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Time of India
30-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
AI sales enablement platform Sharpsell raises Rs 30 crore
Academy Empower your mind, elevate your skills Artificial intelligence (AI)-backed sales platform Sharpsell AI has raised Rs 30 crore in its latest funding round , including Rs 10 crore from Equentis Angel Fund This round follows previous fundraises in 2022 and 2023 from Cornerstone Venture Partners and Mistry Ventures, among others. This is the largest single-company investment made by Equentis Angel Fund under its Category I Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) in 2022, Sharpsell provides an AI-based sales automation platform across sectors such as BFSI, automotive, consumer electronics, and pharmaceuticals. The platform offers ready-to-use sales pitches, personalised content, and coaching to support sales team performance."We take a vertical-first approach and spend time on the ground with sales people to figure out the challenges they field. Additionally, we work with experts from the field. Using that, we generate industry-specific synthetic data . We work with over 30 companies and a few lakh users so far," cofounder and CEO Hanuman Kamma said."This funding round will mainly be used to strengthen our go-to-market strategy and enter new sectors. Part of it will also be used to develop our AI agents," he startup will also use the capital to deepen market penetration within existing verticals and support its international expansion plans across Southeast Asia and the MENA aims to address the performance gap faced by sales professionals in India due to a lack of real-time coaching. The company's platform also supports businesses in digitising sales workflows and improving revenue outcomes through SaaS-based Angel Fund, a SEBI-registered Category I AIF affiliated with Equentis Wealth Advisory Services, focuses on early-stage investments in high-growth, technology-driven companies across sectors."While the global spend on sales enablement tools is inching north of $12 billion, the sales playbook automation segment remains largely untapped in India. Against this backdrop, Sharpsell's AI-led platform is delivering clear revenue and productivity gains," Manish Goel, founder and managing director at Equentis, said.
Time of India
29-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Sharpsell.ai raises ₹ 30 Cr in series A, backed by Equentis angel fund
Mumbai, India | July 29, 2025: the fastest-growing AI-led sales enablement and automation platform in India, has raised ₹30 crore in its latest funding round, including an investment of ₹10 crore from Equentis Angel Fund, marking its largest Cat-I AIF investment till date. Founded in 2022, is AI-powered, SaaS-based platform stands out with ready-to-use sales pitches, dynamic personalized content, and contextual coaching tools, underscoring the company's high growth a market where over 23 million sales professionals across sectors underperform due to the lack of real-time coaching, the platform is designed to enable high-velocity sales by empowering field sales teams and helping them improve their performance by digitizing and scaling winning behaviors. latest funding will be deployed to enhance product capabilities, deepen sectoral penetration within existing verticals, and fuel the company's global ambitions. also plans to foray into international markets, primarily across Southeast Asia and the MENA region. Hanuman Kamma, Co-founder & CEO, said, 'We are focused on building a category-defining platform for sales enablement, one that delivers measurable outcomes at scale. This investment by our Series A partners will help us sharpen our product roadmap, strengthen delivery, expand to other sectors, and begin our international expansion. We are delighted to have the backing of a high-quality investor in Equentis Angel Fund.' Manish Goel, Founder & MD, Equentis Wealth Advisory Services, said, 'Our ₹10 crore investment (largest that any Cat-I AIF can infuse in a single company) in is Equentis Angel Fund's largest to date, reflecting the scale and potential of the opportunity at hand. While the global spend on sales enablement tools is inching north of $12 billion, the sales playbook automation segment remains largely untapped in India. Against this backdrop, Sharpsell's AI-led platform is delivering clear revenue and productivity gains. With strong SaaS fundamentals and profitability, we see Sharpsell scaling rapidly across India and international markets.' This round follows previous funding in 2022 and 2023 from marquee SaaS investors Cornerstone Venture Partners and Mistry Ventures amongst others.
Entrepreneur
29-07-2025
- Business
- Entrepreneur
Equentis Angel Fund Leads INR 30 Cr Series A Round in Sharpsell.ai
The Mumbai-based startup plans to utilise the fresh capital to enhance its product capabilities, deepen its reach in existing sectors, and expand globally, with an initial focus on Southeast Asia and the Middle East and North Africa region. You're reading Entrepreneur India, an international franchise of Entrepreneur Media. a sales playbook automation platform, has secured INR 30 crore in a Series A funding round, with INR 10 crore contributed by Equentis Angel Fund. The Mumbai-based startup plans to utilise the fresh capital to enhance its product capabilities, deepen its reach in existing sectors, and expand globally, with an initial focus on Southeast Asia and the Middle East and North Africa region. "We are focused on building a category-defining platform for sales enablement that delivers measurable outcomes at scale. This investment will help us sharpen our product roadmap, strengthen delivery, expand to other sectors, and begin our international expansion," said Hanuman Kamma, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Founded in 2022 by Hanuman Kamma and Arun Subramanian, offers an AI-powered, SaaS-based platform designed to improve frontline sales performance. Its tools are used by lakhs of sales representatives across more than 30 leading Indian enterprises, including LIC, Axis Bank, IDFC First Bank, SBI Life, Mahindra, and Whirlpool. The platform provides ready-to-use sales pitches, dynamically personalised content, and contextual coaching features to help large sales teams replicate top-performing strategies. The startup operates in multiple sectors, including banking, financial services, insurance, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, and consumer goods. Its offerings position it in competition with global sales enablement platforms such as Pitchlane, Showell, and Allego. "Our INR 10 crore investment in the largest by Equentis Angel Fund, reflects its immense growth potential. With global sales enablement spend exceeding USD 12 billion and India's segment still untapped, Sharpsell's AI platform is delivering strong revenue gains and is well-positioned for rapid expansion across India and international markets," said Manish Goel, Founder and MD, Equentis Wealth Advisory Services. This Series A round follows earlier funding in 2022 and 2023 from investors such as Cornerstone Venture Partners and Mistry Ventures.
