| Date | Title | Description |
| 25.06.2026 | Hang Ten Systems, SuperLiving, Zave raise early-stage funding | SuperLiving founder and CEO Manavdeep Singh Grover (left) and co-founder Gurjot Kaur
Enterprise AI services startup Hang Ten Systems, AI wellness platform SuperLiving, and AI shopping assistant platform Zave have raised fresh funding to exp... |
| 25.06.2026 | Healthcare startup Superliving raises $7 million led by Lightspeed | Synopsis
Founded by former Pocket FM executives Manavdeep Singh Grover and Gurjot Kaur, the startup is building an AI-powered preventive health and wellness platform aimed at helping users address lifestyle-related health issues before they... |
| 17.04.2026 | Pocket FM Claims EBITDA Profitability, Crosses $400 Mn ARR | SUMMARY
CEO Nayak claimed that Pocket FM’s ARR stood at $430 Mn last month, with a projected $450 Mn expected by April 2026
The cofounder also claimed that the company is free cash flow positive at nearly 5% EBITDA, attributing the surge to... |
| 17.02.2026 | Pocket FM's creator economy reaches ₹300 crore, targets 3X growth to ₹1,000 crore in 2026 | - |
| 28.01.2026 | Lightspeed-backed Pocket FM eyes strong revenue growth, operating profit in FY26 | Premium
(From left) Pocket FM co-founders Prateek Dixit, Rohan Nayak and Nishanth S
Pocket FM is set for strong revenue growth in FY26, driven by high repeat listenership, and to report profits, according......
This is a Premium article. Pl... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 01.10.2025 | Pocket FM's next big step: What $150 million means for its global plans, AI push | - |
| 03.09.2025 | Seekho Raises USD 28 Mn in Series B Led by Bessemer The round also saw participation from Goodwater Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Elevation Capital. | Bengaluru-based short-form learning platform Seekho has raised USD 28 million in a Series B funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners.
The round also saw participation from Goodwater Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Elevation C... |
| 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... |
| 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 ... |
| 19.05.2025 | Pocket FM is training its AI model to scale storytelling. Is the investment worth it? | - |
| 30.01.2025 | Navigating the Cybersecurity Battlefield: The Rise of AI-Powered Threats | In the digital age, the battlefield is no longer defined by borders or armies. It’s a realm of ones and zeros, where adversaries wield AI as their weapon of choice. The stakes are high, and the threats are evolving faster than ever. As we s... |
| 28.01.2025 | VC firm Tanglin Venture sets third fund target corpus at $250 mn | Ravi Venkatesh, Managing Partner at Tanglin Venture Partners
Tanglin Venture Partners, a venture capital firm floated by Tiger Global executives Ravi Venkatesh and Edwina Yeo, is targeting to raise about $250 million (over Rs 2,100 crore) f... |
| 27.11.2024 | Lightspeed-backed Pocket FM's topline surges six-fold, loss narrows | (L-R) Prateek Dixit, Rohan Nayak and Nishanth S, founders at Pocket FM | Credit: Pocket FM
Audio entertainment platform Pocket FM's global revenue has jumped nearly six-fold to cross the Rs 1,000 crore mark, while narrowing loss and inching... |
| 27.11.2024 | Pocket FM revenue crosses ₹1,000 cr in FY24 on subscription growth, US expansion | Audio platform Pocket FM has surpassed the ₹1,000 crore revenue mark in the financial year 2023-24 on the back of growth in microtransactions and advertising revenues.
The audio platform revenue came in at ₹1,051.97 crore in FY24, as compar... |
| 22.10.2024 | Epidemic Sound: The Soundtrack of Podcasting's Future | In the bustling world of podcasting, sound is king. Epidemic Sound, a Swedish company, is leading the charge. They are transforming how podcasts are produced and consumed. Their recent partnerships with major podcast networks like Acast and... |
| 21.10.2024 | Epidemic Sound expands within the podcast industry - now soundtracking Acast, Unwell Network, Realm, Audio Chuck, Pocket FM, and T Brand Studio | Epidemic Sound expands within the podcast industry - now soundtracking Acast, Unwell Network, Realm, Audio Chuck, Pocket FM, and T Brand Studio
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Epidemic Sound continues to soundtrack the world... |
| 27.07.2024 | Lightspeed-Backed Pocket FM Lets Go Of Around 200 Writers | SUMMARY
Pocket FM, however, did not reveal the exact number of writers impacted during the layoff exercise, but Inc42 has learnt that it was less than 200
The company had to part ways with some of its writers for US-based audio series in or... |
| 15.07.2024 | Ahead of IPO, Swiggy rolls out ESOP liquidity program worth $65 Mn | Food delivery and quick commerce decacorn Swiggy has announced an ESOPs liquidity programme worth $65 million. This marks its fifth ESOP liquidity event at Swiggy since 2018. Its staff across levels and functions will have the option to rec... |
| 15.07.2024 | Swiggy launched $65 M ESOP liquidity program prior to its IPO | A $65 million ESOPs liquidity program has been announced by Swiggy. Since 2018, Swiggy has had five ESOP liquidity events. All of its employees, regardless of rank or function, will be able to obtain secondary liquidity for their ESOPs.
Aft... |
| 29.03.2024 | ETtech Deals Digest: Startup funding in March falls 37% to $623 million | ETtech
Technology startups logged a total funding value of about $622.5 million in March 2024, down 37% from the same month a year ago.
