Navana.ai, operating as Navana Tech, builds voice AI for regulated Indian enterprises, principally banks and lenders. Founded in 2018 by brothers Raoul and Jai Nanavati, both Cornell Tech MBAs, it grew out of litOS, a custom Android operating system for low-literacy users they built at university. Its Bodhi speech models cover 12 Indian languages and 45 dialects and are trained to handle background noise, overlapping speech, code-switching and regional accents. The product suite spans Bodhi ASR, a low-code voicebot platform and a contact centre intelligence API, offered on-premise for institut
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2018Founded
Voice AISector
Sept 2026Latest coverage
Funding
Navana.ai has raised $5M across 2 disclosed rounds, most recently a Series A in September 2026.
$5MRaised
Series ALatest round · September 2026
2Events
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September 2026Series A$4.2MRonnie Screwvala (lead), Antler India, Sharad Sanghi, Sandeep Singhal, Paula Mariwala
July 2025Pre-Series A$800KAntler India (lead)
Investor roster
Every disclosed backer and how often they've written a cheque — repeat names are the strongest conviction signal on the cap table.
New · Latest leadRonnie Screwvala (lead)1 round · 2026
Antler India1 round · 2026
Paula Mariwala1 round · 2026
Sandeep Singhal1 round · 2026
Sharad Sanghi1 round · 2026
Antler India (lead)1 round · 2025
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Founded in Mumbai by brothers Raoul and Jai Nanavati, both Cornell Tech MBAs, building on litOS, a custom Android operating system for low-literacy users they created at university and which won $80,000 in a startup competition. ↗
Mar 2024 · milestone
Unveils Bodhi, its second-generation multilingual voice model. Flagship deployment Hello Ujjivan, built with Ujjivan Small Finance Bank, reaches 725,000 downloads in its first year with 99% of users being women and around 50,000 loan repaym ↗
July 2025 · funding
Pre-Series A — $800K, led by Antler India (lead).
Jul 2025 · funding
Raises ₹7 crore led by Antler India, with the platform then powering voice experiences for more than 40 enterprise clients across banking, insurance and fintech. ↗
September 2026 · funding
Series A — $4.2M, led by Ronnie Screwvala (lead).
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Navana.ai, operating as Navana Tech, builds voice AI for regulated Indian enterprises, principally banks and lenders. Founded in 2018 by brothers Raoul and Jai Nanavati, both Cornell Tech MBAs, it grew out of litOS, a custom Android operating system for low-literacy users they built at university. Its Bodhi speech models cover 12 Indian languages and 45 dialects and are trained to handle background noise, overlapping speech, code-switching and regional accents. The product suite spans Bodhi ASR, a low-code voicebot platform and a contact centre intelligence API, offered on-premise for institut
Who founded Navana.ai?
Navana.ai is associated with Raoul Nanavati, Jai Nanavati.
How much funding has Navana.ai raised?
Navana.ai has raised $5M across 2 disclosed rounds. The most recent was a $4.2M Series A in September 2026.
Who are Navana.ai's investors?
Disclosed investors in Navana.ai include Ronnie Screwvala (lead), Antler India, Sharad Sanghi, Sandeep Singhal, Paula Mariwala, Antler India (lead).
What is the latest news on Navana.ai?
The most recent StartupFox coverage is “Navana.ai Raises ₹40 Crore for Voice AI That Runs Inside the Bank, Not the Cloud” (7 September 2026). All stories are listed on this page.
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