Best Radio Tech Companies in India
The 92 best Radio Tech companies in India in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Gaana.
India's Radio Tech sector has 92 tracked companies, $673M in disclosed funding, and a financial profile that rewards closer attention than the headline numbers suggest. Pocket FM leads the funding table at $197M, Gaana sits at $242M, and JioSaavn has pulled in $100M, but the story I find more compelling is what's happening in the filing data. Across 24 validated filers, median revenue lands at $58,796 with 28% YoY growth, and the combined revenue pool reaches $15M. Murf Software Solutions tops the earners at $4M revenue, up 65% year-on-year. TSI Technologies matches that at $4M, growing 55%. These aren't funding rounds. That's earned money.
So what does the market look like structurally? The CAGR sits at roughly 2.65%, modest by tech standards, but the profitability outliers tell a different story. Murf Software Solutions posts net income 33x the sector median, TSI Technologies runs at 25x, and Vokab Technologies clears 19x. As shown in 2019 research, broadcast spectrum efficiency shapes competitive positioning in ways pure funding can't capture, and India's regulatory environment around FM band allocation and transmitter licensing is tightening that lens further. If you're evaluating companies here, the median masks a lot. The outliers are worth your time.
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Ranked: Best Radio Tech companies in India
| # | Company | Revenue | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pocket FM Provider of audio entertainment including series, stories, and related content | $69M FY2025 | $197M | 27 mo ago | 1,139 | Rohan Nayak Co-Founder & CEO | TurbopackSentryApple iCloud Mail+22 | 1 award |
| 2 | entertainment network india ltd ENIL is an Indian radio broadcasting operator that operates as a Bennett, Coleman & Company Limited… | $69M FY2025 | — | — | 3,750 | Yatish Mehrishi CEO | DreamWeaverjQueryHSTS+1 | — |
| 3 | HT Smartcast Online podcast network | $53M FY2025 | — | — | 1,825 | — | Node.jsGoogle Sign-inTailwind CSS+8 | — |
| 4 | Kuku FM Provider of audiobooks, stories, and podcasts across various genres | $31M FY2025 | $72M | 2 mo ago | 327 | Vikas Goyal Co-Founder & CTO | SentryApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+19 | 2 partnerships |
| 5 | Radiowalla Provider of in-store radio, corporate radio, and digital screen content management | $2M FY2025 | $2M | 109 mo ago | 58 | Gurneet Bhatia Co-Founder | PHPZohoMaterialize CSS+17 | — |
| 6 | Gaana Provider of a cloud-based vernacular platform for on-demand music streaming | $954K FY2025 | $242M | 59 mo ago | 13 | Jai Thade Co-Founder | ReactLodashLoadable-Components+17 | — |
| 7 | VTION Digital consumer behavior intelligence software | $849K FY2023 | $2M | 49 mo ago | 16 | Manoj Dawane Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 8 | Arré Digital media content platform providing online stories, videos, podcasts, and web series | $561K FY2025 | $10M | 44 mo ago | 20 | Niyati Merchant Co-Founder and COO | TypeScriptGraphQLNode.js+13 | — |
| 9 | Headfone Provider of a vernacular-based podcast streaming platform | $479K FY2025 | $14M | 50 mo ago | 35 | Krishnavataram Vinjamuri | Facebook LoginBootstrapReact+14 | — |
| 10 | Timbre Media Audience engagement solution | $428K FY2025 | $536K | 147 mo ago | 16 16 → 33 (+106%) | Hemanth Motipalle Co-Founder | WordPressPleskMySQL+28 | 2 awards |
| 11 | Inntot Digital solutions provider for media industry | $386K FY2025 | $535K | 46 mo ago | 46 46 → 48 (+4%) | Prasanth Thankappan Co-Founder And Cto | WordPressMySQLPHP+15 | — |
| 12 | Hubhopper Cloud-based platform for podcast management | $342K FY2025 | $1M | 65 mo ago | 50 | Uday Raj Anand Co-Founder | PrismicNode.jsGoogle Sign-in+28 | — |
| 13 | Boxout.fm Internet radio streaming platform | $255K FY2025 | — | — | 16 | Sahej Bakshi Co-Founder | UbuntuReactReact Router+5 | 1 launch |
| 14 | Eight Provider of a mobile application offering a wide range of podcasts and audio series | $176K FY2025 | $3M | 20 mo ago | 18 | Mohit Goswami Co-Founder | — | 1 job opening |
