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SparshMind Innovations

Fundraising Advisor

SparshMind Innovations develops accessible digital therapeutic solutions for neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Its flagship product ReMind VR Rehabilitation Therapy delivers evidence-based neurorehabilitation using Virtual Reality (VR), EEG integration, and AI-based feedback.

Key Offerings

  • ReMind VR Therapy (in-market): For stroke, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, and Parkinson’s.
  • ReMind Dementia Care (MVP stage): VR+Service model for cognitive therapy in elderly care.
  • ReMind ASD Home Therapy (prototype): VR with EEG monitoring for autism spectrum disorder.
  • ReMind for Schizophrenia (in research).

The system aids neuroplasticity through multi-sensory integration, mirror neuron activation, and customized therapy intensity — improving recovery by up to 37% faster than conventional therapy.

Traction

  • Deployments: 26 installations in clinics and hospitals across India.
  • Leads Generated: 326; Demos Conducted: 119.
  • Revenue:
    • FY 2023–24: ₹1.24 lakh (USD 1.4K)
    • FY 2024–25: ₹37 lakh (USD 43K)
    • FY 2025–26 Target: ₹52.8 lakh (USD 60K) with 100-unit deployment.
  • Government Pilots: Ongoing with Kerala and Maharashtra governments.
  • Clinical Trials:
    • AIIMS New Delhi: Completed 1-hour stroke therapy pilot.
    • ICMR-funded 92-patient RCT: Ongoing at AIIMS & NCAHT.
    • Thanal Kannur (Azim Premji Foundation): Parallel RCT underway.
  • Patents & IP:
    • 1 granted, 1 provisional, trademarks filed.
    • ISO 9001 certified; CDSCO Class B (SaMD) license approved; ISO 13485 in process.

Business Model

Current Revenue Model (B2B)

  • Subscription (Hospitals, Clinics, Elderly Care Centers): ₹95K–₹120K/year + ₹40K setup fee (~USD 1,600 total).
  • Patient Usage: ₹8K–₹12K/month for therapy (~USD 90–140).
  • Pay-per-use: ₹50K upfront + ₹10K wallet (100 sessions).
  • Hardware Purchase: ₹3.5–₹5.5 lakh (~USD 4.2K–6.4K) + 20% AMC.
  • Gross Margin: ~80%.
  • 5× more affordable than comparable international devices.

Future expansion targets B2C (home therapy) and international markets (UAE, Thailand).

HealthTech

Seed

Talvette Limited

Mentor & Advisor

Talvette (from “talent + vetted”) is a Bangladeshi talent placement platform connecting qualified professionals with global and local companies, with a strong focus on the tech sector. The company helps startups and enterprises hire vetted talent quickly and confidently through a data-driven, human-centered recruitment process.

With a network of 8,000 vetted candidates, 170+ global clients, and a 97% interview success rate, Talvette offers end-to-end solutions across:

  • Talent Marketplace: On-demand access to pre-vetted professionals ready to hire.
  • Head Hunting: Specialized recruitment for hard-to-fill roles.
  • Employer of Record (EOR/PEO) Services: Payroll, tax, and compliance management for distributed teams.
  • Job Board: A cost-effective channel for companies to attract top-tier talent fast.

Over the past two years, Talvette has become one of Bangladesh’s most trusted hiring partners, serving clients such as Shimmy Technologies, Industry Dive, and Biniyog. The platform’s mission is clear — to bridge the gap between tech talent and opportunity, empowering businesses to scale efficiently while helping skilled professionals thrive in a competitive global market.

HRTech

Seed

Jomnot Creators

Business Mentor

Jomnot Creators is a Cambodian content creation and influencer (KOL) platform that empowers young creators, nano-influencers, and brands to collaborate on high-quality digital campaigns. The platform helps creators plan, film, and edit videos while enabling brands to launch authentic, locally resonant marketing campaigns.

Founded by Sakira Bun, Somanear San, and Panha Theng, Jomnot operates as a hybrid model, a blend of agency and technology, offering hands-on production support alongside tech-enabled campaign management tools. Its system includes KOL vetting, ranking, and performance feedback, ensuring quality, trust, and long-term partnerships between creators and brands.

Mission and Impact

Jomnot’s mission is to make content creation simple, guided, and affordable—helping both emerging creators and busy entrepreneurs overcome barriers like skill gaps and inconsistent posting.

The team has also led civic engagement initiatives, such as the “Jomnot Creators Program” with BBC Media Action (Klahan9 Space), which trained 25 young media practitioners (55% women, 10% LGBTQI+) to produce 160+ social impact media pieces reaching over 3 million people across Facebook and TikTok.

Traction and Model

  • Revenue (first 3 months): USD 14,140 with 38% profit margin
  • Business model: B2B subscription and commission-based
  • Transaction model: 15–20% commission per campaign
  • Team: 3 full-time members
  • Pre-seed fundraising goal: USD 10,000 (valuation: USD 200,000)

Marketing Tech

Pre Seed

D.R Top Clinic

Business Mentor

D.R TOP Clinic is a leading women’s health and maternity center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, offering comprehensive gynecology, obstetrics, pediatrics, and surgical services. Founded and led by Dr. Lim Chanmoniroth, a gynecologist trained in France (Tours University) and specialized in infertility and cervical cancer screening (Singapore NUHS), the clinic’s mission is to provide world-class healthcare locally and reduce the need for Cambodians to seek treatment abroad.

