| Date | Title | Description |
| 06.04.2026 | MS Dhoni joins Kuku TV as brand ambassador; makes investment in AI-driven storytelling platform | Former Indian cricket player MS Dhoni has invested in Kuku, an AI-driven storytelling platform, and joined the company as a brand ambassador for its microdrama app, Kuku TV.
In order to promote its short-form content offerings, Kuku has sta... |
| 30.03.2026 | Kuku FM Onboards MS Dhoni As Investor, Brand Ambassador | SUMMARY
Audio OTT soonicorn Kuku FM has roped in former Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni as an investor as well as the brand ambassador for its microdrama app Kuku TV
With the investment, Dhoni has joined the startup’s exist... |
| 06.03.2026 | IPO-bound Kuku FM bets on AI, short-form video for growth | Premium
Kuku FM's co-founder and CEO Lal Chand Bisu
Bengaluru-based audio platform Kuku FM is betting on short-form video and artificial intelligence (AI) to expand beyond ......
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| 16.12.2025 | Kuku FM Ropes In Investment Bankers For $200 Mn IPO: Report | SUMMARY
Kuku FM's parent has said to have appointed bankers Kotak Mahindra Capital, Axis Bank and Morgan Stanley to helm its potential $200 Mn IPO
The startup plans to utilise the fresh capital raised via the IPO to expand its content libra... |
| 21.11.2025 | 3one4 Capital Partially Exits Kuku FM With 90% IRR | SUMMARY
VC firm 3one4 Capital has announced that it has partially exited audio OTT soonicorn Kuku FM about a month after the startup closed its Series C funding round at $85 Mn
The partial exit generated an internal rate of return (IRR) of ... |
| 27.10.2025 | VC firm India Quotient raises $129 M for Fund V | For its fifth fund (Fund V), early-stage venture capital firm India Quotient has raised $129 million (Rs 1,132 crore) from both domestic and international investors.
SaaS, fintech, D2C, consumer brands, agritech, and content platforms are j... |
| 23.10.2025 | India Quotient Raises USD 129 Mn for Fifth Early-Stage Fund The firm aims to invest INR 1–15 crore in pre-seed, seed, and idea-stage startups across SaaS, fintech, D2C brands, agritech, and content pl... | Early-stage venture capital firm India Quotient has secured USD 129 million (approx. INR 1,132 crore) from a mix of domestic and global investors for its fifth fund, Fund V.
The firm plans to deploy capital into pre-seed, seed, and idea-sta... |
| 22.10.2025 | ShareChat backer India Quotient closes fifth fund, its largest to date | The India Quotient team
India Quotient, a Bengaluru-based early-stage venture capital firm, has made the final close of its fifth fund at $129 million (around Rs 1,132 crore), marking its largest fundraise to date.
The new fund aims to supp... |
| 18.10.2025 | From Zepto To Kuku FM — Indian Startups Raised $737 Mn This Week | SUMMARY
Thirty Indian startups raised $737.4 Mn during October 13-17, marking a jump of 159% from $284.6 Mn raised by 26 startups in the previous week
On the sectoral level, AI continued to see a hefty investor interest. Seven AI startups r... |
| 17.10.2025 | Kuku Secures $85 Million, Ignites India's Micro-Storytelling War | Indian vernacular content powerhouse Kuku just locked down $85 million in Series C funding. Granite Asia led the round. This investment catapults Kuku's valuation to $550 million. The fresh capital fuels aggressive expansion. Kuku will bols... |
| 17.10.2025 | ETtech Deals Digest: Startups close $676 million in funding this week, up 10x on-year | Synopsis
However, the number of deals during the week was down to 20, compared to 33 transactions in the corresponding week of the previous year.
Agencies
Startups closed around $676.1 million between October 11 and 17, a 10-fold increase f... |
| 16.10.2025 | Granite Asia leads $85m funding in Indian storytelling platform Kuku | - |
| 16.10.2025 | Kuku FM Raises $85 Mn To Push Premium Content & Celebrity-Driven Audio Shows | SUMMARY
The startup bagged the fresh capital in its Series C round which was led by Granite Asia and saw participation from Vertex Growth Fund, Krafton, IFC, Paramark, Tribe Capital India, and Bitkraft
The fresh capital will be deployed to ... |
| 16.10.2025 | Kuku FM closes $85 million funding round led by Granite Asia; valuation hits $550 million post investment | Synopsis
Of the total raise, $50 million is primary capital, whereas the rest if secondary. Kuku FM said this investment will fuel expansion in AI and data infrastructure, bolster creator collaborations, and drive pan-India talent acquisiti... |
| 16.10.2025 | Kuku Raises USD 85 Million in Series C Led By Granite Asia Kuku now aims to create shows that surpass 100 million views. | Vernacular content platform Kuku has raised USD 85 million in a series C round led by Granite Asia, a multi-asset investment platform. Vertex Growth Fund, Krafton, IFC, Paramark, Tribe Capital India, and Bitkraft also participated in the ro... |
| 12.09.2025 | BGMI: Krafton's 'Once in a Decade' Win, and Future Plans for India Market Krafton quietly is building a 'small and nimble but strong' gaming studio in Bengaluru, aiming to develop and ship games at a ... | How does one replicate the success of BGMI (Battlegrounds Mobile India)? Even for Krafton, it's a big task.
