Social media platform for bite-sized audio sharing and discovery – Humit has announced that it has raised an undisclosed sum in Antler India led pre-seed funding round.
First Cheque along with angel investors – CTO at Bluejeans – Alagu Periyannan; Co-founder of Sierra Atlantic – Sarath Sura; Ankit Mathuria; Co-founder of Exotel – Shivakumar Ganesan; Co-founder of Pixxel – Kshitij Khandelwal; Gajendra Jangid (Co-founder of CARS24), among others, also participated in the funding round.
“With Humit, we are decoding the nuances of sharing music recommendations with a friend and what it means to be able to express yourself through your taste in music. This is a core desire, and what we believe will scale globally,” said Rohit Ganapathy, Co-founder of Humit.
Prithvi Sankar, Co-founder, Humit, stated, “We have several examples of super fans and folks who’ve never met each other before, building cross-border friendships by discovering each other’s music stations. This is truly rewarding to see and tells us we are onto something special.”
Commenting on the investment, Rajiv Srivatsa, Partner at Antler India, added, “Indian techpreneurs are ‘building in India, for the world,’ which we believe will be one of the biggest trends to watch. Humit is pushing boundaries and setting up new social constructs around music that has the potential to change consumer behaviour and create a new category where none existed before.”
