Voice AI startup Navana AI raises Rs 7 crore in pre-Series A round

Navana.ai, a voice AI startup, has raised Rs 7 crore ($800K) in a pre-Series A funding round led by Antler India.

The round also saw participation from notable angel investors including Ajay Agarwal, Ronnie Screwvala and Sandeep Singhal. 

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The startup plans to use the funds to boost R&D and expand product rollout, focusing on a made-for-India language AI stack. 

This brings the startup’s total funding to ₹13.2 crore, including a previous ₹6.2 crore angel round led by Singhal (Nexus Ventures) and backed by Stanford Angel Fund, Rajan Mehra and Saahil Goel.

“Whether it is for an urban English speaker or a person in a village speaking Bihari, our services allow enterprises to solve problems at a pan-India scale,” Nanavati said.

“Our goal is to help enterprises automate their contact centre solutions. We will be focussing on both R&D for India-based technologies and for scaling up our product into the market,” he said.

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“India is a voice-first market, and enterprises here can’t rely on global, generic models to serve their customers. Navana’s proprietary data and Indic-language voice AI stack uniquely positions them to power this shift,” said Gowri Shankar, associate partner of Antler, India.

About Navana.ai

Founded in 2018 by Raoul and Jai Nanavati, Navana.ai offers a full-stack voice AI platform tailored for Indian enterprises, featuring a voice AI contact center, speech recognition API and contact center intelligence API. 

Focused on the BFSI sector, it supports real-time voice analytics and automation across 12+ Indian languages. The startup serves 40+ enterprise clients—including Bajaj Finserv—and caters to users from urban English speakers to rural dialect communities.