RapidCanvas, an enterprise artificial intelligence start-up, raised 29 million dollars in a Series B funding round on 16 October 2026, according to StartupTalky’s daily funding roundup. The round was led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India. Hitachi Ventures joined as a new investor, and the existing investors Accel, Peak XV Partners, Valley Capital Partners and Titanium Ventures also took part.
The company describes itself as helping large companies build custom AI applications using AI agents and its own engineers, according to the roundup. It was founded in 2021 by Rahul Pangam and Uttam Phalnikar. The start-up has raised a total of 52.5 million dollars, according to the same report, so the Series B accounts for about 55 per cent of everything it has raised, a calculation by IndiaX24, and earlier rounds came to about 23.5 million dollars.
The funding comes in a busy week for Indian AI. IndiaX24 has reported on Confido Health’s 12.5 million dollar round and Shamrock AI’s 5 million dollar seed round, on Sarvam AI’s valuation, and on a survey in which 63 per cent of investors said Indian AI might be overvalued. RapidCanvas sells to companies and not to consumers, which places it in the enterprise group of AI start-ups, a classification by IndiaX24.
Hitachi Ventures is a notable name among the investors. The same fund led the 25 million dollar round in Scimplify, the specialty-chemicals start-up that IndiaX24 reported on earlier. Two Indian deals in a week with the same corporate venture arm suggests an active interest in Indian companies, but the reports reviewed do not describe the fund’s strategy.
The roundup gives no details of how the money will be used. Enterprise AI companies commonly spend on engineering, sales and expansion into new markets, which is general background, and the reports reviewed do not say where RapidCanvas operates beyond its Indian origins, so IndiaX24 does not describe its markets.
The reports do not give the company’s revenue, customers or valuation. Without those figures it is not possible to judge the price of the round or the company’s progress, and IndiaX24 does not attempt to estimate them.
The investor list shows a mix of regional and global backers. Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India is a venture fund that invests in the region, and Accel and Peak XV are large venture firms active in India, which is general background. The inclusion of existing investors in a Series B is usually taken as a sign of confidence, though the reports reviewed do not say how much each put in.
The term ‘AI agents’ refers to software that can carry out multi-step tasks with a degree of autonomy, which is general background. The roundup uses it to describe the company’s approach, but it does not explain what its agents do for customers, so IndiaX24 cannot describe the product.
The deal is part of a pattern in which AI start-ups continue to attract rounds of tens of millions of dollars even as some investors worry about valuations. IndiaX24 will report on the company’s next announcements and on any customer wins.
This report is based on one summary of the round, and IndiaX24 has not found a statement from the company in the sources it opened.
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