India-based creator intelligence platform Qoruz has raised USD 500,000 in a pre-Series A funding round led by The Chennai Angels. The fresh capital injection comes on the heels of an earlier seed round of USD 540,000 from Dexter Angels and the IIM Indore Alumni Fund, strengthening the startup’s war chest as it targets rapid growth across new geographies and market segments.
Founded in 2014 by Praanesh Bhuvaneswar, Prabakaran B, Aditya Gurwara, and Priya Vivek, Qoruz has grown into one of India’s most recognized influencer marketing platforms. Designed to bring structure and precision to a sector often dominated by guesswork, Qoruz offers brands a data-rich interface for influencer discovery, outreach, and performance benchmarking.
“We’re not just building a platform, we’re building an ecosystem for the creator economy, where creators are central to how products are discovered, trusted, and bought,” said Praanesh Bhuvaneswar, Co-Founder and CEO.
“This capital allows us to deepen that foundation and bring operational precision to a space that has long operated on instinct.”
Targeting Global Scale with AI and Enterprise Focus
With the latest funding, Qoruz aims to accelerate adoption among enterprise clients and enhance its artificial intelligence stack to further automate and personalize influencer-brand matchmaking.
The company is betting on structured, ROI-driven influencer marketing becoming a staple in digital media strategies particularly in high-growth regions.
Qoruz’s expansion strategy includes deepening its presence in India while entering new verticals across the Middle East and Southeast Asia. The company is targeting an annual recurring revenue (ARR) of USD 30 million by 2026, supported by a projected 3x year-on-year growth in enterprise clientele.
Its recent traction reflects a broader trend of businesses turning to performance-based influencer campaigns. Rather than relying on follower counts or viral trends, Qoruz enables brands to identify high-fit creators based on deep audience insights and business impact potential.
How Qoruz is Structuring a Fragmented Space
Operating at the intersection of AI and marketing, Qoruz’s technology is redefining influencer collaboration as a structured, scalable marketing channel. The platform allows brands to move beyond manual outreach and inconsistent results by offering robust metrics on influencer credibility, audience overlap, and campaign success indicators.
This approach aligns with the growing demand for performance visibility and compliance in creator partnerships especially as advertising budgets shift toward influencer-led discovery in consumer purchasing journeys.
As brands look to harness the power of creators across multiple geographies, Qoruz’s hybrid approach of intelligence, infrastructure, and automation could help unlock new levels of efficiency in the influencer economy.
With eyes on MENA and Southeast Asia, its latest round positions the startup to become a global standard-bearer for intelligent creator marketing.
