Founder · Kuku FM

Vikas Goyal

Co-founder of Kuku FM, a media & entertainment company based in Mumbai.

Co-founderMumbaiMedia & Entertainment
Founded
2018
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Raised to date
$129.5M
3 rounds on record
Latest round
Series C
$85M · Oct 2025

About

Vikas Goyal is Co-founder of Kuku FM, a media & entertainment company based in Mumbai, founded in 2018. Kuku FM's most recent disclosed round was a Series C of $85M in Oct 2025.

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Company

Est. 2018
Kuku FM
Media & Entertainment · Mumbai

Kuku is a digital entertainment company behind Kuku FM (audio series and audiobooks) and Kuku TV (vertical micro-dramas), operating as an AI-first studio with artificial intelligence embedded across its content development pipeline. It crossed 1 crore paying subscribers in 2026 and has expanded into theatrical films.

Funding
Oct 2025Series C$85MGranite Asia (lead), Vertex Growth Fund, Krafton, IFC, Paramark, Tribe Capital India, Bitkraft
Sep 2023Series C1$25MFundamentum Partnership & IFC (co-leads), Vertex Ventures
Mar 2022Series B$19.5MKrafton (lead), 3one4 Capital, Vertex Ventures, India Quotient, Founder Bank Capital, Verlinvest
Company profile →3 rounds on record

Journey with Kuku FM

1 milestone
  1. Mar 2026Milestone

    Crosses 1 crore (10M) paying subscribers and announces its theatrical debut — Indian Institute of Zombies, billed as India's first campus zombie comedy, released May 8, 2026. Read the story →

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