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Kuvera
Company typePrivate
IndustryPersonal Finance, Financial Services
Founded2016
FounderGaurav Rastogi, Neelabh Sanyal
HeadquartersBangalore,
India
ServicesDirect Mutual Funds, Tax Harvesting, Smart Trading, Family Account
AUM ₹28,000 Crore
Owner Cred
Parent Arevuk Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd.
Website https://kuvera.in

Kuvera is an Indian online wealth management platform for mutual funds, digital gold, fixed deposits, cryptocurrency exchange, insurance & US ETF investment. It is operated by Arevuk Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd., a company headquartered in Bangalore. [1] [2]

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History

Kuvera was founded in 2016 by Gaurav Rastogi - ex-portfolio manager at Morgan Stanley and Neelabh Sanyal - former vice-president with Axis Capital. [3] Mayank Sharma, cloud architect at Amagi joined as the third co-founder in 2017, assuming the responsibility of head of technology. [2] [4]

Kuvera.in derives its name from Kuber (also called Kubera or Kuvera), the lord of riches and treasures according to Hindu mythology. [5]

Kuvera's parent company, Arevuk Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd. registered as investment advisor (RIA) with SEBI (registration no INA200005166) on 19 July 2016 [6]

The website was launched in 2017. [2] Over the course of the year, Kuvera introduced the robo-advisory tools on its platform. [7]

Kuvera raised a total of $500,000 in two rounds of angel funding. In March 2018, it raised $250,000 in the second round of angel investment from Baskar Subramanian, co-founder, Amagi, Saket Kumar, Managing Director, Swank Capital among others. [2] [8] [9]

In April 2019, Kuvera received a Series A investment of $4.5 Million from the lead investor Eight Roads Fintech Strategic Investments, [10] [11] the investment arm of Fidelity International for building the team and expanding the product portfolio. [12] [13]

The company also launched a group health insurance cover for its users underwritten by Bharti AXA that covers medical expenses. [14]

Mayank Sharma, CTO left the company in February 2021.[ citation needed ]

Kuvera was acquired by Cred (company) in a cash-and stock-deal to enter the wealth-management space. [15]

Partnership

In September 2020, the company established a partnership with Vested Finance to allow its Indian traders to invest in the US stocks including Netflix, Facebook, and Apple. [16] [17]

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