s mega $130 Mn fundraise provided a strong boost to the ecosystem’s total venture inflow.

Overall, Indian startups raised over $800 Mn in July, compared to nearly $2 Bn secured in June, which saw CRED’s $900 Mn mega round.

Simultaneously, policy momentum also continued to fuel the startup ecosystem’s momentum. The Union Cabinet approved the Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme (MPMS), with a budgetary outlay of ₹62,500 Cr. Additionally, the Cabinet also cleared the second phase of the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM 2.0) and allocated ₹1.28 Lakh Cr to strengthen the nation’s chip design and fabrication ecosystem.

Against this buzzing backdrop, Inc42 is back with the latest edition of its flagship “30 Startups To Watch” series, where we spotlight promising early stage ventures.

Powered by Peak XV Partners, the 73rd edition features emerging players across sectors that are pushing India’s startup ecosystem into exciting new directions. From robotics and agritech to spacetech and auto tech, many of these budding ventures are disrupting the status quo and creating new avenues for scientific research. 

So, without further ado, here are the new-age tech companies that made the cut for this edition of Inc42’s 30 Startups To Watch.

Editor’s Note: The list below is not a ranking of any kind. We have listed the startups alphabetically.

Aktoria Robotics | Building the Human Layer for Autonomous Robots 

Autonomous robots still fail at the long tail, the odd shelf, the unexpected obstacle, the task they were never trained on. Getting them past that requires vast amounts of real-world intervention data, which most robotics teams cannot generate at scale.

Aktoria Robotics is building the layer that lets humans step in. Founded in 2026 by Shreenabh Agrawal and Jaskaran Singh Walia, the platform allows operators to remotely control robots anywhere in the world, collect operational data around the clock, take over when a robot gets stuck, and feed those interventions back to improve autonomy.

By pooling remote operations and data capture into a single system, Aktoria positions itself as pick-and-shovel infrastructure for companies deploying autonomous robots rather than as a robot maker itself.

Aktoria operates against the broader physical AI wave, with the global robotics market estimated at well over $70 Bn and expected to expand sharply through the decade as embodied AI moves from labs into warehouses, streets and homes.

Alchemic | Rethinking Market Research 

Traditional market research is slow and expensive.

Surveys, panels and focus groups can take weeks to field and analyse.

Founded in 2024 by Sreenadh Narayanan and Maurice Dhar, Mumbai-based Alchemic is an AI-powered market research company that runs customer conversations on behalf of brands. Its system interviews customers at scale, analyses those conversations, and returns consumer insights in days rather than weeks.

Instead of static questionnaires, Alchemic’s AI conducts adaptive, interview-style exchanges and then synthesises the qualitative signal into usable findings, compressing the gap between asking and knowing. The model is pitched at brand, product and growth teams that need directional consumer understanding faster than legacy agencies can deliver it.

Alchemic operates in the global market research industry, estimated at over $96 Bn, a category under pressure to modernise as AI reshapes how consumer understanding is gathered.

Carvve | One-Stop Car Upgrade Platform

For car owners, modifying their vehicles is often a frustrating experience. The car accessories market is highly fragmented, with inconsistent quality and limited post-installation support. 

Many shops also do not offer reliable warranties. On top of that, these markets are usually located in crowded areas, making it inconvenient for customers to visit, get accessories installed and return for after-sales service. 

What if you could upgrade your car without leaving home? That’s the idea behind Carvve.

Born out of Delhi’s bustling car accessories market in Karol Bagh, the startup offers a one-stop platform that lets car owners buy, install and upgrade accessories from the comfort of their homes.  

The platform brings together genuine car accessories in a curated marketplace and lets users preview upgrades using 3D visualisation tools. Customers can see how accessories will look on their car, understand the cost upfront, and then book professional installation either at their home or at a workshop of their choice.

With its tech-enabled platform, the one-year-old startup is looking to tap into India’s fast-growing automotive aftermarket, which is expanding at an annual rate of 8% and is expected to reach $22.6 Bn by 2033.

Cosma Fertility | Rethinking Fertility Care Beyond IVF 

Infertility is becoming increasingly common in India, affecting an estimated 10-14% of couples. At the same time, fertility treatments are often expensive, invasive and largely rely on hormone-based therapies, making the journey physically, emotionally and financially challenging for many.

