India, April 3 -- San Francisco-based product design startup Noon has raised $44 Mn (about Rs.407.6 Cr) in a funding round led by Chemistry, First Round Capital, Scribble Ventures, Elevation Capital and Afore Capital. The round also saw participation from angel investors associated with companies like Meta, Canva, Apple, and OpenAI. 

The startup intends to use the raised funds primarily to accelerate product development while scaling its distribution. A portion of the capital will also be deployed to hire more talent.

Founded in 2024 by ex-Bookpad CEO Aditya Bandi and ex-Leap cofounder Kushagra Sinha, Noon is an AI-native product design platform that allows users to build functional products using real code instead of static design...