AI-native data security startup Matters.ai raises Rs 55 crore in funding led by Kalaari, Endiya Partners

Matters.AI, an AI-native data security startup, today said it has raised Rs 55 crore in a funding round co-led by Kalaari Capital and Endiya Partners, with participation from Better Capital, Carya Venture Partners, and leading cybersecurity angels.

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Prior to this, the startup raised Rs 13 crore in a pre-Seed round led by Better Capital and Carya Venture Partners.

The startup plans to use the funding to accelerate R&D in predictive detection, expand go-to-market operations in India and the US, and strengthen engineering and customer success teams serving regulated industries under the DPDP framework.

Matters.AI is the AI-native data-security platform that thinks like an engineer. By unifying DSPM, Insider Risk, DDR, Exfiltration Defense, and DLP into one intelligent layer, it understands what data means, who’s interacting with it, and why stopping threats before they become incidents.

Unlike legacy tools that react after incidents, the startup uses semantic graphs and predictive models to understand context and intent.

Keshava Murthy, CEO & Co-Founder, said, “India has built rockets, payments, and softwares for the world, now we’re building to protect it. The world doesn’t need another dashboard screaming alerts; it needs a system that can think. That’s Matters.AI, the AI Security Engineer that never sleeps.”

Harsh Sahu, CTO & Co-Founder, said, “Our system “reasons” like a human engineer, learning from how people and data interact, predicting misuse, and responding autonomously.”

Dhiraj Khare, Chief Revenue Officer, said, “CISOs want clarity, not chaos. Matters.AI connects every data layer - endpoint, cloud, SaaS, Gen AI, On Prem into one control plane where visibility meets action.”

Sateesh Andra, Managing Director, Endiya Partners, added “Security teams tell us their biggest gap is between visibility and enforcement. Matters unifies discovery, lineage, and intent-aware controls into a single policy plane so organizations can prevent data exfiltration across cloud, SaaS, endpoints, and AI tools - while cutting alert noise. We’re delighted to co-lead this round with Kalaari Capital, and back Keshava, Harsh, and Dhiraj as they execute on this AI-native architecture.”

Sampath, Partner, Kalaari Capital, said “As privacy regulations tighten worldwide and AI adoption accelerates, enterprises face an urgent need for intelligent, autonomous data protection. Matters.AI is building the control layer for this new reality, a system that learns, adapts, and secures data while ensuring continuous compliance in an AI-driven world.”