To help such people conceive, husband-wife duo Dr Charu Sharma and Dr Sachin Bhardwaj launched Cosma Fertility in 2024. Born out of the founders’ personal experience, Cosma Fertility is developing next-generation therapeutics for women’s health, starting with fertility. The startup aims to make fertility treatment safer, more effective and more accessible.

Cosma Fertility has developed minimally invasive, non-hormonal therapeutics for women’s reproductive health. Its flagship offering, the Fertigen Protocol, combines a doctor-guided fertility programme with a CDSCO-approved intravaginal insert designed to improve ovulation, endometrial receptivity and sperm motility without relying on hormone therapy. 

The startup delivers the treatment through digital health clinics, complemented by fertility assessments, ovulation tracking, nutrition counselling and doctor consultations, positioning itself as an alternative for couples before they consider IVF.

With an estimated 2.75 Cr people in India affected by fertility-related challenges and IVF remaining inaccessible for many due to high costs and invasive procedures, Cosma is looking to expand its platform in the Indian IVF services market, which is projected to grow at a CAGR of 16.23% to $1.41 Bn by 2034.

Curium Life | Bringing AI Into The Operating Theatre

Despite advances in laparoscopic and robotic surgery, decisions in the operating theatre still rely largely on the surgeon’s eye. This has created a need for real-time intraoperative intelligence to assist surgeons as procedures unfold.

Founded in 2023 by Dr Vinayak S Rengan and Balachandran Seetharam, Bengaluru-based Curium is building a surgical intelligence platform that gives laparoscopic and robotic surgery OEM partners early access to differentiated intraoperative AI.

The system is designed to layer real-time perception and guidance onto surgical workflows.

By pitching itself to OEMs rather than directly to hospitals, Curium aims to embed its intelligence within the surgical hardware and robotics platforms already in use, positioning itself as an AI layer for the next generation of surgical systems.

Curium Life operates at the intersection of the global $50 Bn AI in healthcare market and the global surgical intelligence and analytics software market, which is on track to reach $11.8 Bn by 2034.

DUSQ | Helps Regulate Sleep, Not Just Track It

Three out of five Indian adults are estimated to get less than six hours of uninterrupted sleep a night, yet most sleep wearables only tell you how badly you slept the next morning. Existing wearables often provide post-sleep insights without actively intervening to reduce disruptions or improve sleep quality in real time.

Founded in 2023 by Shalmali Kadu and Mitansh Khurana, DUSQ is building wearable devices that don’t just track your sleep but actively try to improve it while you’re sleeping. 

The approach that DUSQ is taking is combining neuroscience, hardware and AI to develop wearable devices that actively respond to sleep disruptions

DUSQ calls its approach a ‘sleep regulation platform’, built on the analysis of physiological data points and supported by an in-house sleep laboratory. The startup claims to have been the fastest Indian brand in this particular category to raise $1 Mn on Kickstarter since launch. It is now preparing a US launch to foray into the global sleep economy.

The startup has gained early traction through a successful Kickstarter campaign and positions itself at the intersection of consumer healthtech and neurotechnology. 

It is building within the country’s rapidly expanding smart wearables market, which is estimated to reach $10.26 Bn by 2031, alongside a broader personal tech market trajectory growing up to $300 Bn by 2030.

eyecandy robotics | Bringing Characters To Life Through Robotics & AI

Consumer robotics has plenty of utilitarian devices, but very little that people actually form an emotional bond with. The shelf is full of assistants and vacuums; it is short on characters that are genuinely engaging.

Founded in 2025 by Alqama Shaikh, Raghuvamsi Velagala and Mankaran Singh, Bengaluru-based eyecandy robotics is a robotics and AI entertainment company building physical AI characters — the founders’ stated ambition is to make them 10X more engaging than anything on shelves today.

The startup is chasing a rare fusion of robotics, AI and entertainment, an offshoot of the ongoing increasing robotics deployments.

eyecandy is targeting the $16 Bn global consumer robotics market, a category expanding quickly as generative AI makes lifelike, responsive characters commercially viable.

Farm Watt | Building India’s Biomass Supply Chain

Every year, millions of tonnes of agricultural waste is burned in the open across India, choking cities and wasting a resource, even as the country’s compressed biogas (CBG) sector scrambles for reliable feedstock.

Founded in 2023 by agri-industry veteran Kumar Neelendu, Delhi NCR-based Farm Watt Innovations is a climate-focused agribusiness that aggregates, processes and supplies agricultural biomass to CBG plants and other bioenergy facilities.

