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Pain care startup Betterhood raises seed round led by Kairon Capital

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Pain care startup Betterhood raises seed round led by Kairon Capital
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Preventive pain care startup Betterhood has raised Rs 5 crore in a seed funding round led by Kairon Capital, with participation from Yogesh Kabra, Rishubh Satiya, Rohit Chawla, Sifat Khurana, and Shayamal Vallabhjee. The proceeds will be used for product development, team expansion across product, content and growth functions, and scaling distribution across online and offline channels, Betterhood said in a press release. Co-founded in October 2024 by Vikram Kadam and Neha Zade, Betterhood focuses on musculoskeletal health through science-backed products, educational content, digital tools, and expert-led interventions. The company offers solutions including posture supports, orthotic supports, and pain relief and recovery products, aiming to help consumers address pain early and build long-term musculoskeletal health. According to the Bengaluru-based startup, it has developed assessment tools on its website that help users identify the root causes of neck, back, shoulder, and knee pain, providing a clinically grounded starting point for their care journey. Recently, the company launched Slouch Catcher, a posture analysis tool that allows users to upload a posture snapshot, receive a personalised score and an animal-inspired posture persona, making posture awareness more engaging and accessible. Betterhood is also launching The Physio Edge, a certification programme for early-career physiotherapists aimed at bridging the gap between academic training and real-world clinical practice. Since its launch, Betterhood claims to have served more than 60,000 customers and created over 1,000 pieces of educational content across platforms on posture, pain prevention, movement, and recovery. The startup plans to expand its presence through physiotherapy clinics, running communities, and wellness retail as it grows its footprint in preventive pain care.

D2C pet care brand Moe Puppy raises pre-seed round led by PedalStart

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D2C pet care brand Moe Puppy raises pre-seed round led by PedalStart
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D2C pet care brand Moe Puppy has raised Rs 2 crore in a pre-seed funding round led by PedalStart, with participation from Zindagi Live Angel Fund and other angel investors. The proceeds will be used for marketing, R&D, supply chain optimisation and selective hiring across growth, operations and customer experience. Founded in 2023 by Manish Paul, Moe Puppy is a D2C pet care brand focused on grooming and wellness products. It offers products such as dry shampoo and anti-tick spray, targeting Indian pet owners seeking science-backed and easy-to-use solutions. Moe Puppy operates through its own website, marketplaces like Amazon, quick commerce platforms such as Blinkit and Zepto, and pet-focused platforms including Supertails. The brand claims to have served over 1 lakh customers with a repeat rate of around 30% and recorded 10x growth over the past year. The startup operates in a growing pet care market in India, where demand for premium and wellness-focused products is increasing.

Laiqa raises Rs 15 Cr in seed round from IvyCap Ventures

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Laiqa raises Rs 15 Cr in seed round from IvyCap Ventures
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Gurugram-based femtech startup Laiqa Wellness has raised Rs 15 crore in its seed round from IvyCap Ventures. The proceeds will be used to drive the expansion and development of the company’s tech-based solutions, which focus on personalized hormonal health tracking, point-of-care assessments, and AI-driven recommendations that integrate both modern science and Ayurveda. Founded in August 2023 by Monica Bindra, Harmeet Bindra, and Meenakshi Singh, LAIQA offers a unique approach to women’s wellness by addressing hormonal imbalances through cycle-synced, personalized care. Its offerings cater to a wide range of hormonal imbalance-driven conditions, such as PCOS, thyroid disorders, insulin resistance, sleep disturbances, and other lifestyle-related issues. The app’s proprietary algorithm objectively scores health parameters and provides cycle-synced actionable insights, helping users manage these changes for enhanced productivity, improved energy levels, and overall wellness. IvCap has backed startups across categories such as Purplle, Bluestone, Bewakoof, Convosight, Lissun, Elucidata, Deep Rooted, Wagr, YellowSkye, and Biryani By Kilo.

Wellness brand Amocare raises $400K in pre-seed round

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Wellness brand Amocare raises $400K in pre-seed round
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Wellness brand Amocare has secured $400,000 in a pre-seed funding round co-led by FAAD Network and AngelBay Holdings. The proceeds will be deployed towards scaling business operations, curating more wellness products in the intimate category, building a high-trust brand, and focusing on driving customer awareness, Amocare said in a press release. Launched in 2023 by Prabhat Maheshwari, Amocare offers premium intimate wellness products with a focus on natural solutions. Its products range from personal care to intimate hygiene, catering to holistic wellness needs. According to the company, its products help in combating the rising challenge of lifestyle-related intimacy concerns by offering couples natural, effective, and scientifically formulated solutions. Gurugram-based Amocare claims that it will be expanding its product distribution in the international markets like Eastern Europe and the UK through one of its strategic investors. The other major players in this space are Bold Care, MyMuse, Pee Safe, The Sangya Project and others.

Lifechart’s Guttify secures $360K from Unichem Labs’ Family Office

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Lifechart’s Guttify secures $360K from Unichem Labs’ Family Office
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Lifechart’s Guttify secures $360K from Unichem Labs’ Family Office Lifechart, a health-tech startup focused on gut wellness, has raised $360,000 in an extended seed round for its gut health brand Guttify, led by Prajay Advisors, the family office of the founders of Unichem Labs, Prakash Mody and Jayendra Shah. This $360K raise follows a $500K seed round in October 2024, backed by Expert Dojo, Agility Ventures, Sunn91 Ventures, government seed schemes, and angels like Nitish Mittersain and Ahana Gautam—bringing Lifechart’s total funding to over $1 million. Co-founded in 2022 by Mukul Shah and Mansi Sharma, Guttify is a gut health brand designed for India’s urban population (tier I and III cities), and it adopts a diagnosis-first approach. It offers DIY at-home gut testing kits and clinically validated solutions that combine modern science with herbal methods. Its first product, a pH saliva testing kit for acidity, is already live, with more kits priced as low as Rs 99 set to launch in the coming months. Guttify aims to empower every Indian with accessible, accurate, and personalized gut health solutions—grounded in science, enabled by technology, and inspired by Ayurveda. Lifechart and Guttify aspire to build a full-stack science-backed gut wellness ecosystem to address the urgent and widespread gut health crisis in India. According to market research, the Indian gut wellness market is projected at $18 billion and over 60% of the Indian population suffers from digestive issues.

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