Bengaluru-based Alive App has raised $1 million in a brand new funding spherical led by Powerhouse Ventures and Flipkart Ventures, because the experience-tech platform appears to be like to broaden its know-how and enhance the availability of leisure experiences throughout Indian cities.

The contemporary capital shall be used to strengthen the startup’s product and know-how capabilities and speed up the creation and availability of experiences throughout its present markets.

Alive App is focusing on threefold income development over the subsequent few months whereas looking for to extend how regularly customers return to the platform.

The startup claims to have recorded its first worthwhile quarter in Bengaluru, its first and largest market, though it has not disclosed income or revenue figures for the interval.

Increasing throughout Indian cities

Based by Vivek Kumar, Alive App helps customers uncover curated actions throughout classes together with journey, meals, wellness, artwork, tradition and studying.

The platform at the moment operates throughout Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi and Goa, providing greater than 500 experiences by a community of over 400 creators and companions.

Quite than solely aggregating present listings, Alive App works with creators to conceptualise, construct and launch experiences.

Over the previous six months, it has expanded into Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi, alongside its presence in Goa.

“During the last yr, the most important validation for us has been seeing how rapidly experiences are being adopted as an improve to weekend plans in each metropolis we enter. Mumbai and Chennai are rising a lot quicker than Bengaluru did in its early months, whereas our provide within the newly launched cities has grown 5 instances quicker than in our preliminary enlargement part. We at the moment are including round 100 new experiences each month. The chance forward is to make Alive App the default weekend companion for city India, one thing individuals return to each week to find what they wish to do subsequent,” Kumar stated.

Native experiences drive bookings

Based on Alive App’s platform information, greater than 90% of bookings are for native experiences.

The startup sees this as a part of a shift by which customers are more and more on the lookout for actions nearer to dwelling moderately than associating experiences primarily with journey.

Its technique is now targeted on encouraging extra frequent use of the platform, with the goal of creating the invention of actions an everyday a part of weekend planning alongside eating places, movies and different leisure choices.

The investment from Flipkart Ventures might additionally create alternatives for Alive App to discover synergies throughout the broader Flipkart ecosystem, notably round client discovery, engagement and entry to experiences.

“Alive App stands out as one of the crucial differentiated and capital-efficient firms we’ve got seen on this class. What is especially compelling is how the group is utilizing AI not solely as a product characteristic, however throughout the enterprise to rethink how client know-how firms will be constructed, scaled and operated in India. We consider this mixture of a powerful client proposition, differentiated provide and an AI-led working mannequin offers Alive App the potential to be a frontrunner in India’s quickly rising expertise economic system,” stated Kshitij Golwalkar, Basic Associate at Powerhouse Ventures.

The most recent funding follows Rs 6 crore in funding introduced by Alive App in November 2025 from Powerhouse Ventures and a gaggle of angel investors and operators.