A group of student founded startups created by international students at Tetr College of Business has collectively secured more than Rs 1 crore in seed funding. The raise is among the largest collective early stage fundraises by undergraduate student founders from a single academic cohort in India.
The funding came from founders, operators, and investors across the consumer, technology, and venture capital sectors. Backers included Gaurav Khatri, Sidhant Keshwani, Rajiv Batra, and Nikita Khanna. Additional investors included Sifat Khurana, Atul Rajani, Deeksha Rajani, Dhruv Bhasin, Ankush Talwar, Saurav Adlakha, and Shashank Randev.
According to the institution, the capital will be used for product development, inventory expansion, manufacturing, supply chain strengthening, market expansion, distribution, and operational scaling across online and offline channels.
The funded startups operate across categories including food and beverages, beauty, wellness, sustainability, home care, and consumer products. Among them is Jhatak, a small batch Indonesian sambal brand targeting Indian consumers. Other ventures include Too Much, a lip oil brand focused on everyday beauty products, Lavella, a detergent sheet startup offering single use cleaning solutions, and Nothing But, a freeze dried fruit snack brand made from fruit without added sugar, preservatives, flavours, or additives.
The ventures were developed by students enrolled in Tetr’s Bachelor’s in Management and Technology programme during their second academic semester in India. As part of the programme, students were required to identify market opportunities, build brands, establish supply chains, oversee manufacturing, and bring products to market through digital and offline sales channels.
Students also worked with manufacturers, logistics providers, marketplaces, and distribution partners while handling marketing, customer acquisition, operations, and brand development. Several ventures reportedly generated early commercial traction through retail activations, online sales, pop up events, and pilot partnerships.
The India semester followed the cohort’s first term in Dubai, where students focused on dropshipping and cross border digital commerce. During that term, the cohort launched 37 ventures that generated cumulative revenues of more than AED 120,000.
This is the second undergraduate cohort to participate in the programme in India. Tetr’s first cohort consisted of 110 students from more than 45 countries and launched 61 ventures across sectors including fintech, sustainability, and consumer products. The cohort generated combined revenues exceeding USD 300,000.
One of the startups to emerge from the first cohort was ServeClub, a pickleball focused venture founded by students from Spain, the United States, India, Germany, and Mexico. The startup later secured seed funding from the founders of Rare Rabbit and The Moms Co..
Earlier this year, Tetr announced an $18 million funding round led by Owl Ventures and Bertelsmann India Investments. The institution follows an experiential learning model focused on business creation and entrepreneurship. It states that students in its programme have chosen admission at Tetr over offers from institutions including Carnegie Mellon University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and King’s College London.
Matias Tejerina, Founder, “Nothing But, said, “We started “Nothing But” after repeatedly finding ourselves stuck between traditional junk snacks and products that claimed to be healthy but still came with long ingredient lists and additives. The idea was to build something that felt straightforward real fruit, in a format that people could conveniently carry and consume every day.”
He further added, “Over the last few months, we’ve seen encouraging early response from consumers looking for simpler snack options, and this round gives us the ability to strengthen the product and expand distribution.”
Gaurav Khatri, CEO & Co-Founder, Noise, said, “What stood out to us was the clarity and execution ability these students demonstrated despite being at such an early stage in their journeys. They are not approaching entrepreneurship as a classroom simulation — they are building real products, understanding customers firsthand, and operating in highly competitive consumer categories. There is a level of curiosity, adaptability, and speed within this cohort that is rare to see even among much more experienced founders,”
Pratham Mittal, Founder, Tetr College of Business, said, “At Tetr, the goal has always been to move business education beyond classrooms and into real operating environments where students are forced to make decisions, build under pressure, and learn directly from outcomes. What makes this especially exciting is the amount raised, and the diversity of businesses being built across categories and geographies.”
He further added, “These are students from different parts of the world coming together to build for the largest market in the world while still pursuing their undergraduate degree.”