It sits between two problems — crop-residue burning on one side and soaring biomass demand from the likes of RIL, IOCL, HPCL and BPCL on the other — and turns the first into the solution for the second.

The startup runs a tech-enabled biomass aggregation network, currently operating 15 aggregation hubs across six states and plans to expand into states, including Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra.

It is building for India’s fast-expanding biofuel market, driven by the government’s SATAT push and rising private investment in CBG. The market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6.78% to $1.58 Bn by 2035.

FlatX | Broker-Free Real Estate

In most Indian cities, young professionals relocating for work often pay brokers one to two months’ rent just to secure a home. In cities like Bengaluru, the situation is even worse. 

Founded in 2025 by Aman Kumar Chandravanshi, Bengaluru-based FlatX is an AI-powered rental platform that connects tenants directly with landlords and existing tenants, eliminating brokerage fees. 

The platform helps users find flats, rooms and compatible flatmates, while also assisting with property visits and rental agreements.

A key differentiator is its AI-driven flatmate matching system, built on the idea that finding the right person to live with can be as challenging as finding the right home. 

For landlords, FlatX offers a direct channel to verified, serious tenants. The platform launched in Bengaluru and plans to expand to Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and Delhi NCR.

FlatX is targeting India’s rental housing market, predicted to grow at a 5% CAGR to about $32 Bn by 2031, where broker led transactions continue to dominate.

Frekil | Evidence Infrastructure For Life Sciences

It can take months for life sciences companies to understand how a drug performs once patients use it. That delay can slow safety assessments and postpone insights into how well a treatment actually works.

Founded in 2025 by Nikhil Tiwari and Shivesh Gupta, Frekil is an AI-powered research platform that aims to cut this process from months to minutes.

It operates in the fast-growing global market for real-world evidence solutions, expected to grow to $65.4 Bn by 2034.

The platform connects fragmented clinical data, including electronic health records and insurance claims, and helps researchers run the entire study workflow — from designing studies and identifying patient cohorts to statistical analysis and report generation.

Throughout the process, patient data remains secure, and every step is fully traceable.

By speeding up the generation of real-world evidence (RWE) without compromising scientific rigour, Frekil is targeting pharmaceutical companies and healthcare researchers that need reliable evidence to support drug development, regulatory decisions and patient care.

GoCodeo | An Agent That Does It All — Build, Test & Ship Code

AI coding tools mostly behave like glorified autocomplete. They are helpful for snippets but stop short of the full development loop that professional teams actually run.

Founded in 2023 by Meghana Jagadeesh and Jatin Garg, Bengaluru-based GoCodeo is building an AI coding agent that works across the software development lifecycle. Its VS Code-native agent handles build, test and deploy workflows, with Git integration for repo initialisation, commits and pull requests, and generates production-ready tests with debugging support.

Rather than one-off suggestions, GoCodeo pitches context-aware, autonomous actions inside the IDE, and has open-sourced a full-stack SaaS builder framework.

The startup claims a developer base of over 25,000 and counts backing from Google for Startups and NSRCEL alongside its investors.

It operates in the rapidly expanding AI software development tooling market — part of India’s enterprise AI opportunity, projected to grow from $11 Bn in 2025 to $71 Bn by 2030.

Graduate Farmers | Transforming Rural Poultry Farming Through AI 

India is one of the world’s largest poultry producers, but the sector continues to face major challenges. Widespread antibiotic use has raised concerns about antimicrobial resistance (AMR), while small poultry farmers struggle with rising feed costs, disease outbreaks and limited access to modern farming technology.

Agritech startup Graduate Farmers is trying to tackle these problems by building a decentralised network of small farmers producing antibiotic-free poultry.

Founded in 2022 by Bapan Das and Shamim Choudhury, the startup follows a managed farming model. Based out of Assam’s Silchar, the startup supplies farmers with chicks, antibiotic-free feed, training and technology support, buys back the birds once they are ready, and sells antibiotic-free chicken to the market.

Graduate Farmer has also developed an Azolla-based feed formulation, which it says reduces feed costs while helping farmers raise poultry without the routine use of antibiotics.

In addition, it sells chicks, ducklings, eggs, feed and nutritional supplements through its WhatsApp channel.

