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Indus Operating System has raised an undisclosed Series A2 funding with VenturEast and JSW Ventures as new investors, while an investor in Series A round Omidyar Network also took part.
The funding would be used to hire talent, develop product and further invest in language technology to cover all Indian languages.
Indus OS, launched in 2015, is the number two in India with a 7 million user base across its smartphone brand partners including Micromax, Intex, Karbonn, Celkon and Swipe. “The faith shown by the prestigious funds such as JSW Ventures, VenturEast, and continuous support of Omidyar Network, will help us achieve our vision of empowering the next 1 billion Indian users with a smartphone ecosystem of their choice. Funds from Series A2 will be invested to hire top industry talent and further product development and innovation,” Rakesh Deshmukh, , co-founder & CEO, Indus OS, said.
“We are already in talks with international and Chinese smartphone brands for the launch of our next version - Indus OS 3.0, which we believe will revolutionise the Indian smartphone industry,” he added.
Indus OS also announced that Sunil Lalvani, ex-Head of Qualcomm and BlackBerry in India has recently joined the company as an adviser. The company will soon be opening an office in China to further its efforts to partner with international smartphone brands.
rajesh.kurup@thehindu.co.in
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