Participated · Equity · Aug 2026

Founded in 2024 by Rachit Jain and Saurabh Agarwal, Bruno Milano is a Noida-based direct-to-consumer watch brand that offers hand-finished quartz and chronograph watches generally priced between Rs 2,000 and Rs 5,000. Its product lineup includes collections such as the Vittorio Chrono, Ambrosiana Chic, and Duomo Heritage, and the company also provides customised corporate gifting solutions. Bruno Milano sells through its official website as well as major ecommerce and quick commerce platforms. The company positions its watches to combine classic aesthetics with modern designs and competes with startups targeting affordable-luxury and heritage-inspired segments. With the Rs 7.5 crore raise, Bruno Milano plans to expand its presence across India, accelerate new collections and designs, and deepen distribution on ecommerce and quick commerce channels. The articles do not disclose revenue, user metrics, or a valuation.

Led · Seed · Aug 2026

Echovane builds a platform of AI agents that handle market research end-to-end, including study design, participant recruitment and verification, multimodal fieldwork execution, and synthesis of qualitative and quantitative data. Its agents deliver findings via an interactive dashboard and insight reels, with the ability to trace every insight back to its source. The company says its platform reduces research timelines dramatically and has been adopted by global enterprises such as Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, Haleon, Kantar and Trustly. Echovane was bootstrapped until this pre-seed raise and its founders bring experience from Amazon, Stripe and Razorpay. With the new funding, the startup plans to deepen agent infrastructure, expand multimodal capabilities and scale its global participant network. Leadership highlights that improving participant quality and handling complex, multi-method research workflows are central to its product roadmap.

Participated · Series A · Aug 2026

HomeRun operates a quick-commerce marketplace for construction and interior materials, offering SKUs such as cement, plywood, electricals, plumbing supplies, hardware, adhesives and finishing products. The Bengaluru-founded startup (2024) serves homeowners and contractors, promising delivery within 60 minutes. Over the past year it has fulfilled over 100,000 orders and reported eight-fold growth across top categories. The company plans to use fresh capital to expand geographically, invest in its supply chain and technology, and broaden into new categories. Founders include Pukhraj Grewal, who previously cofounded Tornado and Project Hero. Financially, HomeRun completed an earlier raise of $6.6 million in February prior to this $12 million round.

Participated · Series A · Jul 2026

Founded in 2024 and based in Bengaluru, Revspot offers an AI-native platform combining consumer intelligence, campaign analytics, lead enrichment, Voice AI, WhatsApp engagement and sales handoff to identify and qualify potential customers. The company serves more than 50 customers across sectors including real estate, education, automotive and wealth management, and is expanding into the broader BFSI segment. Revspot is developing Spot, an orchestration platform that integrates campaign planning, lead enrichment, Voice AI and lead quality feedback into a single workflow for qualified pipeline generation. The startup raised a $1.4 million seed round in 2024 and has now closed a $4.8 million Series A to fund product and engineering hires, sector expansion, and selected international growth. Founders are Darshan Subash, Chirag Wadhera and Varun Garg.

Participated · Series A · Jul 2026

Loopworm develops silkworm recombinant production technology for insect biotechnology and biomanufacturing. Founded in 2019 by IIT Roorkee alumni Ankit Alok Bagaria and Abhi Gawri and based in Bengaluru, the company employs over 60 people, including more than 20 scientists. Loopworm has raised $6.65 million to date, including a $3.4 million seed round in 2022 and a $3.25 million pre-Series A. The startup has generated approximately ₹20 crore in revenue since inception. Its recent funding is earmarked to expand silkworm recombinant production capabilities. Loopworm has also received support from organizations including Social Alpha, the H&M Foundation, the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, and the Department of Biotechnology.