BENGALURU, April 9 -- Private cloud computing startup Kluisz has rebranded to Nava and raised $21.7 million, or approximately Rs.180 crore, in a Series A funding round led by Greenoaks Capital, as investors bet on rising demand for artificial-intelligence (AI) computing infrastructure. Existing investors RTP Global and Unicorn India Ventures also participated.

"Our larger ambitions entails now building a full stack new cloud platform," said Abhinav Sinha, co-founder and chief executive at Nava (formerly Kluisz.ai), in an interview with Mint. "We are now going to build AI data centres and GPU compute."

The fundraising and rebranding mark a broader pivot for the company, from offering private cloud services for enterprises to positioning ...