The following companies – Drizz, Concrete, and Genexis Biotech – have secured funding for their growth plans.
Drizz, a vision AI-powered mobile app testing company, has recently emerged from stealth with a significant $2.7 million in seed funding. The startup was founded by former engineers from Amazon, Coinbase, and Gojek, aiming to address the limitations of traditional mobile app testing that struggle to keep up with dynamic AI-generated UI changes.
The funding round was led by Stellaris Venture Partners, with additional participation from Shastra VC, Anuj Rathi, and Vaibhav Domkundwar. The funds will be used to enhance Drizz's Vision AI engine, expand its engineering team, and strengthen research capabilities.
Drizz's platform uses vision AI to evaluate app user interfaces visually. This approach allows tests to be written, run, and maintained using natural language prompts across both iOS and Android devices, without the need for brittle selectors or manual updates.
Currently, Drizz is actively developing and enhancing its Vision AI engine, focusing on speed, accuracy, and usability for enterprise environments. The company is committed to improving its AI-native testing platform, bringing stable, self-healing automation and detailed bug intelligence that saves testing teams time.
Looking forward, Drizz plans to expand its vision-based testing infrastructure to support visually rich and highly interactive environments where traditional locator-based tools cannot operate, primarily due to dynamic interfaces and the lack of deterministic DOM structures. The company aims to redefine how quality software is shipped in the AI era by making test authoring effortless, enabling near-instant bug resolution, and scaling code-free QA for modern AI-powered app development.
In the biotech sector, Genexis Biotech, a Vadodara-based bio-manufacturing startup, has raised INR 4 crore in a seed funding round. Genexis develops animal-origin-free recombinant proteins through precision fermentation for sectors including biopharma, food technology, and cell culture.
The funding was provided by GVFL with additional participation from Benzai10. In the past year, Genexis Biotech partnered with pharmaceutical and biotech companies, signed an MoU with the Gujarat government, and secured orders for alternative protein formulations. The funds raised will be used to expand its bioreactor capacity, establish downstream processing infrastructure, introduce new recombinant proteins and enzymes, and enhance compliance, sales, and distribution operations.
Meanwhile, Hey Concrete, an Udaipur-based startup, has raised INR 7.5 crore in a strategic investment. The funding will be directed toward setting up an advanced manufacturing unit, expanding into key international architectural markets, and strengthening outreach for the company's GreenPro-certified concrete solutions.
In the realm of regulated biotech export markets, a firm is aiming to tap into these markets and explore collaborations with contract development and manufacturing organisations. Further details about this venture are yet to be disclosed.
These developments highlight the vibrant and growing startup ecosystem in India, with companies in various sectors securing significant funding to drive innovation and growth.
[1] Drizz Raises $2.7 Million in Seed Funding to Revolutionize Mobile App Testing [2] Drizz: The Vision AI-Powered Mobile App Testing Company [3] Stellaris Venture Partners Leads $2.7 Million Seed Round in Drizz [4] Genexis Biotech Secures INR 4 Crore in Seed Funding [5] Hey Concrete Raises INR 7.5 Crore in Strategic Investment
- The startup, Drizz, has secured $2.7 million in seed funding to advance AI-powered mobile app testing.
- Drizz, with a vision to address traditional app testing limitations, was founded by former engineers from Amazon, Coinbase, and Gojek.
- The funding round was led by Stellaris Venture Partners and Shastra VC, with additional participation from Anuj Rathi and Vaibhav Domkundwar.
- The funds will be used to enhance Drizz's Vision AI engine, expand its engineering team, and strengthen research capabilities.
- Drizz's platform leverages vision AI to evaluate app user interfaces visually, offering a flexible and efficient testing solution.
- In a separate development, Genexis Biotech, a bio-manufacturing startup based in Vadodara, has raised INR 4 crore in a seed funding round.
