India, June 12 -- Call management and identity verification startup Equal AI has raised $30 Mn (around Rs.286 Cr) in its Series B funding round co- led by existing backers including Prosus Ventures and Tomales Bay Capital.

The funding round, which was completed in tranches, also saw participation from Think Investments, Valiant Fund, PhonePe founder Sameer Nigam, Zubin Bharti Mittal from Airtel Family Office, Skyflow AI cofounder Anshu Sharma, Meta India and Southeast Asia VP Sandhya Devanathan, and CtrlS Datacenters chairman Sridhar Pinnapureddy.

The Hyderabad-based startup plans to deploy the fresh capital to expand its offerings beyond call management into shopping, financial services, communications and lifestyle use cases. The star...