For the uninitiated, BGMI made a dramatic entry in India in 2021 after its previous iteration, PUBG Mobile India, was banned in the ... |
| 10.09.2025 | Fundamentum Fund II Posts 35% IRR, Eyes Bigger Bet on AI-DeepTech The firm's Fund II has made nine investments so far, in tech-led firms across consumer internet, Bharat, fintech, B2B commerce, enterp... | Fundamentum recently announced that its Fund II, launched in 2022, is tracking a 35 percent IRR as of June 2025, placing it among the top-performing growth-stage funds in India.
The firm's Fund II has made nine investments so far, in tech-l... |
| 10.09.2025 | Nilekani-backed Fundamentum charts dual strategy for growth-stage, AI-deeptech bets | Ashish Kumar, co-founder and general partner, Fundamentum Partnership
Growth-stage venture capital firm Fundamentum Partnership, co-founded by Infosys veteran Nandan Nilekani and Helion Ventures’ Sanjeev Aggarwal, is gearing up to expand it... |
| 01.09.2025 | India's Tech Surge: Elev8 Closes $160M Fund, Fuels Next-Gen Startups | Elev8 Venture Partners concluded its landmark $160 million maiden fund for India's surging tech landscape. The growth-stage vehicle targets high-potential startups in fintech, SaaS, B2B platforms, and consumer brands. Anchor investors inclu... |
| 01.09.2025 | Elev8 Venture Partners marks $160 million close of maiden fund | Synopsis
The fund counts institutions from South Korea, Hong Kong and India among its backers, alongside sovereign funds, family offices and several unicorn founders. South Korea-based KB Investment is the anchor limited partner, while Self... |
| 14.07.2025 | India's Microdrama Revolution: Chai Bisket Fuels New Mobile Streaming Frontier | Hyderabad’s Chai Bisket secures $5 million seed funding. This capital launches Chai Shots, a pioneering mobile-first microdrama OTT platform. Chai Shots offers two-minute, regional-language fiction, targeting India's vast Gen Z and emerging... |
| 12.07.2025 | Chai Bisket raises $5 M Seed funding from Infoedge Ventures, General Catalyst | In a seed round led by InfoEdge Ventures and General Catalyst, Hyderabad-based microdrama over-the-top (OTT) platform Chai Bisket raised $5 million to launch Chai Shots, a mobile-only, regionally first microdrama OTT platform.
Rana Daggubat... |
| 10.07.2025 | Pocket FM Alleges Copyright Infringement By Kuku FM Again | SUMMARY
Pocket FM has dragged Kuku FM to the Delhi HC alleging repeated copyright infringement of its intellectual properties
Pocket FM is seeking damages to the tune of $10 Mn from the latter
The court has asked Kuku FM to submit written r... |
| 09.07.2025 | Digital content company Chai Bisket raises $5 million to launch microdrama app Chai Shots | Synopsis
Founded in 2015 by Sharath Chandra and Anurag Reddy, Hyderabad-based Chai Bisket has built a presence in the regional digital entertainment space through its YouTube channels and content platforms, which it says have garnered over ... |
| 19.06.2025 | Kuku FM CEO Alleges Smear Campaign By Pocket FM | SUMMARY
In a post on X, Lal Chand Bisu said that the startup’s rival Pocket FM has undertaken a smear campaign against it
Sources within Kuku FM told Inc42 that Pocket FM seems to have hired a social media agency to besmirch Kuku FM's name ... |
| 17.04.2025 | South Korea’s Krafton, others invest in JetSynthesys | Rajan Navani, CEO, JetSynthesys
South Korean digital entertainment firm Krafton has made an undisclosed investment in JetSynthesys, a homegrown Indian digital entertainment and technology company focused on video gaming, e-sports, and creat... |
| 14.11.2024 | Exclusive: Kuku FM Fires 100 Employees To Cut Costs | SUMMARY
The Vertex Ventures-backed startup’s restructuring exercise impacted around 300 on-roll and off-roll employees
The content team, which includes writers and producers, was the most impacted by the exercise
Kuku FM more than doubled i... |
| 03.11.2024 | Kuku FM’s FY24 Revenue Jumps 114% To INR 104 Cr | SUMMARY
The startup reported an operating revenue of INR 88 Cr, a 114% higher than INR 41.1 Cr it had reported a year back
In FY24, the startup’s total loss stood at INR 96 Cr, 18% lower than INR 116.5 Cr it incurred in the last fiscal year... |
| 29.10.2024 | South Korea's IMM Investment onboards anchor investor for first India fund | Prakhar Khanduja, managing director and head - India investments, IMM Investment
South Korea-based IMM Investment, which has close to $7 billion in assets under management, has roped in an anchor investor for its maiden India-dedicated inve... |
| 17.05.2024 | NCLT approved record 269 resolution plans under insolvency code in FY24: ICRA | The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) approved a record 269 resolution plans under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) in FY24, surpassing the previous high of 189 cases in FY2023, according to an analysis by ICRA.
