NSRCEL Startups

Dartle raises $100,000 to accelerate global sports-tech expansion

The seed round led by Inflection Point Ventures will support US expansion and AI development

Dartle, a sports-tech start-up supported by NSRCEL through its Velocity programme, has raised $100,000 in seed funding in a round led by Inflection Point Ventures. The Kerala-based venture will use the funding to strengthen its go-to-market initiatives, expand its presence in the United States and enhance the artificial intelligence capabilities of its platform.

Dartle is building a B2B SaaS platform for youth sports organisations and football academies, bringing together tools for academy operations, scheduling, athlete performance tracking and parent communication. The platform aims to help academies streamline administration while enabling more data-driven athlete development. The funding marks an important step in the start-up’s plans to scale its international customer base and strengthen its position in the global sports-tech market.

Fixit receives government backing to advance agentic AI platform

Technology Development Board support will help strengthen the platform’s capabilities for enterprise revenue workflows

Fixit, an agentic AI start-up supported by NSRCEL, has received support from the Government of India through the Technology Development Board (TDB), under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), to advance the development and commercialisation of its technology.

The platform is designed to help businesses automate revenue workflows, coordinating AI agents across activities such as market intelligence, customer engagement, lead qualification, nurturing and sales follow-ups. The government support will help strengthen its AI capabilities, enterprise integrations, security and scalability. The initiative marks a significant milestone for the start-up as it works towards taking its indigenous agentic AI technology to businesses.