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Water wellness startup Care Dale raises pre-seed funding led by ajvc

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Water wellness startup Care Dale raises pre-seed funding led by ajvc
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Water wellness startup Care Dale has raised Rs 1.5 crore in a pre-seed funding round led by ajvc, led by Aviral Bhatnagar. The company said the capital will be used to strengthen its research and development efforts and accelerate its go-to-market strategy to expand its reach across Indian households. Founded by Duhita Wani and Roshni Kar, Care Dale is building technology-led solutions to address the impact of hard water on skin and hair health. According to the company, around 70% of India receives hard water, which contributes to hair fall and skin-related issues. Care Dale is focused on bathroom water filtration solutions for this segment. The startup’s first product is a tap and shower filter designed for hair and skincare, powered by its proprietary CareTec™ Advanced Filtration technology. Care Dale claims it has grown to approximately Rs 5 crore in annual recurring revenue (ARR) within five months of launch and has reached over 6,000 homes across India. The company added that its growth has been driven largely by organic demand. Founded by Aviral Bhatnagar, AJVC (A Junior VC) is a SEBI-registered pre-seed fund that backs early-stage startups across sectors like consumer tech, AI and fintech.

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Market intelligence startup Mindcase raises seed funding led by AJVC

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Market intelligence startup Mindcase raises seed funding led by AJVC
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Snippets Market intelligence startup Mindcase raises seed funding led by AJVC Market intelligence startup Mindcase has raised Rs 1.5 crore in its pre-seed funding round led by early-stage venture capital firm AJVC. The capital will be used to scale Mindcase’s self-serve SaaS platform and expand its data and intelligence coverage across new domains and markets, while accelerating global go-to-market efforts, the company said in a press release. Founded by IIM Ahmedabad alumni Kritish Puri and Saurabh Shubham, Mindcase uses hundreds of proprietary AI agents and workflows to turn unstructured market and consumer data into ready-to-use insights that strategy and business teams rely on to make decisions. The Gurugram-based startup works with large enterprises through custom market intelligence solutions and is now scaling its reach through a fast, self-serve SaaS platform built to drive broader adoption and repeat usage. Going forward, Mindcase plans to deepen its product capabilities with more advanced agentic workflows, support a wider range of use cases, and continue building a robust intelligence platform for business and strategy teams globally. Mindcase joins a growing list of early-stage companies backed by Aviral Bhatnagar-led AJVC. Other portfolio companies include Care Dale, HandyPanda, Multibagg AI, Nuyug, Mithila Foods, Jaagruk Bharat, TruFides AI, Chop Finance, Gaadi Mech, and Iztri.

Car servicing startup GaadiMech raises pre-seed round led by AJVC

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Car servicing startup GaadiMech raises pre-seed round led by AJVC
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Car servicing startup GaadiMech raises pre-seed round led by AJVC Car servicing platform GaadiMech.com has raised Rs 1.5 crore in a pre-seed funding round at a $2 million valuation led by AJVC. The funds will be used to expand beyond Jaipur, where it is already operational in Jodhpur and Udaipur, strengthen product and tracking capabilities, and standardize quality across service hubs, GaadiMech said in a press release. Co-founded in 2020 by Surakshit Soni and Sarvesh Kabra, GaadiMech aims to empower the automotive service industry. The company operates through an online platform and physical service centers, offering express car services, transparent pricing, and genuine parts to deliver a streamlined and reliable vehicle maintenance experience. “Car care should feel like a pit stop, not a full-day chore. With 90 minutes, live tracking, and 100% transparency, we’re rebuilding trust in an unorganized market,” said Surakshit Soni, Co-founder of GaadiMech. The company’s 90-minute Express Car Service combines parallel workflows, real-time tracking, and upfront pricing to create a pit-stop experience for car owners. It plans to scale across India with an asset-light service model. Lead investor AJVC recently announced the final close of its maiden fund, with commitments exceeding Rs 200 crore. Its recent investments include Nuyug, a jewellery brand focused on celebration wear, and Mithila Foods, an FMCG company developing Bihar-based food products.

Personal finance startup Finanjo raises Rs 1.5 Cr pre-seed funding led by AJVC

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Personal finance startup Finanjo raises Rs 1.5 Cr pre-seed funding led by AJVC
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Personal finance startup Finanjo raises Rs 1.5 Cr pre-seed funding led by AJVC Jaipur-based personal finance startup Finanjo has raised Rs 1.5 crore in a pre-seed funding round fully backed by early-stage venture fund AJVC, led by Aviral Bhatnagar. The capital will be used for product development, including strengthening Finanjo’s AI assistant Jo, improving decision intelligence, and expanding goal-based and credit optimisation features. It will also be deployed to enhance Account Aggregator infrastructure, hire across product, engineering, and content teams, scale user acquisition through partnerships and community-led channels, and build regulatory and compliance readiness for future financial product integrations. Founded by Prithviraj Singh Chauhan and Pankaj Singh Chauhan, Finanjo is a behaviour-first personal finance platform focused on young Indian users. The founders are also co-founders of Backstage with Millionaires, a YouTube channel covering Indian startups and entrepreneurship. Finanjo uses India’s Account Aggregator framework and AI to provide users with a consolidated, real-time view of their savings, spending, investments, and liabilities, and offers data-backed financial guidance through its platform. The startup has onboarded over 5,000 users within weeks of its beta launch, with around 500 daily active users, and reports more than Rs 25 crore in connected savings on the platform. It has generated early revenue through fixed deposit and mutual fund referral commissions. Finanjo is the latest addition to the portfolio of Aviral Bhatnagar-led AJVC, which has been actively backing early-stage startups.

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