The agency assess... |
| 06.04.2024 | Kuku FM Dominates India Audio Summit and Awards, Securing Wins Across All Audiobooks Categories | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Kuku FM, India's leading audio content platform, triumphantly swept the India Audio Summit and Awards (IASA) with four major wins on 4th April, 2024 in Mumbai. These awards underscore Kuku FM's commitment to provi... |
| 20.03.2024 | CCI denies interim order restricting Google from charging its service fee | The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Wednesday declined an interim relief order that would restrain Google from levying service fees on app developers until a final decision is made by the regulator.
The CCI also said the Director G... |
| 15.03.2024 | CCI terms Google's Users Choice Billing system unfair, orders probe | The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Friday orderd probe into Google's Users Choice Billing (UCB) system practice over Play Store policies. CCI said that prima facie, Google had violated provisions of the Competition Act.
CCI has as... |
| 07.03.2024 | Google, Indian app developers 'agree to' pause billing dispute for 4 months | Google and Indian app developers will for four months pause their dispute over the technology’s major billing policy, the senior executive of a startup in the country has said.
The American company on Friday removed more than 10 Indian apps... |
| 21.09.2023 | Deals in brief: Bolttech extends Series B round, HSBC launches climate tech fund, seven new India deals, and more | Bolttech extends Series B round to record-breaking USD 246 million
The Singapore-headquartered insurtech company has extended its Series B round, raising USD 50 million from new strategic investor LeapFrog Investments. This investment adds ... |
| 25.04.2022 | High-Stakes: 3one4 Capital | High-Stakes is a unique series that focuses on dissecting the investments of venture capital firms to gain insights into the portfolio of companies they’ve invested in and the industries they focus on. In this edition of High-Stakes, we’ll ... |
| 10.03.2022 | 🇮🇳 Roundup: PUBG developer bets on audio content startup | InvestmentsNewsStartups
Samreen Ahmad · 10 Mar 2022 · 1 min read🇮🇳 Roundup: PUBG developer bets on audio content startup
Startups in India, including Loco and Kuku FM, raised at least US$61.5 million in funding over the past day from intern... |
| 05.11.2021 | The dawn of a founder-led startup ecosystem in India | Over the years, a wide array of factors have accounted for the growth of India’s startup ecosystem. Some of them include the mobile ubiquitousness that comes with affordable mobile access, positive macroeconomic metrics, the creation of dig... |
| 06.02.2020 | [Funding alert] Vernacular audio startup KukuFM raises $5.5M in Series A round led by Vertex Ventures | After registering a 10x user growth over the last year, Mumbai-based vernacular audio platform Kuku FM has raised $5.5 million in a Series A round of financing, led by Vertex Ventures with existing investors Shunwei Capital, India Quotient,... |
| - | Kuku FM Plans To Strengthen Podcast Creator Base Reach With $5.5 Mn Series A Funding | Nearly three months after closing its pre-seed funding round, Mumbai-based vernacular audio platform Kuku FM has now announced its Series A funding round.
Talking to Inc42, Kuku FM founder and CEO Lal Chand Bisu said that the company has ra... |
| - | Kuku FM | “Discover best Audio books, Podcasts, Talk shows, Stories at Kuku FM. An App Made with love in India. Listen content in Hindi & 7 Other Languages! सुनिए कुकू एफएम!” |
