Lokal app is a news app that wants to bring local news to hundreds of millions of users in India in their regional languages. It is a hyper local news platform where you can find district level information completely.
Location: India, Karnataka, Bengaluru
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $17.6M
Investors 4
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | ZNL Ventur... | znlventure... |
| - | Sony Innov... | sonyinnova... |
| - | Y Combinat... | ycombinato... |
| - | I2BF Globa... | i2bf.com |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 25.04.2023 | Series B | $14.6M | Sony Innov... |
| - | - | $3M | - |
Mentions in press and media 9
| Date | Title | Description |
| 08.09.2025 | CVCs Gain Ground in India with Advantage in Long-Term View for Deeptech In 2024, Bain & Company's India Venture Capital Report finds that CVCs stepped up meaningfully: their deal volumes increased... | Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) firms have a disproportionate advantage over traditional VC firms, especially in areas such as deeptech, in terms of long-term mapping, said Adarsh Sekhar, Partner, IBM Ventures. In 2021, IBM committed USD 1 ... |
| 25.04.2023 | Indian media startup Lokal raises $14.6m from Global Brain, Sony Innovation Fund | Bengaluru-headquartered Lokal, a hyperlocal content, community, and classified platform, on Tuesday announced that it has raised about $14.6 million (Rs 120 crore) in its Series B funding round from new investors Global Brain and Sony Innov... |
| 21.10.2021 | Tencent backs Indian social media Lokal | Indian hyperlocal social media platform Lokal has raised $12 million in a new round of financing led by Chinese internet conglomerate Tencent, according to a source familiar with the matter. Existing investors 3one4 Capital, Y Combinator an... |
| 19.08.2019 | All 84 startups from Y Combinator’s S19 Demo Day 1 | It’s that time of year, Silicon Valley’s investor technocrati and advice-giving Twitter celebrities descended upon Pier 48 in San Francisco to judge the latest summer batch of Y Combinator startups. TechCrunch was there, as well, and we wer... |
| 16.08.2019 | YC-backed Lokal wants to bring local news, classifieds to 900 million Indians in their regional languages | Each month millions of Indians are coming online for the first time, making India the last great growth market for internet companies worldwide. But winning them presents its own challenges. These users, most of whom live in small cities an... |
| - | Lokal raises Rs 120 Cr in Series B from Global Brain, Sony Innovation Fund and others | Lokal, a hyperlocal content, community, and classified platform, has raised Rs 120 crore in a Series B funding round from new investors Global Brain and Sony Innovation Fund, with participation from India Quotient and other existing invest... |
| - | Hyperlocal News Startup Lokal Bags $3 Mn Funding From 3one4 Capital, Y Combinator, Others | Bengaluru-based fledgeling hyperlocal news platform Lokal has raised $3 Mn funding from a group of investors including 3one4 Capital, Y Combinator, RB Investments, SOMA Capital, besides its existing investor India Quotient. Other investors ... |
| - | Lokal | “Lokal App – Local News and Jobs” |
| - | Meet The 20 Startups Shortlisted For Class 4 Of Google’s Accelerator Programme | Google India, on Tuesday (September 22), released the list of startups for the fourth batch of Google for Startups Accelerator India programme. This year, the tech giant shortlisted 20 Indian startups after screening 600 applicants that wil... |