Voice AI startup Arrowhead bags seed funding led by Stellaris Venture Partners
07 Jan 2026, 05:45 PMThe funding round also saw participation from angel investors including founders and executives at fintech firms.
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Voice AI startup Arrowhead has raised $3 million in its seed funding round led by Stellaris Venture Partners.
The funding round also saw participation from angel investors including founders and executives at fintech firms such as Cred, M2P, Turtlemint, and Kissht.
The Bengaluru-based startup will use the fresh capital to deepen its AI models, expand technology and go-to-market teams, and support broader deployment of its voice AI solutions.
Arrowhead was founded by Devyani Gupta and Vengadanathan Srinivasan. Gupta brings experience in product and growth roles across technology companies, while Srinivasan has a background in engineering and AI development.
The startup builds human-like voice AI agents designed to engage in long, complex sales conversations for the financial services sector. The platform aims to help banks, non banking financial companies (NBFCs) and fintech companies scale sales interactions and improve conversion outcomes by replicating high-performing sales agent behaviour through AI-driven voice assistants.
The brand serves customers in India and Southeast Asia with its voice-first sales automation technology.
The conversational AI and voice technology market in India has been witnessing increased investor interest with companies such as GreyLabs AI and Navana.ai having raised funding.
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