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Agrileaf secures $2 Mn co-led by Capital-A and Samarsh Capital

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Agrileaf secures $2 Mn co-led by Capital-A and Samarsh Capital
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Agrileaf, a manufacturer and exporter of biodegradable dinnerware, has secured Rs 16 crore (about $2 million) in growth funding co-led by Capital-A and Samarsh Capital. The round also witnessed participation from angel investors, including Shaji Devekar, Siddharth Bafna, the family office of Ved Prakash, Pritie Jain, Sumeet Bhalotia, Dhruv Taneja, and Chiranth Patil. The fresh funds will be utilized to expand its operations in existing markets across the US and Europe, build a consumer-facing brand in India, and enhance production capacity. Co-founded in 2019 by Avinash Rao and Athishay Jain, Agrileaf is an areca leaf tableware manufacturer and exporter, offering top-quality products aligned with eco-friendly values. The company integrates a robust supply chain of areca leaf collection with advanced robotics and AI-driven quality control to ensure high-quality, backyard-compostable products that meet both market and environmental needs. According to market research, the market for biodegradable packaging is expected to reach approximately $140.66 billion by 2029, with a CAGR of around 5.97% from 2024 to 2029. The Mangalore-based company provides a sustainable, high-strength alternative to plastic, paper, and bagasse plates. It intends to support local areca farmers through responsible sourcing and aims to foster a zero-waste, community-centered future with eco-friendly solutions available worldwide. The company targets producing up to 300,000 dinnerware products daily by the end of 2025 and has created over 1,000 jobs, supporting rural economic development. It competes with other players in this space, such as VerTerra Dinnerware, SM Areca Leaf Plate Eco-Friendly Products, and Vegware.

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Gushwork secures $9 Mn led by Susquehanna Asia VC

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Gushwork secures $9 Mn led by Susquehanna Asia VC
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Gushwork secures $9 Mn led by Susquehanna Asia VC AI-driven B2B marketing platform Gushwork has raised $9 million in a funding round led by Susquehanna Asia VC along with participation from Lightspeed, B Capital, Seaborne Capital, Beenext, Sparrow Capital, and 2.2 Capital. The Bengaluru-based startup had previously secured $2.1 million in a pre-seed funding round back in July 2023 led by Lightspeed with participation from B Capital, Sparrow Capital, Seaborne Capital, and Beenext. The proceeds will be used to accelerate product development, improve the accuracy of its AI agents, expand engineering teams, and scale go-to-market operations, Gushwork said in a press release. Co-founded in 2023 by Nayrhit Bhattacharya and Adithya Venkatesh, Gushwork is an AI-driven startup that provides a platform for B2B marketing. It helps small and medium businesses (SMBs) and manufacturers gain customers through AI-assisted SEO. The platform combines Generative AI with human expertise to generate leads from search engines like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google. The company asserts that over 300 businesses globally use its platform, with another 800 on its waitlist. The startup’s agents ensure business websites get recommended when buyers ask questions on these platforms. On average, by month three or four, a customer starts seeing about 10-15 qualified sales inquiries per month. That usually comes from roughly 100,000-200,000 impressions across the content it creates. Out of those inquiries, typically three to four convert, which translates to approximately $30K–$50K in return on investment (RoI) of $1,500-$2,000 per month. The startup said that 80% of its customers see up to a 500% spike in website impressions and a 50% increase in inbound leads within 60 days of deployment. Currently, Gushwork operates on a subscription model. Pricing ranges from $800 to $2,500 per month, depending on the number of pages created and managed. In the future, it will add a performance-linked variable pricing component alongside subscriptions.

