Bengaluru, Aug. 12 -- Children's technology startup Wippi on Wednesday announced that it has raised USD 1.2 million in seed funding in a round led by 12 Flags, with participation from Warmup Ventures, Ventana Ventures and Ruvento Ventures.

The company said the fresh capital would be used to accelerate product development, strengthen its proprietary voice-AI capabilities, expand its engineering and AI teams, scale manufacturing in India and grow its direct-to-consumer business.

Wippi plans to expand its portfolio of characters, languages and original content and aims to reach more than 15,000 families over the next 12 months.

Founded by Rishabh Singhi and Siddhartha Jain, Wippi is developing conversational, screen-free products for young ...