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For Real, India’s first online factory outlet marketplace, has raised INR 3.2 crore in a Pre-Seed funding round from Titan Capital.

For Real aims to separate liquidation from primary commerce, providing brands with a predictable, transparent way to sell excess inventory without affecting core sales channels.

Founded by Anurag Sheth and Mohit Sheth, For Real offers consumers a discovery-led value shopping experience focused on branded products rather than random discounts.

Anurag Sheth, CEO and Co-Founder, said, “For Real is India’s first online factory outlet marketplace, built to fundamentally change how brands liquidate inventory and how consumers discover value. We’re building a paradigm shift; a brand-safe channel that separates liquidation from fresh merchandise and cuts the need for brands to hoard unsold inventory or dilute their primary channels.”

Mohit Sheth, CTO and Co-Founder, added, “Value shopping in India has been broken for years; cluttered feeds, poor discovery, and friction-heavy experiences make finding the right product at the right price harder than it should be. At For Real, we’re building a purpose-designed discovery engine that simplifies choice, surfaces the right products faster, and removes friction for value-first shoppers. The result is a significantly faster shopping journey and a superior customer experience.”

For Real is designed to handle the unique challenges of off-price inventory, creating a purpose-led discovery experience tailored to long-tail products with limited stock. By combining transparency, reliability, and scale, the platform aims to reshape how branded excess inventory is managed in India. 

Circle, a Bengaluru-based platform for buying and selling pre-owned products, has raised ₹3.4 crore in a pre-seed funding round led by Titan Capital. Raveen Sastry, Co-founder of Myntra, also participated.

The company will deploy the capital to strengthen its AI verification stack, including guided pricing, automated condition grading, and catalog matching. Circle is currently focused on electronics and household categories and plans to expand to more cities by 2026.

Founded in 2025 by Ankit Misra and Chirag Kataruka, Circle aims to simplify C2C transactions, a space often marked by fake listings, incomplete product details, and lack of buyer-seller protection. The platform verifies listings through AI, manages doorstep pickup and delivery, and ensures secure payment flows.

Sellers on Circle can list items in minutes, receive pricing support, and get payouts once the product is picked up and verified. Buyers receive verified products with doorstep delivery and payment protection.

Circle has onboarded more than 17,000 users since its soft launch in Bengaluru in August 2025. Electronics, furniture, appliances, and home goods are currently the most active categories.

India’s pre-owned goods market is valued at ₹1.6 lakh crore, with more than 70 million people transacting used products every month. Despite this scale, the user experience remains inconsistent across platforms. Circle aims to streamline this through a full-stack operational model.

Commenting on the company’s vision, Co-founder Chirag Kataruka said Circle wants to make pre-owned transactions as smooth and safe as buying new products. A Titan Capital spokesperson said growing product replacement cycles in Indian households make this an important consumer opportunity.

AI-focused software delivery startup Heizen has secured $500,000 in seed funding, with Titan Capital leading the round.

The raise also saw participation from prominent angel investors, including Varun Alagh (Mamaearth) and Abhishek Goyal (Tracxn).

The fresh funds will be directed towards expanding its tech team in India, boosting its go-to-market efforts in the U.S., and further building out its proprietary multi-agent software development platform, the company said in a statement.

Launched in April 2024 by Aman Arora, Abhilasha Singh, and Nijansh Verma, Heizen blends AI automation with top-tier engineering talent to speed up the creation of customized software products. Its model, built on weekly development sprints, supports the delivery of agent-powered internal tools, MVPs, and AI-centric applications.

Since inception, Heizen claims to have onboarded over 50 clients across India and the U.S., with consistent 20% month-over-month growth. With 83% client retention in the first month, the company is now preparing to scale further into the U.S. enterprise market, enhance its AI capabilities, and grow its network of engineering talent tailored for AI-first solutions.

Positioning itself in the massive $4.6 trillion global IT services space, Heizen aims to modernize how companies build and launch digital products through smarter, faster, and AI-augmented workflows.

AI-driven app attribution and analytics startup Linkrunner has raised ₹5 crore in a pre-seed funding round led by Titan Capital, with additional participation from angel investor Samir Sood and early-stage venture fund 2AM.VC. 

The Bengaluru-based company will use the fresh capital to scale hiring across engineering, data science, and sales, while doubling down on product innovation and expanding its go-to-market footprint across India.

Founded by Shreyans Sancheti and Darshil Rathod, Linkrunner is a modern mobile measurement partner (MMP) tailored for consumer-first digital brands.

The platform enables apps to track performance metrics, optimize ad spends, and make data-driven marketing decisions through its AI-powered attribution engine.

Within a few months of launch, Linkrunner has attracted notable fast-growing clients such as Stimuler, Grapevine, Fold Money, Abcoffee, Jumbo Gaming, and Lingopanda. Known for its fast onboarding, transparent pricing, and a startup-friendly free plan, the platform is quickly becoming a go-to solution for digital-first brands seeking real-time marketing intelligence.

Linkrunner joins a competitive landscape alongside global players like AppsFlyer, Branch, Adjust, Singular, Airbridge, Tenjin, and Apptrove, but is betting on regional relevance, pricing transparency, and AI-backed automation as key differentiators.

ContraVault AI, a fast-growing startup building an AI-powered platform for tender and RFP (Request for Proposal) management, has raised ₹5.1 crore in a seed funding round led by Titan Capital.

The round also saw participation from prominent investors including Rajiv Ahuja, Haresh Chawla, Jaswinder Ahuja, Dilipkumar Khandelwal, Abhishek Goyal, and several others.

With the fresh infusion of capital, ContraVault AI plans to deepen its vertical integration across key industries such as EPC, Energy, Power, and IT.

The funding will also be used to enhance the accuracy and relevance of its analytics capabilities, scale up sales efforts within India’s under-digitised tender ecosystem, and prepare for global expansion.

Founded in 2023 by Sayan Sen, Tanmay Juneja, and Isha Juneja, ContraVault AI aims to modernize and streamline the traditionally manual and error-prone world of tender and RFP processes.

The startup leverages artificial intelligence to automate crucial functions such as risk analysis, clause negotiation, and document summarization. Its platform is tailored for enterprises, legal teams, and government contractors, enabling faster, smarter, and more informed decisions in complex bidding environments.

“There is a large, untapped opportunity at the intersection of tender management and AI, which we are solving for. We are excited to partner with Titan Capital to scale this solution for India and beyond,” said Sayan Sen, Co-founder and CEO of ContraVault AI.

Backed by partnerships with large enterprises and top law firms, the startup is focused on transforming legacy workflows into intelligent, automated systems.