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Best Digital Publishing Platforms Companies in Bengaluru, India

The 32 best Digital Publishing Platforms companies in Bengaluru, India in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Pocket FM.

32companies tracked
$360.6Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
11have raised

Ranked: Best Digital Publishing Platforms companies in Bengaluru

#CompanyRevenueDisclosed fundingLast roundRevenue YoYFounderTech stackRecent signals
1Pocket FM
Provider of audio entertainment including series, stories, and related content
$69M
FY2025
$197M31 mo ago+123%Rohan Nayak
Co-Founder & CEO
TurbopackSentryApple iCloud Mail+22—
2Pratilipi
Online self-publishing and storytelling platform offering digital literature in multiple languages
$10M
FY2025
$81M19 mo ago—Kuldeep Anand
Co-Founder & Head of Engineering
SentryNode.jsFacebook Login+21—
3Bolo
Q&A based social networking application
$5M
FY2025
$426K97 mo ago+37%———
4GyanApp
Digital publishing platform for content writers
$3M
FY2025
——+100%———
5Hashnode
Provider of a headless CMS for blogs and developer documentation
$743K
FY2025
$10M62 mo ago-14%Sandeep Panda
Co-Founder
HashnodeSentryNode.js+19—
6Koo
Vernacular-based microblogging social platform
$363K
FY2025
$70M52 mo ago-57%Mayank Bidawatka
Co-Founder
——
7Vokal
Online question and answer platform
$363K
FY2025
——-57%—CaddyHTTP/3—
8Diffrun
Provider of personalized storybooks featuring children as the main characters
$138K
FY2025
——+210%Husain Jafar
Founder
Turbopackstyled-componentsEmotion+20—
9YourQuote
Image based micro blogging platform
$114K
FY2025
$1M67 mo ago-6%—Cart FunctionalityNode.jsFirebase+24—
10Plop Chat Stories
Online platform for fictional stories
$17K
FY2023
$113K80 mo ago—Hemalatha Shetty
Co-Founder
——
11CineBee
Crowdsourced movie review app
$11K
FY2021
——+3722%Kumar V Ramachandran
Co-Founder & CEO
——
12TRIKL
AI based content creation solution for Linkedin
$8K
FY2025
$160K40 mo ago+35%Raushan Sharma
Co-Founder
——

Top 12 Digital Publishing Platforms companies in Bengaluru

#1
Series E · Bengaluru, Karnataka · founded 2014 · 163 employees
$81.1Mraised
▾

Online self-publishing and storytelling platform offering digital literature in multiple languages. It provides a space for writers to self-publish their works, including stories, poems, articles, and novels. The platform enables readers to discover content, save favorites, listen audiobooks, and interact with writers through reviews and discussions. It fosters a community where writers and readers can connect and share their literary interests.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 40k LinkedIn followers — 5.6% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +2 · hiring: Copywriter & Content Creator, Creative Video Editor
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2025Series E$12M
  • Jan 2025Series D$595.8K
  • Jan 2025Venture Debt$583K
  • Oct 2024Series D$1.5M
Founders & team
Kuldeep AnandCo-Founder & Head of Engineering Ranjeet SinghCo-Founder & CEOSankaranarayanan DevarajanCo-Founder
Investors
Shunwei Capital, WEH Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, Contrarian Drishti Partners, TLabs, Omidyar Network
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsCloudflare Rocket Loader
#2
Seed · Bengaluru, Karnataka · founded 2024
$1Mraised
▾

Online platform for fan-created alternate universe stories and fandoms. It allows users to find and engage with various fandoms, hosts fan-made stories across multiple genres, and allow users to sort stories by popularity.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2026Seed$1M
Founders & team
Jatin NayakCo-Founder & CEOArvindmani SatyanarayanCo-Founder & CTONesar RaoCo-Founder
Investors
Kalaari Capital, Gruhas
Tech stack
CloudinaryGoogle Sign-InGoogle WorkspaceHstsMixpanelNext.Js
#3
Series D · Bengaluru, Karnataka · founded 2018 · 1139 employees
$196.7Mraised
▾

