Alive App | $1M (Seed)

Founders: Vivek Kumar

Founded: 2023

HQ: Bengaluru

Sector: Experience Tech / Consumer Leisure

What they do

→ AI-powered platform for discovering and booking curated experiences across adventure, food, wellness, art, culture and learning

→ Builds the tech and supply infrastructure for India's experience economy

→ Works directly with creators instead of acting as a pure aggregator

→ Operates in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi and Goa, with 500+ experiences from 400+ creators and partners

The Funding

→ Raised $1M in a seed round, led by Powerhouse Ventures

→ Participation from Flipkart Ventures

→ Follows a ₹6 Cr pre-seed led by Powerhouse Ventures last year

Why it matters

→ Adds around 100 new experiences every month, and supply in Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi and Goa has grown 5x faster than in its early expansion phase

→ Recorded its first profitable quarter in Bengaluru, its largest market

→ 90%+ of bookings are for local experiences, so users are choosing activities close to home

→ Targets 3x revenue growth in the next few months, with Flipkart Ventures opening possible synergies across Flipkart's ecosystem

Can experiences become the default weekend plan for urban India?