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Location: India
Total raised: $133M
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 12.07.2025 | Seed | $133M | General Ca... |
Mentions in press and media 10
| Date | Title | Description |
| 13.10.2025 | Digital Content Powerhouse Rusk Media Fuels Global Ascent with $12M Series B | Rusk Media secured $12 million in Series B funding, led by IvyCap Ventures. This infusion fuels aggressive global expansion plans. The digital entertainment giant targets US, European, and EMEA markets. New intellectual property development... |
| 09.10.2025 | Rusk Media closes a Rs 103 crore funding round led by IvyCap Ventures | Synopsis The round, which was a mix of primary and secondary capital, also saw participation from LC Nueva, InfoEdge Ventures, and Woori Venture Partners, among others. The company plans to use the capital to develop IPs and new-age content... |
| 14.07.2025 | India's Microdrama Revolution: Chai Bisket Fuels New Mobile Streaming Frontier | Hyderabad’s Chai Bisket secures $5 million seed funding. This capital launches Chai Shots, a pioneering mobile-first microdrama OTT platform. Chai Shots offers two-minute, regional-language fiction, targeting India's vast Gen Z and emerging... |
| 12.07.2025 | Chai Bisket raises $5 M Seed funding from Infoedge Ventures, General Catalyst | In a seed round led by InfoEdge Ventures and General Catalyst, Hyderabad-based microdrama over-the-top (OTT) platform Chai Bisket raised $5 million to launch Chai Shots, a mobile-only, regionally first microdrama OTT platform. Rana Daggubat... |
| 12.07.2025 | From Infinity Fincorp To Chai Bisket — Indian Startups Raised $133 Mn This Week | SUMMARY Between July 7 and 12, startups raised $132.9 Mn across 17 deals, down 58% from the $314.6 Mn secured by 21 startups in the preceding week At a sectoral level, fintech lapped a large majority of the overall startup funding this week... |
| 09.07.2025 | Belong, Chai Bisket, Green Aero, LdotR get early-stage funding | Belong founders (from left) Sai Sankar M, Ankur Choudhary, Savitri Bobde, and Ayush Singh Fintech platform Belong, digital content startup Chai Bisket, aero engine developer Green Aero, and B2B brand protection company LdotR have raised fun... |
| 09.07.2025 | Chai Bisket Raises USD 5 Mn Led by InfoEdge Ventures & General Catalyst to Launch Chai Shots The seed round also drew backing from a stellar list of angel investors, including actor and entreprene... | Chai Bisket, the Hyderabad-based digital content powerhouse, has raised USD 5 million in a seed round led by InfoEdge Ventures and General Catalyst to fuel the launch of Chai Shots, a regional-first, mobile-only microdrama OTT platform. Thi... |
| 09.07.2025 | Digital content company Chai Bisket raises $5 million to launch microdrama app Chai Shots | Synopsis Founded in 2015 by Sharath Chandra and Anurag Reddy, Hyderabad-based Chai Bisket has built a presence in the regional digital entertainment space through its YouTube channels and content platforms, which it says have garnered over ... |
| 09.07.2025 | Digital content company Chai Bisket raises $5M led by InfoEdge Ventures, General Catalyst | Chai Bisket, a digital content studio focused on South India, has raised $5 million in seed funding to launch Chai Shots, a mobile-first OTT platform that delivers fiction in bite-sized episodes. The round was led by InfoEdge Ventures and G... |
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