Provider of audio entertainment including series, stories, and related content. The platform offers a variety of genres for listeners. Audio content is accessible through its digital platform.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 629k LinkedIn followers — 88.4% of this cohort's audience · 134 engagements/post (23.6× cohort median)
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2024Series D$103M
  • May 2023Conventional Debt$16M
  • Mar 2022Series C$65M
  • Dec 2021Series B$22.4M
Founders & team
Rohan NayakCo-Founder & CEONishanth SrinivasagowdaCo-FounderPrateek DixitCo-Founder
Investors
SVB, Lightspeed, StepStone Group, Timesgroup, Tanglin Venture Partners, Brand Capital
Tech stack
Amazon AlbAmazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCloudflare
#4
Deadpooled · Bengaluru, Karnataka · founded 2015 · 57 employees
$70Mraised
▾

Vernacular-based microblogging social platform. It has an audio and video recording system and allows consumers to access all events online in their native language. Users can upload profile pictures, which auto-play when a user visits their profile, and can easily change the order using a drag-and-drop functionality. It also allows users to send message directly to other users.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2022Series B$11.8M
  • Oct 2021Series B$12.2M
  • May 2021Series B$30M
  • Apr 2021Angel—
Founders & team
Mayank BidawatkaCo-Founder
Investors
Shunwei Capital, Accel, Blume Venture, 500 Global, Kalaari Capital, 3F Ventures
Tech stack
Node.JsEnvoyReactNext.JsEmotionAkamai Bot Manager
#5
Series A · Bengaluru, Karnataka · founded 2016 · 101 employees
$10Mraised
▾

Provider of a headless CMS for blogs and developer documentation. This platform allows for the creation and scaling of blogs, API documentation, and product guides. It offers a block-based WYSIWYG Markdown editor, custom domain mapping, and headless functionality for UI customization. Collaboration features include inline comments and real-time editing. The platform also incorporates AI-powered tools for writing assistance, content generation, and search capabilities within the documentation. The service handles hosting and maintenance, allowing teams to focus on content creation.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 28k LinkedIn followers — 4.0% of this cohort's audience · 23 engagements/post (4.1× cohort median)
Activity: 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2021Series A$6.7M
  • Nov 2020Seed$2.1M
Founders & team
Sandeep PandaCo-FounderSyed RahmanCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Salesforce, Sierra Ventures, Surge, Accel, Mars Shot Ventures, Rogue Capital
Tech stack
BuyselladsCarbon AdsCloudflareCore-JsEmotionGoogle Analytics
#6
Seed · Bengaluru, Karnataka · founded 2016 · 4 employees
$1.1Mraised
▾

Image based micro blogging platform. It allows users to write in various languages, publish books, and more. It allows writers to publish the writings on selected wallpapers and claim copyright. It enables users to share literary work across social media networks. It also supports languages including Odia, Bangla, Tamil, and French. It is compatible with Android devices.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2021Seed$125K
  • Sep 2017Seed$1M
Investors
Axilor Ventures, Chiratae Ventures, Pratithi Investment, Y Combinator
Tech stack
ApolloCart FunctionalityCore-JsDatadogEnvoyExpress
#7
Seed · Bengaluru, Karnataka · founded 2023
$160Kraised
▾

AI based content creation solution for Linkedin. It uses AI to generate data-driven insights and recommendations for optimizing LinkedIn profiles and activities. The AI tool offers personalized writing suggestions to help individual user experiences on LinkedIn, making it easier for users to create engaging content.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2023Seed$160K
Founders & team
Raushan SharmaCo-FounderShalu PanwarCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
100X.VC, Foundership Accelerator
#8
Deadpooled · Bengaluru, Karnataka · founded 2018 · 165 employees
$425.7Kraised
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Bolo is a Q&A based social networking application. It allows users to ask questions based on various categories such as career, beauty & fashion, fitness, cricket, personal experiences, and more with other users and get answers through the app. The app is available for Android users.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2018Seed$425.7K
Investors
Nexus Venture Partners, Sama Foundation
#9
Seed · Bengaluru, Karnataka · founded 2018 · 6 employees
$112.6Kraised
▾

