Affluense AI Raises ₹3 Crore in Pre-Seed Funding Led by Zeropearl VC
Affluense AI Raises ₹3 Crore in Pre-Seed Funding Led by Zeropearl VC
Affluense AI Raises ₹3 Crore in Pre-Seed Funding Led by Zeropearl VC
Affluense AI, the intelligence platform transforming how businesses connect with affluent customers, has raised ₹3 crore in a pre-seed funding round led by Zeropearl VC. The round also saw participation from Kunal Shah, Founder and CEO of CRED; Pravin Jadhav, Founder and CEO of Dhan; and several early customers who share strong conviction in Affluense’s vision.
Affluense AI, the intelligence platform transforming how businesses connect with affluent customers, has raised ₹3 crore in a pre-seed funding round led by Zeropearl VC. The round also saw participation from Kunal Shah, Founder and CEO of CRED; Pravin Jadhav, Founder and CEO of Dhan; and several early customers who share strong conviction in Affluense’s vision.
“This investment validates our vision and we are fortunate to have the trust of Kunal Shah, Pravin Jadhav and Zeropearl VC. Their confidence reinforces our mission to revolutionize firm engagement with affluent individuals and build the definitive platform that transforms prospecting into a genuine advantage across wealth management, luxury, real estate and automotive sectors.”
— Sumit Sahu, Co-founder of Affluense AI
“This investment validates our vision and we are fortunate to have the trust of Kunal Shah, Pravin Jadhav and Zeropearl VC. Their confidence reinforces our mission to revolutionize firm engagement with affluent individuals and build the definitive platform that transforms prospecting into a genuine advantage across wealth management, luxury, real estate and automotive sectors.”
— Sumit Sahu, Co-founder of Affluense AI
“Affluense is solving a mission-critical challenge in how firms’ approach & acquire affluent clients better across sectors. Their AI-first platform provides clarity and precision in a space long plagued by inefficiency. We are excited to partner as they bring intelligence and scalability to this market.”
— Bipin Shah, Managing Partner at Zeropearl VC
“Affluense is solving a mission-critical challenge in how firms’ approach & acquire affluent clients better across sectors. Their AI-first platform provides clarity and precision in a space long plagued by inefficiency. We are excited to partner as they bring intelligence and scalability to this market.”
— Bipin Shah, Managing Partner at Zeropearl VC
Early investors have expressed confidence in Affluense AI’s potential to expand beyond wealth management and redefine engagement models in luxury goods, real estate, and automotive sectors. With a data-intelligence-first approach, the company is positioned to establish a strong category leadership in affluent customer intelligence.
Early investors have expressed confidence in Affluense AI’s potential to expand beyond wealth management and redefine engagement models in luxury goods, real estate, and automotive sectors. With a data-intelligence-first approach, the company is positioned to establish a strong category leadership in affluent customer intelligence.
Future Plans
The funds will be strategically allocated across four key areas — product development, to enhance AI capabilities and expand data integrations; market expansion, to accelerate customer acquisition and strengthen sales operations; technology infrastructure, to scale cloud systems and enhance security; and talent acquisition, to bring on board leading AI engineers and data scientists.
The funds will be strategically allocated across four key areas — product development, to enhance AI capabilities and expand data integrations; market expansion, to accelerate customer acquisition and strengthen sales operations; technology infrastructure, to scale cloud systems and enhance security; and talent acquisition, to bring on board leading AI engineers and data scientists.
Affluense AI will continue to invest heavily in advancing its proprietary AI models to deliver deeper, more context-aware insights into affluent audiences. The roadmap includes expanding data integrations across multiple financial, lifestyle, and professional ecosystems, enabling real-time intelligence for wealth managers, luxury brands, and other enterprise clients. Enhanced personalization features and predictive prospecting tools are also in development to make client engagement even more intuitive and impactful.
Affluense AI will continue to invest heavily in advancing its proprietary AI models to deliver deeper, more context-aware insights into affluent audiences. The roadmap includes expanding data integrations across multiple financial, lifestyle, and professional ecosystems, enabling real-time intelligence for wealth managers, luxury brands, and other enterprise clients. Enhanced personalization features and predictive prospecting tools are also in development to make client engagement even more intuitive and impactful.
With robust investor backing and a growing base of early adopters, Affluense AI is now focused on accelerating its product roadmap and expanding into new markets, with the ambition to become the global standard for how businesses discover, understand, and engage the world’s most affluent customers.
With robust investor backing and a growing base of early adopters, Affluense AI is now focused on accelerating its product roadmap and expanding into new markets, with the ambition to become the global standard for how businesses discover, understand, and engage the world’s most affluent customers.
About Affluense
Founded by Sumit Sahu and Rishi Kumar, seasoned professionals with over three decades of combined experience in building data-driven technology platforms, Affluense AI was created to address a long-standing inefficiency in prospecting. Wealth management professionals were spending the majority of their time managing fragmented data instead of building relationships. Affluense AI was built to change that — to make prospect engagement as natural and intuitive as a conversation with a trusted friend.
Founded by Sumit Sahu and Rishi Kumar, seasoned professionals with over three decades of combined experience in building data-driven technology platforms, Affluense AI was created to address a long-standing inefficiency in prospecting. Wealth management professionals were spending the majority of their time managing fragmented data instead of building relationships. Affluense AI was built to change that — to make prospect engagement as natural and intuitive as a conversation with a trusted friend.
The platform is already deployed across several of India’s leading wealth management firms, where users are reporting measurable improvements in affluent client acquisition. By automating research-heavy workflows and converting fragmented data into actionable insights, Affluense AI enables professionals to dedicate more time to meaningful client engagement.
The platform is already deployed across several of India’s leading wealth management firms, where users are reporting measurable improvements in affluent client acquisition. By automating research-heavy workflows and converting fragmented data into actionable insights, Affluense AI enables professionals to dedicate more time to meaningful client engagement.
Its comprehensive suite of solutions includes Deep Research Enrichment for 360-degree prospect profiling, Connect AI for identifying affluent individuals across industries, Trending Deals for real-time opportunity tracking from over 150 news sources, and AI-powered Network Graphs for mapping warm referral pathways.
Its comprehensive suite of solutions includes Deep Research Enrichment for 360-degree prospect profiling, Connect AI for identifying affluent individuals across industries, Trending Deals for real-time opportunity tracking from over 150 news sources, and AI-powered Network Graphs for mapping warm referral pathways.
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