Antler India leads pre-seed funding in Rovia
02 Jun 2026, 11:33 AMThe funding round also saw participation from CDM Capital, AC Ventures, Operators Studio, and several angel investors from India and the US.
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Wealthtech startup Rovia has secured $1 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Antler India.
The funding round also saw participation from CDM Capital, AC Ventures, Operators Studio, and several angel investors from India and the US.
The Bengaluru-based startup plans to use the fresh capital to strengthen its engineering and product teams, expand integrations with brokerage and financial infrastructure providers, and enhance its regulatory and compliance framework.
Rovia, which was founded in 2025 by Shivang Badaya and Arnav Grover, operates a global wealth management platform designed for professionals receiving equity compensation such as Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and employee stock plans. It enables users to transfer, diversify, manage, and reinvest their equity holdings through a single platform while reducing cross-border transaction friction and costs.
The company focuses on addressing key challenges faced by global employees, including foreign exchange costs, remittance hurdles, tax complexities across jurisdictions, delayed settlements, limited access to US brokerage infrastructure, and concentrated exposure to a single employer's stock.
Since launching its beta platform, Rovia claims its assets under management have been growing at 100% month-on-month and it currently tracks more than $60 million worth of RSUs and equity compensation assets from employees across over 300 companies. The startup has also obtained registration as an SEC-registered investment adviser in the US.
"Employees with equity compensation often face unnecessary complexity when managing their wealth across borders. We are building a unified platform that simplifies these processes and helps users make better financial decisions," said the founders.
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