Startups across stages, mostly early and late, raised the funds across 63 rounds. In March last year, th... |
| 21.03.2024 | India’s Pocket FM secures $103m, targets Europe and Latin America | Consumer TechMediaNews
Lokesh Choudhary · 21 Mar 2024 · 2 min readIndia’s Pocket FM secures $103m, targets Europe and Latin America
Image Credit: Pocket FM
Pocket FM, an Indian audio entertainment platform, has raised US$103 million in a se... |
| 21.03.2024 | Deals in brief: Kaya Founders announces second close of two funds, AnyMind Group to acquire Arche Digital, eight China and India deals, and more | NewsDeals in brief: Indonesia-based Blitz extends oversubscribed seed round, B Capital secures USD 750 million to close new fund, eight China and India deals, and more
Written by KrASIA Writers Blitz Electric Mobility, B Capital, the Inevit... |
| 21.03.2024 | Is new EV policy doing enough to lure Tesla to make electric cars in India | Four years ago, Elon Musk kicked off a vociferous debate in India’s auto industry when he said he wanted to come to India with the Tesla, but the stumbling block was the steep import duties, the highest in the world, which needed to go down... |
| 20.03.2024 | Pocket FM's Melodic Rise: A Symphony of Success | Pocket FM, the audio entertainment platform, has struck a chord with investors, raising a harmonious $103 million in Series D funding led by Lightspeed. With a total funding of $196.5 million, the company is hitting all the right notes as i... |
| 20.03.2024 | Pocket FM raises $103m in Series D round led by Lightspeed | Pocket FM, an audio streaming platform, on Wednesday, said it has raised $103 million in a Series D round of funding led by Lightspeed. |
| 20.03.2024 | Audio platform Pocket FM bags $103M in funding as it eyes global expansion | India-based audio platform Pocket FM has secured $103 million in Series D funding led by Lightspeed Ventures with participation from Stepstone Group. The company, which counts Tencent and Times Internet as backers, aims to expand into Europ... |
| 20.03.2024 | Pocket FM Raises $103M in Series D Funding | Pocket FM, a Los Angeles, CA-based provider of an audio entertainment platform, raised $103M in Series D funding.
The round, which brought the total amount to $196.5M, was led by Lightspeed with participation from StepStone Group.
The compa... |
| 20.03.2024 | Pocket FM raises $103 million in Series D round led by Lightspeed | Audio entertainment platform, Pocket FM, has raised $103 million in Series D funding. The round was led by Lightspeed while Stepstone Group also participated in this round. The platform has raised a total funding of $196.5 million till date... |
| 02.05.2023 | Pocket FM Raises US$16M in Debt Funding | Pocket FM, a Lewes, DE-based provider of an audio series platform, raised US$16M in Debt funding.
Silicon Valley Bank provided the financial resources.
The company intends to use the funds to strengthen its audio series library, expand its ... |
| 26.07.2022 | Walmart-backed Flipkart to break into audiobooks market | NewsStartups
Shadine Taufik · 22h ago · 1 min readWalmart-backed Flipkart to break into audiobooks market
Indian ecommerce firm Flipkart has teamed up with local audio streaming startup Pocket FM to break into the audiobook sector, The Econ... |
| 29.03.2022 | Scottish Unicorns Help Push UK Tech Industry to $1 Trillion Value | The UK tech industry has hit a valuation of $1 trillion, becoming only the third in the world to ever reach this landmark.
The latest figures were calculated by Dealroom and analysed for the UK’s Digital Economy Council, with Digital Minist... |
| 03.03.2022 | Pocket FM raises 65 Mn from Goodwater Capital, Naver and Tanglin Venture | Pocket FM, an audio over-the-top platform, has raised $65 million in its Series C round from Goodwater Capital, Naver and an existing investor Tanglin Venture Partners. Three months ago, the Gurugram-based firm had scooped up $22.4 million ... |
| 06.12.2021 | Audiobooks Platform Pocket FM Raises $22 Million In Funding | Pocket FM, a Gurugram-based audiobooks platform, has secured Rs 168 crore ($22.4 million) in a Series B round of funding led by its existing investor Lightspeed Venture Partners. The funding round also saw participation from several other i... |
| 06.12.2021 | Audiobooks Platform Pocket FM Raises $22 Million In Funding | Pocket FM, a Bengaluru-based audiobooks platform, has secured Rs 168 crore ($22.4 million) in a Series B round of funding led by its existing investor Lightspeed Venture Partners. The funding round also saw participation from several other ... |
| 23.08.2021 | Tencent in talks to lead funding in India’s Pocket FM | Tencent is in advanced stages of talks to lead an investment round in Gurgaon-headquartered Pocket FM, the latest in the Chinese giant’s push to broaden its consumer internet portfolio in the Indian market.
The Chinese firm, which is alread... |
| 22.10.2020 | Tencent leads $5.6 mn round in audiobooks platform Pocket FM | Binu Paul 22 Oct, 2020
Gurugram-based Pocket FM, which operates an eponymous vernacular audiobooks platform, has raised Rs 41 crore (about $5.61 million) from Tencent Cloud Europe, a unit of Chinese technology conglomerate Tencent Holdings,... |
| - | Exclusive: Foundry comes out of stealth with a $350 million valuation | Jared Quincy Davis was inspired by AlphaGo. You know, the AI program that plays Go, the 2,500-year old Chinese strategy game?
“Part of the reason I started working in deep learning was I saw AlphaGo from DeepMind and I thought that techniqu... |
| - | Pocket FM | “Pocket FM is an audio series platform pioneering audio entertainment with over 100 million listeners worldwide.” |
| - | India’s top 25 most attractive start-ups to work for, according to LinkedIn | There’s no denying that India’s startup space is growing.
Indian startups have reportedly raised over $1 billion in August this year alone. That’s despite capital constraints in a slowing global economy, where the days of easy money for sta... |