On the technology front, the startup has built an IoT-based monitoring system that tracks temperature, humidity and ammonia levels inside poultry sheds.

It is also developing low-cost egg incubators and exploring Black Soldier Fly larvae as a sustainable alternative source of animal feed.

Graduate Farmer claims to have supported more than 8,000 farmers through its online platform and over 400 farmers on the ground across three districts in Assam’s Barak Valley. It now plans to expand its model beyond the state.

With its tech stack, Graduate Farmers is looking to crack the vast Indian poultry market, which is projected to grow by a 13.8% CAG to $8.84 Bn by 2034.

Longstraw Carbon | Turning Crop Residue Into Biochar

India generates over 200 Mn tonnes of agricultural residue every year. Much of it is burned in the open, driving seasonal air pollution.

Founded in 2024 by Utkarsh Raj and Anwita Mukherjee, Delhi-based LongStraw Carbon is a climate tech startup that converts agricultural waste into biochar and bio-oil through pyrolysis. The process helps farmers earn from crop residue, improves soil health, reduces stubble-burning pollution and permanently removes carbon from the atmosphere.

LongStraw’s model spans both climate impact and rural livelihoods.

Its biochar initiatives in districts such as Kalahandi in Odisha procure rice husk and other residues from local mills while creating employment, particularly for women from tribal communities. 

Revenue comes from selling biochar to farmers and industrial customers, and from bio-oil.

LongStraw operates in the fast-growing carbon removal and voluntary carbon markets, where demand for high-quality, independently assessed carbon credits is climbing as corporations chase net-zero commitments.

Mandrake Bio | Developing AI-Powered Gene-Editing Enzymes

Today’s gene-editing stack starts with an enzyme found in nature and then spends years adapting it. This approach is slow and constrained by the tools evolution happened to leave behind.

Founded in 2025 by Tanay Lohia and Dr Kutubuddin Molla, Bengaluru-based Mandrake Bio designs programmable gene-editing enzymes from scratch. It pairs generative AI and first-principles biophysics with wet-lab validation to engineer editors with the compactness, precision and control that applications demand rather than modifying inherited ones.

In the global gene-editing market, projected to cross $7 Bn by 2029, Mandrake specialises in agriculture first, engineering compact enzymes for climate-resilient crops that need fewer inputs, while also targeting therapeutics through a licensing model. 

As early external validation, its design engine produced the only submission rated “Strong” among more than 12,000 entries in the global GEM × Adaptyv RBX1 protein-design competition.

Mowito | Vision AI For Factory And Warehouse Robots

Factories and warehouses run on repetitive manual handling, and every time a production line changes, automating it becomes a fresh challenge.

Founded by Puru Rastogi, Adityanag Nagesh and Safar V in 2024, Bengaluru-based Mowito builds physical-AI software for standard industrial robotic arms. 

Its product, NeuralPick, lets robots handle objects of different shapes and sizes, including items they have not seen before, with zero jigs or fixtures, real-time adaptation and operator-first control, working with existing factory infrastructure.

Mowito’s system lets robots learn tasks by watching human demonstrations rather than being reprogrammed, targeting FMCG, automotive, electronics and pharmaceuticals. It operates across Bengaluru and Detroit, with US system-integrator partnerships tied to majors like Tesla and Caterpillar.

The startup is chasing the Industry 4.0 and physical-AI opportunity, with India’s Industry 4.0 market alone projected to reach $17.8 Bn by 2034.

Onpoint | Building Payment-Agnostic Rewards For Everyday Spending

Digital payments and online commerce have exploded in India, but only premium credit-card users get meaningful rewards. 

Founded in 2025 by former Meta colleagues Nakul Khanna and Anurag Gupta, Onpoint is building a payment-agnostic rewards platform that helps consumers maximise rewards on everyday spending regardless of how they pay. 

Users earn ‘Onpoints’ across the ecosystem, redeemable across travel and loyalty programmes, including Air India’s Maharaja Club, Flipkart SuperCoins and IndiGo BluChip, or are exchangeable for gift cards from more than 300 brands.

The founders’ thesis is that reward optimisation shouldn’t be restricted to a premium few. The platform also doubles as an acquisition and retention channel for brands.

Onpoint operates in India’s growing loyalty management market, expected to reach a projected revenue of $2.25 Bn by 2033.

