# Khosla Ventures

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## Timeline

- **2026-08-25**: Jury convenes in Bengaluru — Jury led by Rishad Premji selects winners through a secret ballot.
- **2026-08-25**: Jury convenes in Bengaluru — Jury led by Rishad Premji selects winners through a secret ballot.
- **2026-08-25**: Jury convenes in Bengaluru — Jury led by Rishad Premji selects winners through a secret ballot.
- **2026-08-18**: Best on Campus and Comeback Kid nominees revealed — The Economic Times reveals the shortlists for Best on Campus and Comeback Kid categories.
- **2026-08-18**: Best on Campus and Comeback Kid nominees revealed — The Economic Times reveals the shortlists for Best on Campus and Comeback Kid categories.
- **2026-08-18**: Best on Campus and Comeback Kid nominees revealed — The Economic Times reveals the shortlists for Best on Campus and Comeback Kid categories.
- **2026-08-17**: Bootstrap Champ and Top Innovator nominees revealed — ET Startup Awards announces shortlists for two other categories ahead of the main event.
- **2026-08-17**: Bootstrap Champ and Top Innovator nominees revealed — ET Startup Awards announces shortlists for two other categories ahead of the main event.
- **2026-08-17**: Bootstrap Champ and Top Innovator nominees revealed — ET Startup Awards announces shortlists for two other categories ahead of the main event.
- **2026-07-10**: Skapion announces $36M Seed round — Israeli defense startup Skapion reveals a $36 million seed round co-led by UP.Partners and Khosla Ventures to develop its Native Counter Swarm system.
- **2026-06-15**: Series B first close: $234 million raised — Sarvam becomes a unicorn at $1.5 billion valuation, with HCLTech leading with $150 million for 10.46% stake.
- **2024**: Emergent founded — Mukund Jha founds Emergent in Bengaluru and San Francisco as an AI app-building platform.
- **2024**: Emergent founded — Mukund Jha founds Emergent in Bengaluru and San Francisco as an AI app-building platform.
- **2024**: Emergent founded — Mukund Jha founds Emergent in Bengaluru and San Francisco as an AI app-building platform.
- **2023**: Sarvam AI founded — Co-founders Vivek Raghavan and Pratyush Kumar establish Sarvam to build full-stack sovereign AI for India.

## Recent coverage (16 stories, network-wide)

### ET Startup Awards 2026: 5 Comeback Kid Nominees Vie for Top Honor
2026-08-18 03:42:00 · Sector: startups · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2

For startup founders and VCs, the ET Startup Awards 2026 Comeback Kid shortlist highlights resilient founders—SolarSquare, Shadowfax, Scapia, Emergent, Pratilipi—backed by marquee investors and recognized by a jury led by Rishad Premji.
Full story: https://getstartupbrief.com/story/et-startup-awards-2026-comeback-kid-nominees

### SolarSquare's 20-City Rooftop Solar Network Up for ETSA Comeback Kid
2026-08-18 03:41:02 · Sector: climate · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2

For clean energy professionals, SolarSquare's nomination as Comeback Kid reflects scaling of residential rooftop solar with financing, subsidies, and performance guarantees across 20 Indian cities.
Full story: https://getclimatebrief.com/story/solar-square-20-city-rooftop-solar-etsa-comeback-kid

### Shadowfax's Comeback Kid Nomination: 2015-Born 3PL Scales E-Commerce Delivery
2026-08-18 03:39:36 · Sector: supply · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2

For supply chain and logistics leaders, Shadowfax's Comeback Kid nomination at ET Startup Awards 2026 highlights resilient third-party logistics models serving e-commerce marketplaces and D2C brands with express parcel, reverse logistics, and hyperlocal delivery.
Full story: https://getsupplybrief.com/story/shadowfax-comeback-kid-nomination-supply-chain

### $36M Seed Fuels Israeli 'Iron Dome' for Swarm Drones: A Defense Revolution
2026-07-23 19:38:23 · Sector: space · Sentiment: Positive · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 1

Skapion's $36 million seed round aims to produce the first counter-swarm system for modern militaries facing low-cost UAV attacks. As drone warfare reshapes battlefields from Ukraine to Lebanon, the Israeli startup's mobile system promises to restore defensive parity at scale.
Full story: https://getspacebrief.com/story/iron-dome-drone-swarm-36m-seed

### AI-Powered Counter-Swarm System Attracts $36M Seed to Tackle Drone Threat
2026-07-23 19:38:10 · Sector: ai · Sentiment: Positive · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 1

Skapion's AI-driven counter-swarm system aims to detect and neutralize mass drone attacks autonomously. The $36M seed round underscores the critical role of artificial intelligence in modern defense, enabling split-second decisions in communication-denied environments.
Full story: https://getaibrief.com/story/ai-counter-swarm-36m-seed

### $27M Seed: How Pramaana Labs' 'Never Wrong' AI Landed Khosla Ventures
2026-06-18 11:49:04 · Sector: startups · Sentiment: Positive · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

With a $27M seed round co-led by Khosla Ventures, Accel, and other top VCs, Pramaana Labs is carving out a new category—AI formal verification—that addresses the trust crisis in enterprise AI by mathematically proving every answer.
Full story: https://getstartupbrief.com/story/pramaana-labs-seed-khosla-ventures-startup