| 15 | Vobble Provider of audio stories and music for children 45Growth top 12%Talent top 38%Moat top 46%Funding bottom 45% All 9 signals ▾Growthtop 12% Talenttop 38% Moattop 46% Fundingbottom 45% Fin. healthbottom 40% Productbottom 40% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 30% Newsbottom 18% Growth: Revenue +434% YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $106K FY2025 | $1M | 15 mo ago | 25 25 → 31 (+24%) | Sowmya Jagannath Co-Founder & CPO | — | 6 internships |
| 16 | JioSaavn On-demand music streaming platform | $60K FY2025 | $100M | 120 mo ago | 286 | Vinodh Bhat Cofounder & Board Member | Node.jsGoogle Sign-inYouTube+15 | 1 launch |
| 17 | Zapr Platform offering ad enabler software | $44K FY2025 | $25M | 78 mo ago | 1 | — | — | — |
| 18 | EarShot Offers a dolby sound system for listening to favorite stories and series in one place | $40K FY2025 | — | — | — | Gaurav Choudhury Co-Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalitySentryNode.js+26 | — |
| 19 | Fourie AI-based multimodal content localization platform | $16K FY2025 | $52K | 43 mo ago | — | Vibhor Saran Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 20 | Chimes Radio Provider of online podcast network for kids and parents | $14K FY2025 | $27K | 39 mo ago | — | Gaurav Gupta Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | — |
| 21 | Suno India Online podcast network | $10K FY2025 | — | 70 mo ago | 10 | Rakesh Kamal Co-Founder | — | — |
| 22 | Ep.Log Media Online podcast network | $7K FY2025 | — | — | — | Rohan Thakar Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalityNode.jsNextAuth.js+17 | — |
| 23 | Qoohoo Online platform offering content-creating solutions | $6K FY2025 | $925K | 36 mo ago | 18 | Vimal Rathore Co-Founder & CEO | SentryNode.jsHeadless UI+19 | — |
| 24 | aawaz.com Developer of an audio-on-demand mobile application for consumers | $3K FY2025 | — | — | — | — | Node.jsFirebaseUbuntu+12 | — |
| 25 | IVM Podcasts Podcast network creating & distributing podcasts | $1K FY2023 | — | — | 53 | Kavita Rajwade Co-Founder | Squarespace CommerceSquarespaceTypeScript+18 | — |
| 26 | Transfin Digital platform providing news related to business and finance | — | $143K | 85 mo ago | — | Nikhil Arora Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
Top 12 Radio Tech companies in India
#1
Series C · Mumbai, Maharashtra · founded 2018 · 327 employees$72.3Mraised▾
Provider of audiobooks, stories, and podcasts across various genres. It offers a diverse catalog of audio content for listening. It provides audiobooks, podcasts, stories, summaries, and educational audio content through its mobile app and website.
- Mar 2026Angel—
- Oct 2025Series C$50M
- Sep 2023Series C$25M
- Jan 2022Series B$41.3M
#2
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.
- Mar 2024Series D$103M
- May 2023Conventional Debt$16M
- Mar 2022Series C$65M
- Dec 2021Series B$22.4M
#3
Seed · Bengaluru, Karnataka · founded 2021 · 18 employees$3.1Mraised▾
Provider of a mobile application offering a wide range of podcasts and audio series. It is a digital social and entertainment platform offering a range of audio content, including podcasts, audio series, and news stories, catering to diverse interests and preferences. The platform is accessible through a mobile application, providing a unique audio-based social experience.
- Oct 2024Seed$1.1M
- Dec 2022Seed$1.7M
- Aug 2021Seed$403.5K
#4
Acquired · Noida, Uttar Pradesh · founded 2010 · 13 employees$242Mraised▾
Gaana is the provider of a cloud-based vernacular platform for on-demand music streaming. It offers access to music across multiple Indian languages like Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Bhojpuri, Kannada, Malayalam, and Bangla. Users can access lyrics, sync downloads on multiple devices, access music across various genres, Bollywood films, and regional categories. Its app is available across both Android and iOS platforms.
- Jun 2021Series A$40M
- Aug 2020Series A$51.2M
- Feb 2018Series A$115M
- Oct 2015Seed—
#5
Seed · Bengaluru, Karnataka · founded 2022 · 25 employees$1Mraised▾
Provider of audio stories and music for children. It offers a subscription service and starter packs delivering immersive audio experiences designed to engage children aged 4-12. Content includes podcasts, music, shows, and series across various genres, all created in collaboration with global partners. The platform aims to build vocabulary and increase attention spans through screen-free entertainment. Custom playlists are also available. Audio content is age-appropriate and delivered through kid-safe headphones.
