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Kerala Startup Mission

G3B, Thejaswini, Technopark Campus, Kariyavattom, Trivandrum, Kerala, 695581, India

Overview

Kerala Startup Mission is played the pivotal role in development, orchestrating every piece of a vibrant Startup ecosystem. Startups in Kerala are stretching their limits as they focus more on to future technologies and finding solutions for problems in ways not experimented before. We have seen entrepreneurs from Kerala also shining in the limelight of success in international forums. Success stories are written in sectors other than Software and IT also. Kerala technology startup policy 2014 has been implemented and that in turn leads to more proactive measures in the new State IT policy 2017.

Total investments
2
Lead investments
2
Investments · 12mo
2
Active investors
5

Sector focus

  • Government
  • GovTech
  • Non Profit
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Investment portfolio

  • Oppam

    Led · Seed · May 2026

    Oppam is a digital mental-health platform founded around two years ago by Kasaragod-based entrepreneurs K.A. Abdulla Kunji and Mohammed Ibrahim Havas with participation from mental-health specialist Mubashir. The service offers 24/7 access to therapists in regional languages—currently Malayalam and Tamil—allowing users worldwide to book sessions via oppam.com. Oppam has delivered more than 25,000 sessions to users in over 40 countries, engages over 45 therapists to provide round-the-clock support, and charges about ₹1,000 per session. The startup reported more than ₹3 crore in revenue within its first two years. Following festival and pitch program wins, the team plans to add more local languages and expand nationally to broaden access to mental-health support.

  • Crink

    Led · Seed · Feb 2026

    Crink operates a ‘Human + AI’ wellbeing platform that pairs real-time, AI-driven emotional guidance with sessions from licensed therapists. Its product addresses four key life domains—self, work, parenting and relationships—helping users manage stress, build emotional resilience and improve family as well as workplace dynamics. The company says it has already served more than 15,000 clients, signalling early product-market fit and demand among busy professionals. By using AI to surface stress patterns instantaneously, Crink lets its human therapists concentrate on deeper, outcome-oriented interventions. The founders—Rustum Usman, Mariyam and Sruthi—plan to deploy new capital to broaden the therapist network, enrich AI capabilities and reinforce the hybrid model. Over the next 2-3 years, management aims to position Crink as the default wellbeing solution for mid-to-senior professionals in India and eventually overseas. Financially, the startup has just secured ₹1.8 crore in pre-seed funding, adding to earlier backing from Kerala Startup Mission, Microsoft and The Step Up Ventures, giving it runway to scale product and distribution.

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