AI-driven data security startup Matters.AI has raised ₹55 crore ($6.2 million) in a seed funding round co-led by Kalaari Capital and Endiya Partners, with participation from Better Capital, Carya Venture Partners, and several cybersecurity-focused angel investors.
The funds will be used to advance R&D in predictive threat detection, expand go-to-market operations in India and the US, and strengthen engineering and customer success teams, particularly for enterprises navigating the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) framework, the company said in a statement.
Founded in 2024 by Keshava Murthy and Harsh Sahu, the Bengaluru-based Matters.AI is developing an AI-native data security platform that functions like an autonomous engineer, analyzing data behavior, identifying risks, and mitigating threats in real time.
The platform unifies DSPM, Insider Risk, DDR, Exfiltration Defense, and DLP under a single intelligent layer capable of understanding data semantics and user interactions across multiple environments.
At the core of its innovation is the AI Security Engineer, which uses semantic graphs and predictive modeling to anticipate potential data misuse and autonomously respond across cloud, SaaS, endpoint, and on-premises systems.
It offers full-stack visibility through real-time data tracing, lineage tracking, endpoint control, and GenAI governance across tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot. The system also integrates with enterprise platforms such as Zoho, Snowflake, Salesforce, AWS, Azure, GCP, and Databricks.
Matters.AI had previously raised ₹13 crore in pre-seed funding from Better Capital and Carya Venture Partners. With this latest round, the company joins the ranks of global cybersecurity innovators like Cyera, Orca Security, and Palo Alto Networks.
