Participated · Series B · Nov 2025

Newme targets Gen Z women with a fast-fashion model that launches more than 500 new styles every week and maintains over 12,000 live designs across its sales channels. The company operates an omni-channel strategy, combining an e-commerce app—downloaded over 7 million times—with 16 physical outlets in cities such as Bengaluru, Mumbai, New Delhi, Chandigarh, Pune and Hyderabad. Founded by Shivam Tripathi, Sumit Jasoria, Himanshu Chaudhary and Vinod Naik, Newme positions itself as a trend-responsive, data-driven retailer. Its rapid design-to-shelf cadence aims to keep inventory fresh and consumer engagement high. Financially, the brand has attracted significant venture backing, most recently securing Rs 108.66 crore in the first close of its Series B round. The latest infusion follows a $18 million Series A completed a year earlier, underscoring continued investor confidence in its growth trajectory.

Participated · Seed · Sep 2025

Cosmoserve Space is developing autonomous robotic spacecraft designed to capture and de-orbit space junk, addressing the escalating threat of orbital debris to satellites and future missions. Founded by former ISRO scientist Dr. Chiranjeevi Phanindra, the company blends advanced robotics with deep aerospace expertise to create a safer orbital environment. Its near-term roadmap includes accelerating R&D, expanding its engineering team, and building full-scale prototypes of its debris-mitigation technology. Cosmoserve positions itself as a critical infrastructure player for sustainable space operations, aiming to partner with global space agencies and commercial operators. While the company is still pre-revenue, the oversubscribed pre-seed financing provides runway to validate its technology and form early commercial partnerships. The team intends to leverage these funds to fast-track development and demonstrate the viability of large-scale debris removal in low-Earth orbit.

Participated · Seed · Feb 2025

Swirepay provides an AI-powered platform that integrates and orchestrates payment systems with bank accounts and ERP systems to deliver payment orchestration and reconciliation for enterprises, government agencies, and small businesses. The platform supports point-of-sale and online payments and transfers via dashboard or APIs, covering card payments, ACH, wire transfers and instant rails such as Zelle, RTP, and FedNow. It integrates directly with bank accounts and ERP systems to streamline reconciliation and simplify financial tracking and reporting within a single, adaptable platform. Swirepay, led by founder and CEO Adithya Murali and based in Santa Clara, CA, raised $3.4M in a Second Seed funding round, bringing total capital raised to $5M. The round was led by TiE Angels groups in Silicon Valley, Boston and Southern California, with participation from Aum Ventures, QPaymentZ, Nivesha Ventures, Nurture Growth Fund and angel investors. The company plans to use the funds to scale sales and marketing, onboard more enterprise customers and U.S. small businesses, and expand operations across North America and Asia, primarily India.

Participated · Equity · Dec 2024

Headquartered in Sacramento, California with an additional engineering base in Hyderabad, India, Azimuth AI designs highly integrated, energy-efficient SoCs that push AI processing to the edge. Its flagship product, the ARKA-GKT1 chip, is built on a Software-Defined Silicon architecture that delivers up to 10× performance improvement over general-purpose integrated chips while enhancing security and reliability. The chip was publicly launched in November 2025 by India’s Minister of Electronics & IT, marking the nation’s first smart-utility-focused silicon and reinforcing Azimuth AI’s role in bolstering semiconductor self-reliance. ARKA-GKT1 is currently undergoing full qualification and customer testing and is slated to reach production volumes later in 2026. With customer pilots already underway, the company plans to scale into large-scale deployments across smart utilities and industrial IoT during 2026. Although no revenue figures were disclosed, the firm highlights more than 30 successful SoC tape-outs by its leadership team and is positioning itself for global market expansion following its latest capital infusion.

Led · Seed · Sep 2024

Sharang Shakti is a Gurugram-based security robotics company co-founded in 2023 by Rishabh Choudhary, Jitendra Singh, Gaurav Kumar, Chirag Singla, and Karan Goyal. The company focuses on airborne threat mitigation and airspace surveillance and is developing a pipeline of robotic systems for defense applications. Its first product in development is an anti-drone system intended to detect, track, and neutralize hostile drones. Sharang Shakti aims to build a comprehensive technology stack and become the next-generation Lockheed Martin in India. The startup raised Rs 5 crore in a pre-seed round and will use the funds for team expansion and product development. The article also notes the launch of the I2A Launchpad by Indusbridge Ventures and FedTech to support Indian defense tech startups.