NudgeBee Raises $3 Million in Seed Funding
NudgeBee, a Pune, India-based platform specializing in AI for cloud operations, has raised $3 million in Seed funding.
The round was led by Kalaari Capital, with participation from tech founders.
Kalaari Capital is an early-stage venture capital (VC) firm based in Bengaluru, India. The firm focuses on empowering visionary entrepreneurs at the Seed and Series A stages across high-impact sectors, including AI-driven SaaS, HealthTech, and Deep Tech. With a portfolio of over 250 investments, Kalaari offers deep operational guidance and strategic mentorship through initiatives like the Kstart program.
The company will use the funding to develop its enterprise context layer, expand its partnership-led distribution model, and strengthen customer deployment and success capabilities.
Founded in 2024 by Rakesh Rajendran and Shiv Pratap Singh, NudgeBee focuses on improving execution in cloud and multicloud environments through AI-driven automation. The company provides a suite of pre-built AI assistants and a drag-and-drop automation builder to streamline incident response, cloud cost management, and Kubernetes operations. Headquartered in Pune, India, its platform includes tools such as AI-powered Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) agents and FinOps assistants, helping organizations reduce alert fatigue, improve system reliability, and optimize cloud costs.
Funding Details
Company: NudgeBee, Inc.
Raised: $3.0M
Round: Seed
Funding Date: April 2026
Lead Investor: Kalaari Capital
Additional Investors: Tech founders
Company Website: https://nudgebee.com/
Software Category: AI Cloud Operations / DevOps & SRE Automation