Optimotion | Running EV Fleets For Last-Mile Delivery

Last-mile delivery in India is under constant pressure to become faster, cheaper and more reliable. 

While electric vehicles can help lower operating costs, there is a need for financing, servicing and fleet management to make the switch work at scale.

Founded in 2024 by Parichya Gautam, Hyderabad-based Optimotion provides end-to-end EV mobility solutions for businesses and consumers, with a focus on last-mile delivery. The bootstrapped startup is building a two-wheeler EV fleet in Hyderabad while partnering with vehicle manufacturers, financing companies and service providers to support its operations.

Instead of manufacturing electric vehicles, Optimotion acts as a fleet operator and mobility partner.

It brings together vehicles, financing, maintenance and fleet management, allowing logistics and delivery companies to adopt EVs without having to manage the entire ecosystem themselves.

The startup is betting on utilising its EV fleet to make a dent in India’s rapidly growing last-mile delivery market, which is projected to reach $14.45 Bn by 2031.

Palm Era | Reviving India’s Palm Sugar Economy  

India’s palm economy has been in decline for years. With fewer palm climbers available to tap neera or harvest palm fruit, many trees are left unused or cut down, reducing incomes and pushing traditional livelihoods towards extinction. 

Founded in 2022 by Hari Rama Krishnan Kannan, Palm Era is trying to revive this ecosystem through value-added palm-based foods.

The D2C brand sells palm jaggery or gud, among other natural and chemical-free alternatives to refined sugar. Beyond building a consumer brand, Palm Era aims to create better incomes for palm climbers by increasing demand for palm-based products and making palm cultivation a more sustainable source of livelihood.

The startup has featured on the reality show Startup Singam and claims annual revenue of around ₹4.33 Cr.

It operates in India’s growing natural sweeteners and superfoods market.

The sugar-substitutes segment alone is estimated to be worth around $650 Mn, driven by rising consumer demand for healthier, clean-label foods.

Pulse | Democratising Access To High-Quality, Affordable Healthcare

India’s hospitals rely heavily on imported medical devices, which are often expensive and supported by service networks that are not always suited to Indian healthcare. At the same time, much of the country’s manufacturing capability remains underutilised.

Founded in 2025 by Anshul Sharma and Nishant Goel, Bengaluru-based Pulse is building a full-stack, asset-light medical equipment company. 

It designs, sources and supplies affordable, globally compliant medical devices and consumables by partnering with India’s MSMEs, while handling product design, quality, regulatory compliance and after-sales service.

With an eye on the global medical devices market, valued at more than $600 Bn, Pulse focuses on low- and mid-complexity equipment for critical care, renal care and cardiac care.

By bringing together design, manufacturing and quality under one brand, it aims to help Indian manufacturers compete with global medical device companies.

The startup currently works with nearly 20 MSME partners across Delhi NCR, Gujarat, Kolkata and Mumbai, and is setting up an R&D centre in Visakhapatnam.

ROOVI | Jewellery For Everyday Wear

As more Indian consumers look for stylish, affordable jewellery to wear every day, much of the silver market remains split between mass-produced designs and premium pieces meant for special occasions.

Founded in 2024 by London College of Fashion graduate Tripti Singh, Jaipur-based ROOVI is a fine silver jewellery brand creating everyday designs that pair with both ethnic and western outfits.

Operating in India’s gems and jewellery industry, estimated to reach $2.5 Bn by 2027, where D2C silver jewellery is emerging as a fast-growing segment, the brand offers earrings, rings, necklaces, bracelets and anklets made from 925 sterling silver, with rhodium or gold plating, hallmark certification and multiple quality checks.

Built in Jaipur’s jewellery manufacturing hub, ROOVI combines in-house design with local craftsmanship.

It also offers a six-month warranty to build customer trust.

The bootstrapped startup sells through its own website as well as marketplaces such as Amazon, and claims annual revenue of around ₹1.5 Cr.

Rotatum Mechatronics | Engineering High-Performance Drive Systems & Mechatronic Modules

Most machines and robots rely on bulky external actuators attached to their joints, adding weight, complexity and more points of failure.

Founded in 2022 by Deepak Reddy, Bijayalaxmi Sahoo and Rajat Ghanshyam Phate, Hyderabad-based Rotatum Mechatronics is taking a different approach.

Its ASWA actuators are built directly into a machine’s hinges, pivot points and rotating joints, integrating motion into the joint itself instead of attaching a separate actuator on the outside.

