Bengaluru-based Ctruh has raised $2.5 million in a seed funding round led by Inflection Point Ventures (IPV). The round also saw participation from Avinya Ventures, India Accelerator, Founder’s Avenue, Anthill Ventures, and LVX, alongside angel investors Vivek Sinha (Founder and CEO, Emversity; Ex-COO, Unacademy) and Shivakumar Ganesan (Founder and CEO, Exotel). The funds will go toward R&D, product development of its browser-native 3D engine, its VersaAI generative AI platform, and expanding into the United States and the UAE.
Vinay Agastya founded Ctruh after stints at Swiggy, Scapic (acquired by Flipkart), Exotel, and Unacademy. He holds a B.Tech from GITAM Deemed University and was a fellow at MIT. The company currently has a team of 36.
Ctruh is building what it describes as infrastructure for the spatial internet — a proprietary, browser-native, no-code 3D engine that allows immersive experiences to run on any device without app installs, SDKs, or specialist hardware. Built on three years of foundational R&D, the engine supports up to 16K rendering in the browser. On top of it, the company has shipped Commverse Studio, which it positions as the first AI-powered unified XR commerce platform, letting brands deploy 3D experiences in under 30 minutes. VersaAI, the generative AI layer, converts images, text, and video into production-ready 3D assets.
“At Ctruh, our focus has always been to simplify technology for businesses by making advanced solutions more accessible. We are building an infrastructure for the upcoming generation of digital experiences, where our goal is to create spatial experiences for every business, regardless of size and scale. This funding will accelerate our ability to do exactly that.” said Vinay Agastya, Founder and CEO, Ctruh
The startup has built some early visibility before this round. It appeared on Shark Tank India Season 5 (Episode 13), receiving offers from Anupam Mittal and Vineeta Singh. It was named an ELEVATE 2025 winner by the Government of Karnataka, won the Aegis Graham Bell Award 2025 for Innovation in Immersive Experience, and was included in the Forbes Select 200 Companies list. Ctruh is also part of the NSRCEL IIM Bangalore and LeapFWD Accelerator ecosystems.
“While the AI space continues to get increasingly crowded, Ctruh is cutting through the noise with a strong technical differentiation. Its patented 3D engine enables high-fidelity 4K, 8K, and even 16K experiences to run smoothly on the web with fast load times.” said Vinay Bansal, CEO and Co-Founder, IPV
The broader XR market context gives this raise some weight. Fortune Business Insights and IMARC project the global XR market to grow from $346 billion in 2026 to over $2.1 trillion by 2034, at a 25–34% CAGR. Within that, India is emerging as the fastest-growing XR market in Asia — currently valued at $4.8 billion and projected to reach $14.1 billion by 2027, backed by Karnataka’s AVGC-XR 3.0 Framework and state-level investments exceeding ₹3,000 crore. For a browser-native infrastructure play targeting markets where app-download friction is high, the timing is deliberate.