### RegTech Startup Pramaana Raises $27M to Deliver Proof-Based Compliance
2026-06-18 11:48:55 · Sector: legal · Sentiment: Positive · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

Pramaana Labs' $27M seed round fuels a formal verification AI that converts regulations into machine-checkable proofs, promising zero confident errors for tax, clinical, and compliance domains—a potential paradigm shift for legal tech.
Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/pramaana-labs-27m-seed-legal-regtech

### Pramaana Labs' $27M Bet on Formal Verification Over Generative AI
2026-06-18 11:48:45 · Sector: ai · Sentiment: Positive · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

Pramaana Labs raised $27M to scale an AI that uses formal verification and proof engines—not probabilistic language models—to deliver answers with mathematical certainty, targeting domains where errors are unacceptable.
Full story: https://getaibrief.com/story/pramaana-formal-verification-ai-27m-seed

### Sarvam AI Joins Unicorn Club with $1.5B Valuation; 45M Policyholders Served
2026-06-16 00:30:04 · Sector: startups · Sentiment: Strongly positive · Impact: 8/10 · Sources: 8

Sarvam AI's unicorn milestone comes with staggering traction: 45 million policyholders served and 17 million farmers engaged via multilingual voice agents. The $234 million Series B will fuel expansion across banking, insurance, and defense sectors. This funding highlights the rise of a new generation of Indian AI startups.
Full story: https://getstartupbrief.com/story/sarvam-ai-unicorn-45m-policyholders

### Sarvam AI's $234M Raise Powers 10M Daily API Calls for Enterprise AI
2026-06-16 00:29:55 · Sector: saas · Sentiment: Strongly positive · Impact: 8/10 · Sources: 8

Sarvam's enterprise-grade AI platform processes over 10 million API calls daily, scaling its sovereign AI stack for Indian languages. The $234 million raise will enhance its inference infrastructure and front-end applications, positioning it as a formidable SaaS platform for government and large enterprises.
Full story: https://getsaasbrief.com/story/sarvam-ai-234m-10m-api-calls

### Sarvam AI Valued at $1.5B as HCLTech Invests $150M for 10.46% Stake
2026-06-16 00:29:46 · Sector: finance · Sentiment: Strongly positive · Impact: 8/10 · Sources: 8

Sarvam AI's $234 million Series B and $1.5 billion valuation mark a major bet on India's sovereign AI infrastructure. HCLTech's $150 million investment for a 10.46% stake signals deep corporate confidence. The deal underscores the rapid maturation of India's AI investment landscape.
Full story: https://getfinancebrief.com/story/sarvam-ai-1-5b-unicorn-hcltech-150m

### Sarvam AI Raises $234M to Train Frontier AI Models with 30B-105B Parameters
2026-06-16 00:29:36 · Sector: ai · Sentiment: Strongly positive · Impact: 8/10 · Sources: 8

The funding will advance Sarvam's research on next-gen AI models up to 105 billion parameters, targeting agentic AI, coding, and cybersecurity. Its end-to-end stack includes open-source models tailored for Indian languages, aiming for affordable, sovereign intelligence at India's scale.
Full story: https://getaibrief.com/story/sarvam-ai-234m-frontier-models-30b-105b

### Sarvam’s $234M raise fuels sovereign AI: models from 30B to 105B params, agentic roadmap
2026-06-15 15:54:09 · Sector: ai · Sentiment: Strongly positive · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

For AI practitioners, Sarvam’s funding means acceleration of open-source, India-trained models with a focus on agentic AI, coding, and cybersecurity. The HCLTech partnership provides real-world deployment channels.
Full story: https://getaibrief.com/story/sarvam-sovereign-ai-models-funding

### Sarvam grabs $234M at $1.5B valuation, becoming India’s newest AI unicorn
2026-06-15 15:53:00 · Sector: startups · Sentiment: Strongly positive · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

Sarvam’s latest round not only catapults it to unicorn status but also highlights a strategic shift in Indian venture: corporate investment by an IT services major alongside top-tier VCs. This raises the bar for deep-tech funding in the region.
Full story: https://getstartupbrief.com/story/sarvam-unicorn-series-b-startups

### Basis Hits $1.15B Valuation as Agentic AI Disrupts Accounting Services
2026-02-25 00:21:37 · Sector: ai · Sentiment: Positive · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

AI accounting startup Basis has secured $100 million in Series B funding, propelling it to unicorn status with a $1.15 billion valuation. Led by Accel and supported by GV and former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, the company aims to solve the industry's chronic labor shortage through autonomous agentic AI systems.
Full story: https://getaibrief.com/story/basis-ai-accounting-unicorn-funding

### Basis Hits $1.15B Unicorn Status with $100M Round to Automate Accounting
2026-02-25 00:20:58 · Sector: startups · Sentiment: Positive · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

AI accounting startup Basis has raised $100 million in a Series B round led by Accel, valuing the company at $1.15 billion. The startup deploys autonomous 'agentic AI' to handle complex financial workflows, aiming to solve a critical talent shortage in the professional services sector.
Full story: https://getstartupbrief.com/story/basis-ai-accounting-unicorn-funding

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