HiOctave Raises $15 Million in Funding
HiOctave, a San Francisco, CA-based AI software company for SMBs, has launched with $15 million in funding.
The round was led by Vinod Khosla and Khosla Ventures, with additional participation from Celesta Capital, the Anthology Fund, and Carya Venture Partners.
Khosla Ventures is a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Vinod Khosla, co-founder of Sun Microsystems. The firm specializes in early-stage investments in transformative technologies and high-impact startups across sectors, including artificial intelligence (AI), healthcare, sustainability, and frontier technologies.
The company will use the funds to accelerate product development and go-to-market efforts.
Founded by Anand Chandrasekaran, Andy Lee, and Golan Agmon, HiOctave provides an AI software platform designed to enable SMB founders and lean teams to deliver high-touch, high-trust customer service without high overhead. The platform offers off-the-shelf customer satisfaction management for SMBs through a mobile-first experience and features autonomous voice and digital agents, automated quality monitoring, voice-of-customer analytics, and escalation tools. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, HiOctave helps small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) automate and personalize customer experiences.
Funding Details
Company: HiOctave
Raised: $15.0M
Round: Early-stage financing
Funding Date: October 2025
Lead Investor: Vinod Khosla / Khosla Ventures
Additional Investors: Celesta Capital, Anthology Fund, Carya Venture Partners
Company Website: https://www.hioctave.ai/
Software Category: AI-powered customer experience / SMB software