Plop Chat Stories is an online platform for fictional stories. It provides stories under various categories including horror, romance, mystery, drama, and steamy. Its chat stories are told in the form of messages or text. It monetizes its platform through subscription.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2020Seed$112.6K
Founders & team
Hemalatha ShettyCo-Founder
Investors
Better Capital, LetsVenture, Wellfound, Sarcha Advisors, Singhvi Heritage, GrayCell Ventures
#10
Seed · Bengaluru, Karnataka · founded 2016 · 18 employees
$26.5Kraised
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TBS Planet is a Bengaluru based startup studio that publishes and retails comics in paperback and digital format and graphic novels. As of May 2019, it releases one new title every month across genres such as action superheroes, comedy, horror, mythologies, and has created seven superhero characters namely Ved, Varun, Karma, Takshak, Yug, Dhwani, and Prakriti. The content is also available for Android devices, and the company has been official partners for a number of Bollywood movies including Shivaay and A Flying Jatt. Supported languages include English, Hindi, Marathi, Bangla, Telugu, and Kannada.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2018Seed—
  • Sep 2017Angel$26.5K
Investors
TIDES, Fluid Ventures
#11
Seed · Bengaluru, Karnataka · founded 2020 · 14 employees
—raised
▾

Provider of a platform offering solutions to create content. It provides a content marketing platform to connect with and discover entertaining and relevant content. It is a reading platform built for the new generation of readers who are turning away from traditional media in favor of online content. It also provides a mobile application that is available to download on the Google Play Store and Apple Store.

Funding rounds
  • 2021Seed—
Founders & team
Saurabh PujariCo-Founder / CTO
Investors
ah! Ventures
Tech stack
WixReactGoogle CloudPolyfillLodashSectigo
#12
Deadpooled · Bengaluru, Karnataka · founded 2018 · 439 employees
$95.6Mraised
▾

GyanApp is a digital publishing platform for content writers. It allows users to write their articles based on various topics such as art & culture, entertainment, technology, and more on the platform. Users can also reply or comment on other writers' articles. Users can also search for content through keywords.

Investors
India Quotient

Funding & investor landscape

$360.6Mtotal disclosed funding
10companies funded
35disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Accel2 rounds
Brand Capital2 rounds
India Quotient2 rounds
Kalaari Capital2 rounds
Nexus Venture Partners2 rounds
Shunwei Capital2 rounds
Tencent2 rounds
Timesgroup2 rounds
100X.VC1 rounds
3F Ventures1 rounds

Notable founders

Kuldeep Anand
Co-Founder & Head of Engineering · Pratilipi
Ranjeet Singh
Co-Founder & CEO · Pratilipi
Jatin Nayak
Co-Founder & CEO · Fanon
Arvindmani Satyanarayan
Co-Founder & CTO · Fanon
Rohan Nayak
Co-Founder & CEO · Pocket FM
Nishanth Srinivasagowda
Co-Founder · Pocket FM
Mayank Bidawatka
Co-Founder · Koo
Sandeep Panda
Co-Founder · Hashnode
Syed Rahman
Co-Founder & CEO · Hashnode
Raushan Sharma
Co-Founder · TRIKL
Shalu Panwar
Co-Founder & CTO · TRIKL
Hemalatha Shetty
Co-Founder · Plop Chat Stories
Prism market signals · India · country-scoped Prism corpus, 6,074,777 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Digital Publishing Platforms coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

Common questions

How many Digital Publishing Platforms companies are there in Bengaluru, India?
Radar tracks 32 indexable Digital Publishing Platforms companies headquartered in Bengaluru, India that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Digital Publishing Platforms companies in Bengaluru, India?
The Digital Publishing Platforms companies in Bengaluru, India on this list have raised a combined $360.6M in disclosed equity funding across 10 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Digital Publishing Platforms company in Bengaluru, India?
Pocket FM is the highest-funded Digital Publishing Platforms company in Bengaluru, India, with $196.7M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Digital Publishing Platforms companies in Bengaluru, India are funded?
10 of the 32 Digital Publishing Platforms companies in Bengaluru, India on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Digital Publishing Platforms unicorns are there in Bengaluru, India?
None of the Digital Publishing Platforms companies in Bengaluru, India on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Bengaluru, India Digital Publishing Platforms companies?
The most active investors in Bengaluru, India Digital Publishing Platforms companies on this list include Accel, Brand Capital, India Quotient, Kalaari Capital, Nexus Venture Partners.
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