Growth and Impact

  • Founded in 2020, D.R TOP Clinic has delivered over 27,000 patient services (2020–2023) and an additional 16,000+ services from 2024 to mid-2025.
  • Staff expanded from 18 to 25 employees, and the facility now operates with a comprehensive clinical management system and enhanced infrastructure.
  • The clinic contributes to job creation, women’s healthcare access, and national healthcare quality improvement.

Business Overview

  • Model: B2C healthcare provider
  • Average Monthly Revenue: USD 35,000
  • Latest MAU: 330 patients
  • LTV/CAC: 360
  • Funding: USD 10,000 (grant received); seeking USD 150,000 to build an operation theater meeting Cambodian Ministry of Health standards.
  • Founder: Dr. Chanmoniroth Lim  |  Team size: 13–25 employees  |  Location: Stung Mean Chey, Phnom Penh.

HealthTech

Pre Seed

Revorium OÜ

Fundraising Advisor

Revorium has been born to make international payments instant just like the local money transfer, with 100% transparency, and 10x cheaper than the traditional banking transaction for freelancers, remote workers, and anyone who needs to get paid, receive, and send money internationally for personal use or for businesses. Our mission is to make international payments instant, with no hidden fees, and 10x cheaper than traditional banking transfers for anyone from anywhere in the world.

FinTech

Seed

Chhaya Technology

Fundraising Advisor

Chhaya is Bangladesh’s first digital micro-insurance platform, insuring the uninsured by making health, life and property coverage accessible for those left out of traditional insurance. With an easy-to-use, fully digital platform, we simplify enrollment, claims and renewals, offering affordable coverage that ensures everyone can protect what matters most.

The Problem: Bangladesh- The Most Underinsured Country in Southeast Asia

With a huge population of 172 Million and en route to becoming a trillion-dollar economy by 2041, Bangladesh is at huge risk of being the most underinsured country in Southeast Asia. 99% of the population of Bangladesh is uninsured with only a 0.59% penetration rate which has created a $6 Billion insurance gap because of the complicated Enrollment Process, lack of affordable insurance Products & unreliable and delayed Claim Settlements. Let’s look into some data:

  • 72.68% of Healthcare Expenditure in Bangladesh is out-of-pocket
  • Claim-to-Settlement Ratio is 78% far below of global average of 97%
  • The insurance policy enrollment process can take up to 3 days because of the lack of digital options
  • Settlement Duration can be up to 30 days

These Data points show how big and serious this problem is for Bangladesh. We understand Insurance Market in Bangladesh is mostly untapped with a Lot of Potentials to Grow for a growing middle-class & large young population

The Solution: Affordable Micro-Insurances for All

Chhaya Technologies Limited is an insurtech startup based in Bangladesh. The company’s mission is to provide affordable micro-insurances to the 99% uninsured population in Bangladesh, leveraging end-to-end digital solutions and a quicker & easier settlement process with-

  • Customized product design for different segments
  • Nano-sized premiums with auto-renewal facility
  • Customer self-enrolment in less than 3 minutes
  • End-to-end paperless service delivery
  • Claims settlement within 01 week
  • 24/7 customer service to assist in claims submission

InsureTech

Seed

Alight in Zen

Board Advisor

Alight in Zen is Bangladesh’s first full-scale online mental wellness platform. They connect users to qualified counsellors via chat, phone or video, making professional help accessible anytime and anywhere.

Value Proposition

  • Professional counseling without needing to travel or wait for an in-office appointment.
  • Flexible scheduling and choice of communication mode — better alignment with user lifestyle.
  • Confidential and lower barrier access to mental health support in a market where stigma and access issues are significant.

HealthTech

Pre Seed

Smobler Studio

Fundraising Advisor

Smobler.IO is reimagining how small food entrepreneurs navigate compliance. Founded by Dr. Loretta Chen, the company developed NUTRA, an AI-powered tool that helps creators generate nutritional labels, HACCP plans, and other regulatory documents – quickly, accurately, and for free.

Built by a global team spanning India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, Brazil, and Hawaii, Smobler blends technology, storytelling, and game design to make compliance approachable and empowering. The platform transforms what was once a bureaucratic burden into a creative, user-friendly process.

Following its official launch in Hawai‘i during Honolulu Tech Week, partnering with the Wahiawā Value-Added Product Development Center, Smobler became the first to offer free AI compliance tools to food entrepreneurs in the state. Guided by its mission to make the future of food open to all, Smobler is helping local makers and farmers access professional-grade tools once reserved for large corporations.

FoodTech

Pre-Seed

Homefectio-nery

Board Advisor

Homefectionery is a Bangladesh-based food-tech company creating the country’s largest home-cooked lunch subscription network. It connects office-goers with local home chefs who prepare and deliver affordable, healthy, and authentic meals directly to workplaces.