This makes machines more compact, efficient and reliable, with applications across robotics, industrial automation and other equipment that requires precise rotary motion. 

Rotatum operates in the growing Indian industrial automation market, which is said to exceed $19 Bn as of now.

Sanyark Space | Building Essential Space Backbone

Autonomous vehicles, drones and robotics increasingly need high-trust positioning and continuous connectivity, but terrestrial GPS and networks are unreliable or jammable in exactly the environments where precision matters most.

Founded in 2025 by Raghava K and Akhileshwar Reddy Peseke, Hyderabad-based Sanyark Space is developing fused positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) plus communications delivered via satellite constellations. 

Its architecture supports in-orbit reconfiguration and a self-healing mesh network, reducing reliance on ground infrastructure to serve drones, vehicles, robotics, supply chains and critical applications.

The pitch is resilient, jam-resistant PNT and robust data links for an autonomous world — from vehicle-to-everything communication to first-responder connectivity when terrestrial systems fail. Building for India’s space economy, projected to become a $44 Bn opportunity by 2033, Sanyark is planning its first technology-demonstration satellite by mid-2027.

SenseLive | Industrial IoT Platform For Smart Manufacturing

Many Indian factories and utilities still run on fragmented systems and manual monitoring, leaving them blind to energy waste, machine faults and downtime until it’s too late.

Founded by Abhijeet Bhoyar and Mayur Dafare in 2022, Nagpur-based SenseLive is an industrial IoT (IIoT) company providing end-to-end solutions for energy management, machine and condition monitoring and predictive maintenance.

Its platform combines industrial hardware, gateways and sensors with a cloud analytics layer for real-time visibility. 

SenseLive helps traditional industries transition into smart, Industry 4.0-ready operations through remote diagnostics, predictive maintenance and factory digitalisation, and exports its hardware to international markets.

SenseLive operates in the industrial IoT market, projected to exceed $286 Bn globally by 2029, driven by investment in automation, predictive maintenance and smart infrastructure.

SUIND | Autonomous Drones For Precision Farming

Farmers battling crop disease and rising input costs need early, precise intervention. But conventional drones lean on GPS, which is unreliable in the low-altitude, obstacle-heavy environments where farm work actually happens.

Founded in 2022 by Kunal Shrivastava and Kevin Kleber, Bengaluru-based SUIND develops autonomous unmanned aerial systems that navigate using computer vision rather than relying primarily on GPS, enabling flight in GPS-denied conditions. 

Its flagship DGCA-certified drone, Bumblebee, combines vision-based autonomy with precision spraying and crop monitoring.

The startup has deployed Bumblebee across sugarcane, rubber and banana plantations. It detects diseases early and cuts spraying frequency. The startup is also building agritech drones named WASP, an autonomous platform for industrial monitoring, surveillance and defence. SUIND operates in India’s drone tech market, projected to become a $1.4 Bn opportunity by 2030.

The Func Lab | Clean-Label Supplementation  

As more Indians focus on fitness and protein intake, demand for nutritional supplements is rising. At the same time, consumers are paying closer attention to ingredient labels, looking for products without artificial sweeteners, fillers and unnecessary additives.

Founded in 2025 by Sohrab Khushrushahi, along with Sahil Kukreja and Daneesh Davar, The Func Lab is building a clean-label functional nutrition brand centred on simple formulations and ingredient transparency.

The startup offers whey protein isolate and concentrate, plant-based protein, protein sachets and electrolyte mixes.

It says its protein products are free from unnecessary fillers, gums and artificial sweeteners.

The Func Lab sells through its own website and is expanding into quick commerce and offline retail. It operates in India’s crowded dietary supplements market, which is expected to reach $62 Bn by 2033, growing at a CAGR of 13%, competing with established and new-age brands such as The Whole Truth, BeastLife and SuperYou.

Trinzz | Reliability Layer Behind Medical AI 

Founded in 2025 by Trina Das, Trinzz is a healthcare AI infrastructure startup that helps hospitals, pharmaceutical companies and healthcare AI developers improve the quality of medical datasets used to train AI models. 

The startup was born out of Das’ experience seeing AI deployments fail not because of weak algorithms, but because of inconsistent, poorly labelled and unreliable clinical data.

Its AI reliability platform combines AI-assisted annotation with expert clinical validation, measures agreement between medical experts, identifies inconsistencies and generates audit trails and regulatory-ready documentation. 

