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Navana AI builds intelligent voice-based tools that help businesses make sense of customer conversations at scale. Their platform transcribes and analyzes phone calls in real time, identifying key details like customer intent, sentiment, resolution status, and more. This allows companies, especially those with large customer support teams to automate the tracking of call quality, agent performance, and customer satisfaction. By turning hours of raw audio into actionable insights and summaries, Navana AI helps businesses streamline operations, improve service, and make better decisions based on actual customer interactions. What sets Navana apart in the Indian context is its focus on the country’s deep linguistic diversity: the tech is built to work across multiple Indian languages and accents, making it especially useful in sectors like BFSI, healthcare, and e-commerce where customers often speak in regional languages. It raised ₹7CR in a pre‑Series A round, led by Antler India, with participation from angel investors Ajay Agarwal, Ronnie Screwvala, and Sandeep Singhal. CEO Raoul Nanavati co-founded Navana.ai in 2018; he leads strategic vision for voice tech designed to serve India’s linguistic diversity, especially the underserved populations in both urban and rural areas. Jai Nanavati, co‑founder and CTO, has spearheaded development of Navana's proprietary multilingual ASR stack tuned for Indian languages, dialects and real‑world acoustic conditions
Qoruz is a Bengaluru‑based platform that helps brands plan, manage, and measure influencer marketing with AI-driven analytics. It indexes over 20 million creators, providing brands real-time insights into creator effectiveness, engagement authenticity, and campaign ROI. Trusted by 1,000+ brands including Amazon, Flipkart, Dabur, L’Oréal, and Coca‑Cola, Qoruz now aims to scale its offering beyond India into the Middle East and Southeast Asia. $500,000 Pre‑Series A round led by The Chennai Angels, contributing to a $1M target. Participants include senior marketing executives, agency founders, and media professionals. Praanesh Bhuvaneswar, Co‑founder & CEO steers Qoruz’s AI and growth strategy, previously bootstrapped the platform. Prabakaran B, Co‑founder & CTO co‑creates the data‑driven influencer marketplace. Aditya Gurwara, Co‑founder supports creator analytics and platform innovation. Priya Vivek, Co‑founder leads operations and product engagement. She is not linked here.
GobbleCube is a Bengaluru-based startup that helps consumer brands grow faster by acting like an AI-powered “growth assistant.” It tracks massive amounts of data from apps like Blinkit, Zepto, and Instamart, covering things like product pricing, visibility, and ad performance and turns all of that into insights brands can actually use. In just nine months after launch, they’ve already hit $2M in annual revenue and work with over 200 brands. They’re now starting to expand to new markets like MENA and LATAM. $3.5M Pre‑Series A round led by InfoEdge Ventures, with continued support from Kae Capital, to deepen AI precision and broaden global reach. Manas Gupta, Co‑founder & CEO leads AI strategy and scaling. Srikumar Nair, Co‑founder had co-led Blinkit’s early-stage growth efforts. Nitesh Jindal, Co‑founder had overlooked Blinkit’s data systems.
Jobizo is a Gurgaon-based HR-tech startup modernizing healthcare staffing by linking hospitals and clinics with vetted medical professionals—doctors, nurses, lab technicians—available for both temporary and long-term roles. Leveraging AI-powered matching and compliance tools, the platform has facilitated over 18,500 short-term assignments and 875 full-time hires in India, and manages a network of 60,000+ healthcare workers, operating across more than 41 countries . $1.4M Pre‑Series A round led by Alkemi Growth Capital, with follow-on investments from Inflection Point Ventures and Incubate Fund Asia . Naveen Trehan, Co‑founder & Chairman – leads strategic vision, and previously co-founded IFANglobal. Avishek Agarwal, Co‑founder & CEO – heads product roadmap and growth, with prior experience in healthcare recruitment at IFANglobal.
Techfino is a Bengaluru-based fintech player that streamlines financial operations for businesses by integrating cloud-native ERP systems such as Oracle NetSuite, and automating finance, accounting, and compliance workflows. Its platform brings together financial data, lending, insurance, and analytics in one suite to help SMEs and mid-market companies improve financial visibility and operational efficiency . ₹65CR growth round led by Stellaris Venture Partners and Saison Capital, focused on bolstering Secured MSME lending through partnerships with NBFCs and banks . Founders include Nikhil Mukka – Co-founder & CEO, previously led finance teams at Bridgeweave and built digital lending products at Lendingkart, Rahul Khione – Co-founder & CTO, a veteran in payments and banking tech from his time at RBL Bank and PayU and Sujit Kumar – Co-founder & Chief Growth Officer, with experience in financial product strategy from Eduvanz and Vivriti Capital.