The service focuses on bringing variety and warmth back to office lunches—offering a rotating weekly menu of traditional Bangladeshi dishes prepared in real home kitchens. Subscribers simply choose their preferred lunch days, and Homefectionery handles planning, delivery, and last-minute adjustments.

Its value lies in authentic taste, flexible plans, and community impact—empowering home chefs, reducing dependency on commercial catering, and ensuring fresh, hygienic, and comforting meals for working professionals.

FoodTech

Seed

Turtle Ventures

Venture Partner

About Turtle Venture Studio

Turtle Venture Studio is a dual-entity model (Studio + Fund) that builds and invests in early-stage startups across South & Southeast Asia. It combines the strengths of accelerators, incubators, and venture capital to systematically select promising founders, co-build their ventures, and de-risk early investments. The Studio aligns with UN SDGs and applies a gender-lens investment approach.

Portfolio Highlights

Cohort 01

  • InsurTech: Digital micro-insurance for Bangladesh’s uninsured ( 72 K customers, 13.2× unrealized MOIC )
  • Gig Economy: Agent network ( 14 K active agents across 60 districts ) — 5× revenue growth projected
  • FinTech: Freelancer payments ( 800 users, $ 5 K revenue ) — 7× unrealized MOIC

Pilot Cohort

  • FinTech (Loan Aggregator): $ 3.3 M loans disbursed, 0 % default, 3.24× MOIC
  • OTT (Audio Platform): 20 K listeners, 57 writers, 68 countries
  • HealthTech (Fit360): 800 subscribers, 60 providers

Investor Benefits

  • Early access to de-risked deals across SEA.
  • Diversified portfolio of 30 startups.
  • No management fee or carry.
  • Pro-rata rights for follow-on investment.
  • Minimum ticket size: $ 25 K (retail), $ 100 K (family office / institutional)

Target Sectors

  • Agri & Food Tech – precision farming, supply-chain digitization
  • FinTech – financial inclusion, blockchain finance
  • Transport & Logistics – last-mile optimization, mobility platforms
  • E-Commerce – social and vernacular commerce
  • Climate & Clean Energy – renewables, storage, carbon solutions

(Cross-cutting focus on AI & Web3 solutions)

Venture Building

Fund of Fund

Seeds Finance

Fundraising Advisor

SEEDS is a fun, social, and structured platform that helps you learn about personal finance and investing — even if you’re a complete beginner. It’s made especially for Gen Z and young adults who want to build better financial habits.

Problem

  • Investing feels risky, complex, and boring for new generations.
  • Current apps focus on transactions, not literacy or confidence.
  • 75% of Gen Z want to invest but don’t know where to start.

Solution

Seeds transforms investing into a game powered by real market data:

  • Fantasy Sports meets Robinhood – users compete in fantasy trading leagues.
  • AI-powered characters simulate live trading.
  • Social competition makes finance fun and sticky.

Unique Selling Proposition (USP)

Unlike trading or edtech apps, Seeds combines:

  • Real market dynamics
  • Gaming excitement
  • AI-driven personalization
  • Social, zero-risk experience

Market Opportunity

  • TAM: USD 50B (700M+ global retail traders)
  • SAM: USD 10B (140M Gen Z & Millennial retail traders)
  • SOM: USD 500M (7M early adopters in SEA, India, and Tier-1 US cities)

Business Model

Freemium model with both B2C and B2B revenue streams:

B2C:

  • Subscriptions
  • In-app purchases
  • Competition entry fees

B2B:

  • Brokerage referral fees
  • Sponsored leagues
  • Revenue-sharing with brokers and fintechs

Traction

  • 2.5× growth in 12 months
  • US$ 2.1M annualized revenue
  • 134K+ monthly active users
  • 54% Q1 2025 contribution margin (+20% YoY)
  • 16% WoW growth in the last 3 months

Fintech and EduTech

Seed

ConnectingDNA

Fundraising Advisor

ConnectingDNA is a Singapore-based startup and AI-powered wellness marketplace that provides personalized health recommendations based on an individual’s DNA. By analyzing a user’s genetic data, the platform connects them with curated, science-backed wellness solutions, products, and service providers.

Investment Opportunity

  • Seed Raise: USD $2-5M (tier-based structure – see deck)
  • Already Raised: USD $650K (Pre-Seed via convertible note)
  • Ownership: 90% founders, 10% early advisors & missionaries
  • Valuation: Seed is market-pegged; projected to IPO at min. USD $4.7B valuation within 5–7 years
  • Growth: Early 5-digit revenues monthly; scaling post-launch with multiple revenue streams (genetic testing, wellness subscriptions, B2B healthcare partnerships)

Market Potential

  • Global wellness market: USD $8.5T by 2027 (GWI)
  • Precision medicine & genomics CAGR: 15–20% next decade (Medi-tech)
  • Uniquely placed to become a regional leader in personalized health, biotech, and longevity sciences.

HealthTech

Seed

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