Matters.ai bags seed funding led by Kalaari Capital, Endiya Partners
15 Oct 2025, 03:54 PMBetter Capital, Carya Venture Partners, and major cybersecurity angel investors also participated in the funding round.
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Matters.ai, an AI-powered data security startup, has raised Rs 42 crore in a seed funding round led by Kalaari Capital and Endiya Partners.
Better Capital, Carya Venture Partners, and major cybersecurity angel investors also participated in the funding round.
This brings the total funding to Rs 55 crore. The Bengaluru-based startup had earlier raised Rs 13 crore in a pre-seed funding round led by Better Capital and Carya Venture Partners.
Matters.ai, formerly OptIQ, will use the fresh capital for research and development and expansion in the US and India. Part of the capital will also be used to expand its engineering and customer success teams.
The startup, which was founded in 2024 by Keshava Murthy and Harsh Sahu, says that it powers modern security teams with AI that understands context, models intent, and protects data. Murthy has earlier worked at companies including Microsoft, Intuit and VMware. Sahu was earlier co-founder and CTO for affordable consultation for skincare and haircare company Fairywren. Both of them also identify as founder members of AI agent platform Observe.ai.
Other venture capital-backed data security startups in the space include Safe Security and Cyera.
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