The platform supports radiology, pathology, histopathology, ultrasound, microscopy, endoscopy and clinical documents, enabling organisations to build AI models that are more accurate and deployment-ready.

Operating as a B2B SaaS platform, Trinzz generates revenue through enterprise software subscriptions, AI reliability assessments and data validation services.

Headquartered in the US, the startup is currently running paid pilots with seven enterprise customers.

It operates in the global AI in healthcare market, which is projected to grow by a CAGR of 39% to $505.6 Bn by 2033.

Unveilr | Getting Brands Cited By AI Search

As more people turn to ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity instead of Google, brands face a new challenge: ranking high in search results no longer guarantees visibility in AI-generated answers, where citations matter more than blue links.

Founded by IIT Roorkee graduate Sanditya Srivastava, Unveilr helps brands optimise their content for AI answer engines.

The startup offers a managed Answer Engine Optimisation (AEO) service, handling prompt research, citation-ready content, schema markup, content updates and CMS publishing to improve visibility across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Grok and Google AI Overviews. It is designed to complement and not replace traditional SEO.

Rather than selling software, Unveilr operates as a founder-led managed service, with customers reporting improved AI citations and organic traffic within 60 to 90 days. Unveilr operates in the digital marketing market, which is projected to expand by 30% to reach a value of $93.94 Bn by 2035.

Vimag Labs | Eliminating Need For Rare Earth Magnets In Motors

India depends heavily on China for rare earth magnets used in electric motors, leaving industries vulnerable to supply disruptions, shortages and export restrictions. 

While the government has launched an $816 Mn programme to boost domestic rare earth magnet manufacturing, reducing this dependence remains a challenge.

Amid this, the Indian rare earth magnet market is expected to grow to $1.03 Bn by 2034, driven by rising EV adoption, renewable energy expansion and domestic manufacturing.

Founded in 2025 by Manish Seth and Piyush Desai, Bengaluru-based Vimag Labs is trying to eliminate the need for rare earth magnets. Its patented technology replaces the permanent magnets inside electric motors with a software-driven virtual magnet system. 

The startup says this reduces dependence on rare earth materials, helps stabilise costs and improves motor performance. 

It has also developed software that optimises motor performance in real time and uses wireless energy transmission to remove the need for physical connections.

Vimag’s technology can be used across EVs, industrial equipment, defence and energy systems. 

Over the next year, the startup plans to launch products across multiple EV categories, expand manufacturing in India and grow its global customer base. It already has operations and development centres in Germany, the US and Poland.

Voltworks | Shaping Future Of Motor & Controllers In EVs 

India’s EV industry depends heavily on imported motors and controllers, leaving vehicle makers vulnerable to higher costs, supply disruptions and limited local integration.

Founded in December 2022 by IIT-BHU graduate Himanshu Sahu, along with Devendra Chaudhary and Rishabh Singh, Voltworks is building EV powertrain components in India.

The startup manufactures permanent magnet synchronous (PMSM) motors and field-oriented control (FOC) motor controllers, and is also developing wireless charging technology for electric two-wheelers.

Incubated at IIT Kanpur and supported by the STMicroelectronics startup programme, Voltworks focuses on one of the most critical parts of an electric vehicle, the powertrain, with an emphasis on efficiency, reliability and local manufacturing.

Voltworks operates in India’s fast-growing EV components market, which is expected to breach $18 Bn by 2034.

Zave | AI Shopping Assistant For Best Product At Best Price 

With hundreds of brands and products available across ecommerce platforms, finding the right product at the best price has become increasingly difficult for shoppers.

Founded in 2024 by Hiren Patel and Ravi Kumar, Zave is an AI-powered shopping assistant that helps users discover products, compare prices and find discounts across ecommerce platforms.

The app uses AI to understand what a shopper is looking for and recommends products, alternatives and deals. It works across marketplaces such as Amazon and Flipkart, as well as brand websites and apps.

Users can also ask questions about products and get answers based on online reviews.

Beyond product discovery, Zave compares prices and availability across quick commerce platforms and offers discounted vouchers and gift cards from hundreds of brands. The startup claims to have crossed 50,000 daily active users.

Zave operates in the global AI shopping assistant market, which is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 27% from $5.4 Bn in 2026 to $28.5 Bn by 2033.

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