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SunSeal: Peel-and-Stick Solar Film

The problem : Millions of old buildings, chawls, and curved rooftops are locked out of solar. Traditional panels are heavy, rigid, and need drilling, structural work, and certified contractors. So those residents keep paying high bills and miss subsidies while the modern building next door racks up savings.

The product : SunSeal is a German-engineered flexible solar film that peels and sticks onto almost any roof. No drills, no frames, no structural work. A technician unrolls the pre-cut module, aligns it, peels the backing, and presses it down with a heated roller. That's the whole install.

The magic moment: no scaffolding, no months-long contractor wait. The meter starts dropping within hours of sticking it on.

Pricing & GTM : ₹59,999 for a household 1.2 to 1.5 kWp kit, around 45% margin on hardware and 55% on service and warranty. Flexible PV rolls imported from a German OEM, balance-of-system parts sourced locally, lamination outsourced to a co-packer to dodge heavy CAPEX.

The vision : Become the default way India's aging and unconventional rooftops go solar, and own the flexible rooftop solar category.

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🤑 Money Shot: Bajaj Finserv just committed up to ₹2,000 crore over five years to back AI, cybersecurity, and quantum startups from seed to Series B, plus an IIT Bombay research tie-up. When a financial giant says "we'll build, not just adopt," the deeptech window in India is officially open.

📈 Trend with Benefits: 2026 funding is down ~9% YoY, but the money that's moving is going corporate. Between Bajaj's ₹2,000 cr and a wave of strategic CVC bets, big balance sheets are quietly becoming the most active backers of early-stage tech. Translation: your next cheque might come from a conglomerate, not a VC.

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🔍 Founder Finds

🌿 D2C food brand Anveshan raised ₹121 crore from Vertex Ventures, IFC, and Titan Capital, with Aman Gupta (the Shark himself) joining in. Wood-pressed oils are apparently a venture-scale business now.

🏦 SME-focused NBFC Oxyzo posted ₹1,489 crore revenue in FY26 with ₹375 crore profit. Profitable fintech lending, quietly compounding.

✈️ TBO Tek revenue jumped 83% to ₹814 crore in Q4 FY26 with ₹60 crore profit, driven by its hotels business. Travel tech is having a real moment.

🛒 Zomato launched Healthy Subscriptions, letting users plan meals up to 15 days ahead. The food delivery wars are shifting from speed to wellness.

🌐 Amazon Ads is hosting a free Delhi summit to help Indian sellers reach US and UK buyers. Cross-border D2C is getting a serious push.

🔧 Drone avionics startup ZeroDrag closed a ₹6.5 crore seed led by Transition VC. Defence-adjacent deeptech keeps pulling early money.

🍻 Drunk Business Idea: ReturnRoulette

What if returning clothes online was a game show?

Introducing ReturnRoulette™, a D2C fashion app where every "didn't fit" return spins a wheel. Land on the right slot and your refund doubles as store credit. Land wrong and you're keeping the jeggings. The house always wins, but you feel alive.

ReturnRoulette™. Gamble with your wardrobe.

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