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Intelligence that moves the world
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Top Startups in South Asia
This list has 237 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 51 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: Bengaluru (128), Gurugram (21), and New Delhi (13). Largest teams: Redcliffe Lifetech, Skill-lync, and Chaldal. Latest round: Clueso raised $10M (Oct 13, 2026).
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Community for 100M Indian Financial Market Traders & Investors
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Credit Card for college students based on UPI.
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AI for professional PowerPoint presentations, available in PowerPoint
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Building self-programming machines
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Secured consumer lending in India
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Monitoring and learning layer for long-running agents
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On demand ephemeral environments to run manual and automated tests.
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Ramp for Indian Businesses - UPI Wallets for Employee Expenses
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Continuous Documentation To End Documentation Rot
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We treat women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in India
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HQ: India
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Applied Lab focused on Search in Latent Spaces.
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Create, Share, and Monetize AI Agents
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AI Operating System for Debt Settlement
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Your AI butler that understands you really well and proactively acts…
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Open-source AI coworker with memory
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Agentic procurement & inventory for deep tech teams.
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Acorns for India. Every time you swipe you make a digital…
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B2B payments network in India
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Software for remote monitoring of cancer patients
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The protocol for derivatives on blockchains
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HQ: Claymont, DE, United States
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World Models for Aviation MROs
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HQ: Pune, India
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AI-Powered Rental Platform for Urban Renters
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Programmable API gateway that makes APIs cacheable
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Expert computer-use data for frontier AI labs
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A factory for small and specialized video reasoning models
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Sanitation and Health Rights in India (SHRI) fights alongside communities to end open defecation as a key step in an ongoing struggle for health equity and…
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
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Taali is creating popcorn 2.0 from popped water lily seeds
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HQ: Mumbai, India
YC W19Early stage
Rider
Acquired
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Modern parcel delivery for online sellers in Pakistan.
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HQ: Karachi, Pakistan
Innov8
Acquired
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We provide co-working offices to startups, freelancers and SMEs in…
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Playment
Acquired
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Mechanical Turk for enterprises.
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Able
Acquired
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India's Largest Placement Platform for Early Professionals
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Verak
Acquired
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Better Business Insurance for MSMEs in India
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Dyte
Acquired
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Real-time audio & video SDKs, ready to launch 🚀
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MyPetrolPump
Acquired
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On demand fuel delivery service in India
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FunctionUp (FanPlay)
Acquired
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A skill-tech platform that runs placement bootcamps
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