• Qoruz raised USD 500K in pre-Series A funding led by The Chennai Angels to scale its AI-powered influencer marketing platform.
• The company plans to expand into the Middle East and Southeast Asia and deepen its tech stack and vertical reach.
• Qoruz helps brands find, evaluate, and collaborate with creators using data-driven tools for structured, outcome-focused influencer marketing.

Qoruz

What happened? India’s Qoruz raised USD 500 thousand in a pre-Series A funding round led by The Chennai Angels.

This follows an earlier seed round of USD 540 thousand from Dexter Angels and the IIM Indore Alumni Fund. 

and reach an annual recurring revenue (ARR) of $30 million by 2026, backed by a targeted 3x year-on-year growth in enterprise clientele.

What is next? With this new investment, Qoruz is aiming to accelerate enterprise adoption. Additionally it aims to reach an annual recurring revenue of USD 30 million by 2026. It also plans to enhance its artificial intelligence (AI) stack. It also aims to broaden its reach into new market verticals. Most importantly, it aims to fuel its international expansion to the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

“This capital allows us to deepen that foundation and bring operational precision to a space that has long operated on instinct, ” said Praanesh Bhuvaneswar, co-founder and CEO.

Influencer Marketing

Who are they? Founded in 2014 by Praanesh Bhuvaneswar, Prabakaran B, Aditya Gurwara, and Priya Vivek, Qoruz operates as a creator intelligence and collaboration platform. Furthermore, it is an influencer marketing and intelligence platform that enables influencer discovery, and efficient influencer outreach.

“We’re not just building a platform, we’re building an ecosystem for the creator economy, where creators are central to how products are discovered, trusted, and bought. For this to scale meaningfully, it needs more than connections; it needs infrastructure,” said Praanesh Bhuvaneswar, co-founder and CEO.

How does it work? The startup’s technology positions influencer marketing as a structured marketing channel. This is instead of a guesswork-based effort by offering detailed metrics, discovery tools and performance benchmarking. Furthermore, Qoruz claims that this approach delivers more measurable business outcomes for brands seeking to partner with creators at scale.