Jeh Aerospace, TurboHire, GameRamp, others bag early-stage funding

(L-R) Venkatesh Mudragalla and Vishal Sanghavi, Co-founders of Jeh Aerospace

Aerospace manufacturer Jeh Aerospace, recruitment platform TurboHire, game monetization platform GameRamp, and several other startups have secured funding in various early-stage rounds, the companies said on Tuesday.

Jeh Aerospace, a startup which specialises in manufacturing for aerospace and defence sectors, has raised $11 million (around Rs 96.5 crore) in Series A funding round led by Elevation Capital, with participation from existing investor General Catalyst. 

“This funding from Elevation Capital and General Catalyst will allow us to build mega factories and enhance our technology while continuing to deliver exceptional value to our global customers,” said Vishal Sanghavi, founder and CEO, Jeh Aerospace.

The latest funding round comes three months after VCCircle reported that Jeh Aerospace was looking to raise between Rs 100-150 crore in a funding round. Elevation was the lead contender for the round. 

Founded in 2022 by Sanghavi and Venkatesh Mudragalla, Jeh Aerospace is headquartered in Atlanta, US and has facilities and production capacities in Hyderabad. Since its seed round in January 2024, the company claims to have scaled its team to over 100, delivered more than 100,000 flight-critical components and tools, and secured $100 million in long-term contracts with global aerospace leaders.

Recruitment-automation platform TurboHire has secured $6 Million (around Rs 52.6 crore) in Series A funding led by IvyCap Ventures as it looks to expand operations abroad, strengthen product capabilities, and deepen integrations with HR tech ecosystems.

“Their ability to serve large, complex organizations with a configurable, outcome-oriented platform is impressive. With a strong product-market fit, growing global demand, and a future-ready tech stack, we believe TurboHire is well-positioned to lead the next wave of intelligent hiring transformation,” said Vikram Gupta, founder and managing partner, IvyCap Ventures.

Founded in 2019 by Deepak Agrawal, Rakesh Nayak and Gaurav Kumar, TurboHire provides end-to-end recruitment automation platform to enterprise which uses AI to enhance hiring speed, accuracy, and decision-making. The company says its platform is used by 120 companies including Cipla, Tata Motors, PwC, Lenskart, Britannia, and conglomerates such as RPG Group, Motilal Oswal Group, and ANI Technologies (Ola). 

GameRamp has gathered $5.4 million (Rs 47.4 crore) in a pre-seed funding round led by BITKRAFT Ventures, and with participation from South Park Commons, Mixi, DeVC along other international angel investors.
 
With the fresh funding, GameRamp will accelerate the expansion of its engineering and applied AI teams in the US and India. The funding will also hasten the launch of two services –  Sentinel and Grow.
 
GameRamp was founded by Vivek Ramachandran and Sashank Vandrangi. Its AI-native operating system enables developers to experiment and deploy their monetization strategies in a fully-automated fashion to help mobile free-to-play games and consumer apps scale up. The startup is headquartered in San Francisco with a R&D hub in Bengaluru.

Polite Powertech

Power-transmission company Polite Powertech has secured Rs 20 crore (around $2.3 million) in a pre-IPO funding round led by SME-exchange focused vehicle Chanakya Opportunities Fund I, a part of Steptrade Capital. Chanakya said it led the round by investing over 15% of the total capital raised.

Polite Powertech led by promoter and director, Yogesh Patel specialises in executing turnkey engineering, procurement, and construction projects across extra high voltagecable systems, low-to-high voltage distribution networks, and solar power installations. The company claims it has laid 4,000 kms of transmission lines, and completed 30-plus turnkey projects and power distribution works so far.

Deeptech startup EON Space Labs has raised $1.2 million (around Rs 10.5 crore) in a Pre-Series A round led by MGF Kavachh, with participation from HHV Advanced Technologies. 

The startup, which specialises in imaging technologies, said it will deploy the funding to scale up manufacturing of AI-driven electro-optical and infrared payloads, expand the engineering team, and support upcoming product launches. It also aims to roll out its ultra-lightweight space telescope, MIRA, by the end of 2025. The company claims that MIRA will be the lightest high-resolution space telescope designed and manufactured in India. 

Founded in 2022 by Sanjay Kumar, Punit Badeka, and Manoj Kumar Gaddam, Hyderabad-based EON is developing miniaturised, high-resolution imaging systems for use in satellites, drones, aerial systems and fixed ground platforms.

Perfume startup Fraganote Fragrances Pvt Ltd has a Pre-Series A round with $1 million (around Rs 8.8 crore) led by Rukam Capital.

The capital raised will be used to expand its fragrance portfolio, introducing new scent-forward formats, and launching offline retail pilots and immersive brand experiences. A significant portion of the investment will also improve its supply chain and fulfillment capabilities for pan-India distribution. It will invest in integrated omnichannel touchpoints, including strategic partnerships and pop-up activations.Founded by Garima Kakkar and Arjun Anand, Fraganote offers scents and perfumes developed in-house through a team of experts to make scents like Baked Vanilla, Drunken Cake, and Beach Holiday.

Manufacturing intelligence startup Terafac has bagged Rs 6.5 crore (around $740,000) in a pre-seed funding round, led by Inuka Capital, with participation from DEVC, Bharat Founders Fund, Innovation Mission Punjab, and angel investors. 

The fund will be used to scale up deployments from Indian MSMEs to global markets, and build a team of AI researchers, robotics engineers, and manufacturing experts to drive innovation from India to the world.

Chandigarh-based Terafac provides physical intelligence into industrial automation. Its AI-Vision platform enables off-the-shelf robots to see, adapt, and perform complex manufacturing tasks without programming. The startup was founded by Anubhi Khandelwal and Amrit Singh. 

Fashion shopping marketplace Tryo has raised Rs 3 crore (around $340,000) in pre-seed funding round led by Zeropearl VC. 

The startup said it will use the investment to launch operations in Bengaluru, accelerate product and technology development, and strengthen partnerships with Indian fashion brands.

Tryo was founded in January 2025 by Meet Saparia, Arjav Patni and Shiva Singh. The platform allows users to order up to ten fashion items across styles and sizes for no cost, try them at home, pay for what they keep and instantly return the rest to the same delivery partner. At present, the platform features curated collections from over 25 premium menswear and womenswear brands including Virgio, The Souled Store, The Bear House, Nishorama, and Bewakoof. It offers both 60 minute and scheduled delivery options.

Prozo
 
Supply-chain platform Prozo has secured an undisclosed investment from actor Ranbir Kapoor.

The startup combines warehousing, freight, and fulfillment under a single tech platform, with proprietary tools such as ProWMS, ProShip, and the Control Tower. These enable unified, service level agreement (SLA)-driven operations across B2B, D2C, and marketplace channels with real-time visibility. The company claims to have achieved an annual revenue run-rate of Rs 250 crore and raised $20 million from Sixth Sense Ventures and JAFCO Asia in 2023.

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