Car wash platform honc raises $400-K from 100X.VC, others

100X.VC backed honc, a Hyderabad-based tech-first company for car washes at the doorstep, has raised USD 400,000 in a pre-Seed round from Amey Mashelkar (Head of JioGenNext), Raghunath A Mashelkar (Independent Director at RIL), Jasminder Singh Gulati (Co-founder at NowFloats), Dholakia Ventures, Nilesh Patel (Leadership team, Cisco systems) and 100X.VC. The company will use the funds to expand its partner network across Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Gurugram in the next 12 months. honc also plans to upgrade its tech stack to scale across gated communities and business parks using location intelligence and user review systems.