Creator intelligence and collaboration platform Qoruz raises $500,000 in funding

Qoruz, a startup building infrastructure for data-driven influencer marketing, has raised $500,000 in a pre-Series A funding round led by The Chennai Angels.

The latest investment is part of a larger $1 million round, which has also seen participation from senior marketing professionals, agency executives, and startup founders across the advertising and media industry.

Founded in 2014 by Praanesh Bhuvaneswar, Prabakaran B, Aditya Gurwara, and Priya Vivek, Qoruz operates as a creator intelligence and collaboration platform that enables brands to discover, evaluate, and work with social media creators using AI and structured data. The Bengaluru-based startup claims to have helped over 1,000 brands, including Amazon, Flipkart, Coca-Cola, L’Oréal, and Dabur—streamline their influencer engagement strategies.

Qoruz plans to use the fresh capital to enhance its artificial intelligence (AI) stack, broaden its reach into new market verticals, and fuel international expansion, particularly in the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

“We’re not just building a platform, we’re building an ecosystem for the creator economy, where creators are central to how products are discovered, trusted, and bought. For this to scale meaningfully, it needs more than connections; it needs infrastructure,” said Praanesh Bhuvaneswar, co-founder and CEO.

“This capital allows us to deepen that foundation and bring operational precision to a space that has long operated on instinct.”

Qoruz’s technology positions influencer marketing as a structured marketing channel—rather than a guesswork-based effort—by offering detailed metrics, discovery tools, and performance benchmarking. The startup claims that this approach delivers more measurable business outcomes for brands seeking to partner with creators at scale.

This funding follows an earlier seed round of Rs 4.5 crore ($540,000) from Dexter Angels and the IIM Indore Alumni Fund. With this new investment, Qoruz is aiming to accelerate enterprise adoption and reach an annual recurring revenue (ARR) of $30 million by 2026, backed by a targeted 3x year-on-year growth in enterprise clientele.