Funding · Enterprise Software & IT
Sherlocks AI raises ₹7.5 crore from SenseAI Ventures
By Startup Enthusiast ·
- Date
- Company
- Sherlocks AI
- What it does
- AI incident management platform
- Kind
- Funding
- Amount
- ₹7.5 crore
- Stage
- pre-seed
- Founded
- 2025
- Sector
- Enterprise Software & IT
What they do
Sherlocks AI builds an AI-native platform for managing cloud incidents and performing root cause analysis
What happened
The company raised ₹7.5 crore in a pre-seed round led by SenseAI Ventures with participation from Upekkha
Why it matters
Founded in 2025, the startup is based in India and plans to expand product capabilities and enter North America
The details
- Sherlocks AI has raised ₹7.5 crore in a pre-seed funding round.
- The investment was led by SenseAI Ventures.
- Investor Upekkha also participated in this financing round.
- Co-founders Gaurav Toshniwal and Akshat Jain are leading the startup.
- The company plans to use funds to strengthen its product capabilities.
- Sherlocks AI intends to expand its go-to-market efforts in North America.
- The startup was founded in 2025 and is currently based in India.
- It currently employs nine people as it scales its operations.
The bigger picture
- The founders have prior experience at major Indian tech companies like Doubtnut.
- Toshniwal previously co-founded Aasaanjobs which was acquired by OLX.
- Jain previously led search and machine learning functions at Doubtnut.
- The focus on autonomous root cause analysis addresses complex cloud infrastructure needs.
About the business
- Sherlocks AI offers an AI-native incident management platform for enterprises.
- It targets cloud-native and microservices environments for technical operations.
- The system performs autonomous root cause analysis using specialized AI agents.
- These agents analyze data from databases, Kubernetes clusters, networks, and CI/CD pipelines.
- The platform integrates with over 30 enterprise tools across various categories.
- It holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification for security and compliance standards.
- Current customers include Fynd, Lokal, and TradeIndia.
- The solution helps reduce downtime by automatically identifying technical issues.
What happens next
- Sherlocks AI will strengthen its product capabilities with the new funds.
- The team plans to expand its go-to-market strategy in North America.
The deal
- Type
- pre-seed
Investors
- SenseAI Ventures (lead) — Venture capital firm focusing on AI and technology startups.
- Upekkha (participant) — Investment entity participating in early-stage funding rounds.
Founders
- Gaurav Toshniwal, Co-founder and CEO
- Akshat Jain, Co-founder and CTO
About Sherlocks AI
- Product
- Platform that autonomously investigates production incidents across cloud-native infrastructure using AI agents to analyze incidents across databases, Kubernetes, networks, cloud infrastructure, and CI/CD pipelines
- Customers
- Engineering teams at enterprises and mid-market companies operating modern, cloud-native infrastructure
- How it makes money
- SaaS platform for incident management and root cause analysis
- What sets it apart
- Replaces manual, fragmented diagnosis with autonomous, reasoning-led execution across complex production systems; integrates with 30+ enterprise tools
- Operations
- Global enterprise focus with North American market emphasis; SOC 2 Type 2 certified
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