CRED’s competitor CheQ secures $4.5 Mn

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CRED’s competitor CheQ secures $4.5 Mn
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B2B credit management platform CheQ has raised Rs 35 crore or $4.2 million in its extended seed round from new and existing investors. The funding for the Bengaluru-based firm came after a gap of 18 months. The board at CheQ has passed a special resolution to issue 12,952 Seed1 cumulative convertible preference shares at an issue price of Rs 26,989 each to raise Rs 35 crore, its regulatory filing accessed from the Registrar of Companies (RoC) shows. 3one4 Capital invested Rs 12.49 crore while Venture Highway Fund and Multiply Ventures pumped in 6.24 crore and 2.08 crore, respectively. Individual investors including Lloyd Dizon Balajadia, Madhav Prakash Sehth, Vishal Gupta, and Deepk Tuli have collectively put in Rs 14.2 crore. As per filings, the company will use these funds for growth, expansion, marketing, and general corporate purposes as decided by the board. In June 2022, CheQ raised $10 million in Seed funding led by Venture Highway and 3one4 Capital. Following the fresh proceeds, 3one4 Capital holds 10.95% of the company while Venture Highway and Multiply Ventures command 11.45% and 2.49% respectively. It’s worth noting that these holdings exclude employee stock options and the firm’s cap table when we factor in the ESOP pool component. According to the startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, the company has been valued at around Rs 451 crore or $55 million (post-money) in the new funding round. Founded in 2022 by Aditya Soni, CheQ helps customers simplify the discovery and management of all credit products and allows you to pay your credit card bill, and EMI on a single platform. The startup has raised $15 million to date including its $10 million seed round led by Venture Highway and 3one4 Capital in June 2022. CheQ remained a pre-revenue stage firm with a revenue of only Rs 2 crore during the fiscal year ended March 2023. However, the losses for the three-year-old firm stood at Rs 19.4 crore in the same period. CheQ competes with fintech unicorn CRED which has secured around $1 billion to date and was valued at $6.4 billion in its last fundraise. According to the startup data intelligence platform TheKredibe, it posted Rs 1,400 crore in revenue with a loss of Rs 1,347 crore during FY23.

Health-tech startup SuperLiving raises $2 Mn led by Kae Capital

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Health-tech startup SuperLiving raises $2 Mn led by Kae Capital
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Snippets Health-tech startup SuperLiving raises $2 Mn led by Kae Capital The startup had previously secured Rs 2 crore (approximately $228K–$238K) in funding from All In Capital in September 2025 after winning the “Elevator Pitch” event. Lifestyle and wellbeing platform SuperLiving has raised $2 million in a funding round led by Kae Capital, with participation from All In Capital and other angel investors. The proceeds will be used to enhance product capabilities, expand vernacular and cultural content, strengthen its AI companion, and scale distribution across Tier 2 and Tier 3 India, SuperLiving said in a press release. Co-founded in 2025 by Manavdeep Singh Grover and Gurjot Kaur, SuperLiving is an AI-powered preventive lifestyle platform offering guidance across nutrition, movement, sleep, stress, and daily habits. The platform delivers bite-sized courses, regional content, and a 24×7 AI companion designed to help users build daily habits. It is priced for mass adoption and focused on scaling across Tier 2 and Tier 3 India. According to the Bengaluru-based startup, the platform combines AI-personalised lifestyle courses, habit-building nudges, vernacular content, and a 24×7 AI companion that adapts to users’ routines, constraints, and cultural context. Courses are priced between Rs 99 and Rs 250, with no supplement upsells or extreme regimens. SuperLiving operates across nutrition, fitness, mental wellness, and pregnancy, using gamified trackers and rewards. The platform targets Indian households in the 25–55 age group, with regional and culturally relevant content for Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. Within 2.5 months of monetisation, SuperLiving claims that over 70% of its paying users come from Tier 2 towns and beyond, indicating demand outside metro markets. By analysing behaviour across more than 115 lifestyle parameters, the platform adapts its guidance based on user activity.

CraftifAI secures $3 Mn in seed round led by Ankur Capital

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CraftifAI secures $3 Mn in seed round led by Ankur Capital
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Snippets CraftifAI secures $3 Mn in seed round led by Ankur Capital Multi-agent GenAI-powered platform CraftifAI has raised $3 million (approximately Rs 27.2 crore) in a seed funding round led by Ankur Capital, along with participation from IvyCap Ventures, Capital-A, Antler, and others. The fresh funds will be utilised to scale hiring across engineering and go-to-market teams and expand its footprint across global markets, CraftifAI said in a press release. Co-founded in 2025 by Pratik Sharda and Yashwant Dagar, CraftifAI is an innovative R&D company focused on Generative AI-powered, silicon-agnostic platforms for embedded systems, IoT, and Edge AI. It enables faster and more cost-effective development for robotics, drones, and automation. The Bengaluru-based startup aims to empower embedded product development by accelerating the creation of software and AI models for edge devices. The startup’s core technology is a Generative AI (GenAI) and Agentic AI workflow that supports model optimisation, quantisation, and deployment for Edge AI systems. CraftifAI targets industries such as IoT, robotics, surveillance, industrial automation, and autonomous systems. It provides tools for rapid development, reducing time to market for hardware manufacturers. The platform supports a wide range of frameworks, including GStreamer, ROS2, Android, and Agentic AI. The platform consolidates fragmented toolchains into a single AI-driven workflow, automating the embedded software lifecycle. It supports end-to-end product design, development, and manufacturing, enabling clients to transform their ideas into market-ready hardware with greater speed and accuracy. CraftifAI said it has secured pilots with several Indian original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) across robotics, drones, IoT, and AI camera domains, as well as a semiconductor company listed in the US.

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