- Mar 2025Seed$1M
- Mar 2024Seed$1M
- Mar 2024Angel$30.2K
#6
Series C · Mumbai, Maharashtra · founded 2007 · 286 employees$100Mraised▾
Jio Saavn is a music streaming platform for on-demand music that allows users to stream and download the songs based on the artists, genres, etc. It offers various features include filtering, toggling between songs, albums, and playlists, metadata searches for artists and music directors, etc. The songs are available in various languages like Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Kannada, and more. The mobile app is available for Android, iOS, and Windows devices. It generates revenue through the freemium model and advertisements.
- Jun 2016Angel—
- Jul 2015Series C$100M
#7
Series A · Mumbai, Maharashtra · founded 2015 · 20 employees$10.2Mraised▾
Digital media content platform providing online stories, videos, podcasts, and web series. It is an online platform offering a variety of content related to lifestyle, culture and entertainment.
- Oct 2022Series A$1.5M
- Aug 2019Series A$1.8M
- Jun 2018Series A$954.7K
- Jul 2017Series A$1.9M
#8
Series B · Bengaluru, Karnataka · founded 2016 · 35 employees$13.8Mraised▾
Provider of a vernacular-based podcast streaming platform. It is a social audio podcast platform to record, listen, and share audio content in English and Hindi. Users can listen to podcasts spanning multiple genres such as politics, finance, news, business, entrepreneurship, startups, among others. It also allows users to listen stories across categories like horror, romance, spirituality, and more.
- Apr 2022Series B$10M
- Dec 2020Series A$3M
- Jun 2019Seed$758K
- May 2019Seed$15.6K
#9
Acqui-Hired · Gurugram, Haryana · founded 2012 · 1 employees$25.2Mraised▾
Platform offering ad enabler software. The platform helps to bridge the gap between offline and online worlds by enabling cross-device audience measurement and engagement. It leverages audio content and image content recognition to measure how smartphone and connected TV users consume offline content across TV, radio, music, etc. It uses this data to profile audiences, perform cross-screen engagement, and conduct brand research.
- Dec 2019Series A$6.5M
- Oct 2018Series A$7.7M
- Mar 2017Series A$8M
- Feb 2015Seed$2.8M
#10
Seed · Bengaluru, Karnataka · founded 2020 · 18 employees$925Kraised▾
Online platform offering content-creating solutions. It enables users to launch events, courses, payment pages, and more. It monetizes through a subscription-based pricing model.
- 2023Seed$500K
- Mar 2021Seed$800K
#11
Seed · Gurugram, Haryana · founded 2016 · 16 employees$2.5Mraised▾
Developer of a media analytics platform designed to measure media consumption. The company's platform analyzes consumer behavior and trends, analyzes consumption patterns across demographics and geographies, creates analytical views as per requirements, filters data by streaming applications, and offers relevant information, enabling clients to gain real-time insights and data on media behavior.
#12
Seed · Delhi, Delhi · founded 2015 · 50 employees$1.1Mraised▾
HubHopper enables users to manage their podcasts. Users can create, host and distribute podcasts. People can also listen to podcasts on the platform. It has developed applications like 'Hubhopper Studio Recorder' which is a recording app, 'Hubhopper' - a podcast and audiobook player, 'Hubhopper TV App' - an app for streaming on TV. The applications are available for Android and iOS users.
- Dec 2020Seed$608.4K
- Nov 2019Angel$25.4K
- Jan 2019Seed$213.8K
- Feb 2018Seed$156.4K
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Radio Tech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on RF & Wireless Chips is moving in India
A read on the academic research around RF & Wireless Chips — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 1,081 India-affiliated papers.
- Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee85
- Indian Institute of Technology Delhi59
- Indian Space Research Organisation37
- Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur35
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education33
- Extremely high frequency16→70
- Amplifier27→75
- Antenna (radio)5→47
- Power (physics)5→37
- MIMO2→34
- Extremely high frequency34→131
- Amplifier93→175
- Antenna (radio)4→66
- Power (physics)13→68
- MIMO6→52
- Telecommunications1→5
- Amplifier3→6
- Electronic engineering3→6
Where rf wireless chips is researched across India
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Who's filing rf wireless chips patents in India
India rf wireless chips patent filing is accelerating — 41 filings from 54 assignees (2016–2025), led by Tata Consultancy Services, Joshi Rachit, Texas Instruments; annual filings 3→11.
- Tata Consultancy Services7
- Joshi Rachit5
- Texas Instruments5
- Astrome TECH5
- AURA Semiconductor3
- Sivadas APU3
- Indian INST Technology Bombay3
- Rajendran Gireesh3
Common questions
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