Ketto is a Mumbai-based crowdfunding platform that facilitates fundraising for social, creative, and personal causes. The platform helps individuals and organizations raise donations for charitable and personal needs. The company announced it has raised $4.2 million (Rs 30 crore) with the help of CleverTap’s philanthropy arm, CleverTap4Good. The reported funds were raised for charitable causes. The article does not provide additional operational metrics or future plans. Ketto Online Ventures operates an online crowdfunding platform for creative and social causes, connecting individuals, brands and non-profit organisations with investors and donors. The company was founded in October 2012 by Varun Sheth, Kunal Kapoor and Zaheer Adenwala and is based in Mumbai. It raised Rs 4.4 crore ($700,000) in a fresh angel round and had previously raised Rs 77 lakh from Club ah! and Calcutta Angels in 2013. Ketto plans to use the new funds to double its technology and business development teams and to facilitate $100 million in funding for other firms. The startup also intends to expand operations into Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and other Southeast Asian countries. Its platform has been used by multiple celebrities and corporates, including Hritik Roshan, Amitabh Bachchan, Anuskha Sharma, Myntra and Star Sports, and it recently partnered with Lakme Fashion Week to help designers raise launch funds. Ketto Online Ventures operates an online crowdfunding platform that connects individuals, brands and nonprofit organisations with fundraisers for creative and social causes. The site enables entrepreneurs and NGOs to raise funds by linking them with companies and individual supporters. The company says it is getting over 15,000 unique investors on its platform per month. Ketto was founded in October last year by Varun Sheth, Kunal Kapoor and Zaheer Adenwala and is based in Mumbai. The startup aims to increase engagement and participation among NGOs, supporters and corporates while reducing the cost of fundraising. It plans to use new capital for product and business development as well as marketing.

Total raised

$5M

Funding rounds

3

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Feb 2020