Lokal

Lokal is a hyperlocal social media platform that enables users to share, interact and transact in their regional language.

Consumer and social Media and contentY Combinator

Latest funding

$14.64M Series B+ · April 25, 2023

Led by Sony Innovation Fund · Source: fundraisingfox.com

Latest round on record: Series B+, April 2025, amount undisclosed.

Total raised: $29.64M across 3 sourced rounds

All 5 rounds ↓

Website: getlokalapp.com.

X: @getlokalapp · 820 followers.

LinkedIn: linkedin.com.

Categories: Consumer and social Media and content.

Sectors: Consumer, Content, Social Media.

Stage: Series B+.

Based in: Bengaluru, India.

Total raised: $29.64M in 3 sourced rounds.

Last round: Apr 28, 2025 · 563 days ago.

Team: 24 people on the team page.

On Recent Funding since: Sep 28, 2026.

Signals

X account@getlokalapp · created Jan 13, 2020 (6 years old) · 820 followers

Website registeredMar 31, 2018 (8 years old)

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Lokal | 582 days from website to first raise on record

@getlokalapp·Raised $30M in 3 sourced rounds·1 signal before the first raise

Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.

Funding rounds

April 28, 2025
Series B+ · amount undisclosed
Source: fundraisingfox.com
April 25, 2023
Series B+ · $14.64M
SSony Innovation Fund (lead), GGlobal Brain Corporation, IIndia Quotient, XXRM Media
Source: fundraisingfox.com
October 22, 2021
Series A · $12M
TTencent (lead), 33one4 Capital, IIndia Quotient, YY Combinator, ZZ Nation Lab
Source: startup.siliconindia.com
January 13, 2020
X account created
November 3, 2019
Seed · $3M
33one4 Capital (lead), IIndia Quotient (lead), AAlvin Tse, II2BF Global Ventures, KKevin Lin, RRB Investments Pte. Ltd., SSoma Capital, SStarling Ventures, XXRM Media, YY Combinator
Source: techcircle.in
Summer 2019
YY Combinator · batch
Source: ycombinator.com
March 31, 2018
Website created

Founders and team

AG
Ali Göral Founder
JP
Jani Pasha Founder
VC
Vipul Chaudhary Founder
AJ
Asha Jyothi Senior HR Operations
RB
Rahul Bala Associate Product Manager

Investors

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Sony Innovation Fund portfolio →

Sources and API

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