Funding · Enterprise Software & IT

Cheerio AI raises Rs 8 Cr seed funding

By Startup Enthusiast · 6 March 2026

What they do

Cheerio AI is a Bengaluru-based company that unifies marketing and support workflows across messaging platforms

The startup raised Rs 8 Cr in seed funding led by Artha Venture Fund II with multiple co-investors

The company reports 450% year-over-year revenue growth and serves over 150 enterprise clients

Cheerio AI has raised Rs 8 Cr in seed funding to expand its operations.
The round was led by Artha Venture Fund II with participation from several angel investors.
Co-investors include Hyderabad Angels, TiE Angels, LetsVenture, and Invention Engine.
Angel investors include Ajeet Khurana, Nitin Verma, and Vivek Mathur.
The startup plans to develop a proprietary small-model LLM for ad generation.
Funds will help expand services from messaging to voice and video interactions.
Cheerio AI intends to strengthen its enterprise capabilities and automation tools.

The company has achieved 450% year-over-year revenue growth over the past two years.
It currently serves over 150 enterprise clients across six different industries.
Clients have generated over Rs 500 Cr in additional revenue through retention strategies.
The startup is hiring for engineering, AI, sales, and customer success teams.

Cheerio AI is based in Bengaluru and operates as an AI technology firm.
Its platform unifies marketing, support, and sales workflows into a single interface.
The system integrates interactions across WhatsApp, email, SMS, and social messaging.
It also manages in-app interactions to provide a comprehensive customer experience.
It focuses on helping enterprises improve customer retention and engagement.
The team is building proprietary AI models to automate ad generation processes.

Artha Venture Fund II (lead) — Venture fund participating in the seed round.
Hyderabad Angels (co-lead) — Angel investment network.
TiE Angels (co-lead) — Angel investment network.
LetsVenture (participated) — Investment platform.
Invention Engine (participated) — Investment entity.
Anand Shahni (angel) — Founder of WedMeGood.
Vivek Mathur (angel) — Ex-Elevation Capital.
Nitin Verma (angel) — Founder of InstaAstro.

Product: All-in-one customer engagement platform integrating marketing, support and sales workflows across WhatsApp, email, SMS, social messaging and in-app communication
Customers: Enterprises seeking to optimize customer engagement and reduce customer acquisition costs across multiple channels
How it makes money: B2B SaaS platform for customer engagement automation with AI-driven optimization
What sets it apart: Proprietary small-model LLM for ad generation; reduces manual effort and enables non-technical teams to achieve high ROI