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Established in May 2015, Indus OS is a homebred system apps company, building
India’s only content and commerce platform for users to discover and consume digital content & services in the language of their choice. An indigenous platform, Made in India, for Indians, Indus OS, is built on three pillars of innovation, simplification and localization for delivering a robust personalized experience to the Indian consumer.
Over the past years, Indus OS has developed core system apps to suit the specific
needs of the Indian consumers, by addressing the real problems like – lack of digital awareness, low smartphone adoption, linguistic challenges and unavailability of local content and services. Through its breakthrough innovations (such as Minus One screen, messenger, keyboard, and Appstore) Indus OS brings together app developers, smartphone brands and users on a single India centric platform.
Indus OS also has its very own App Store - Indus App Bazaar with over 400,000
applications, which is built on a strong personalized recommendation engine delivering users the option to download apps that would best serve their needs. Indus App Bazaar provides the users with a seamless experience in English and 12 regional languages, including Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telegu, Urdu, Malayalam, and Bengali, among others.
Currently, Indus has a fast-growing user base of over 200 Million Indians on the back of 10+ smartphone brand partnerships (Samsung, Gionee, Micromax, Itell, Karbonn, etc) in India. Indus OS is available in English & 23 Indian regional languages, spoken by over 95% of the Indian population.
With a vision of digitally connecting 1 Billion Indians on an INDIAgenous content & commerce platform, Indus OS is constantly striving to adapt its existing portfolio by introducing new features to enrich the user experience in their native language, aligned with government initiatives, especially geared towards supporting the roadmap of Digital Bharat.
India’s only content and commerce platform for users to discover and consume digital content & services in the language of their choice. An indigenous platform, Made in India, for Indians, Indus OS, is built on three pillars of innovation, simplification and localization for delivering a robust personalized experience to the Indian consumer.
Over the past years, Indus OS has developed core system apps to suit the specific
needs of the Indian consumers, by addressing the real problems like – lack of digital awareness, low smartphone adoption, linguistic challenges and unavailability of local content and services. Through its breakthrough innovations (such as Minus One screen, messenger, keyboard, and Appstore) Indus OS brings together app developers, smartphone brands and users on a single India centric platform.
Indus OS also has its very own App Store - Indus App Bazaar with over 400,000
applications, which is built on a strong personalized recommendation engine delivering users the option to download apps that would best serve their needs. Indus App Bazaar provides the users with a seamless experience in English and 12 regional languages, including Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telegu, Urdu, Malayalam, and Bengali, among others.
Currently, Indus has a fast-growing user base of over 200 Million Indians on the back of 10+ smartphone brand partnerships (Samsung, Gionee, Micromax, Itell, Karbonn, etc) in India. Indus OS is available in English & 23 Indian regional languages, spoken by over 95% of the Indian population.
With a vision of digitally connecting 1 Billion Indians on an INDIAgenous content & commerce platform, Indus OS is constantly striving to adapt its existing portfolio by introducing new features to enrich the user experience in their native language, aligned with government initiatives, especially geared towards supporting the roadmap of Digital Bharat.
Overview
Location
India, Maharashtra, Mumbai
Employees
51-200
Total raised
$9M
Founded date
2015
Investors 1
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Funding Rounds 2
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| Jan 18, 2016 | Series A round | $5M |
Mentions in press and media 22
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| May 26, 2024 | BharatPe, PhonePe settle all trademark disputes over ‘Pe’ suffix | Fintech firms BharatPe and PhonePe today jointly announced that they have amicably settled all long-standing legal disputes pertaining to the usage of the trademark with the suffix ‘Pe’. Both companies had been involved in long-drawn legal ... |
| Mar 18, 2024 | Indus Appstore crosses one million installations within a month: PhonePe | PhonePe’s Indus Appstore for Android devices has crossed over 1 million installations within a month of launch, the company announced on March 18. The company stated that 45 per cent of the home-grown app store users hail from Tier 2 cities... |
| Mar 11, 2024 | Pitti Engineering buys Bagadia Chaitra Indus for enterprise value of ₹125 crore | Pitti Engineering has signed an agreement to acquire Bagadia Chaitra Industries for an enterprise value of ₹125 crore. Also read: Pitti Engineering Q1 net up 19% on lower cost As part of the overall consideration, PEL will infuse up to ₹40 ... |
| Dec 21, 2017 | India: Indus OS raises $4m from existing investors in pre-Series B round | Premium Regional smartphone operating system provider Indus OS has raised a $4 million funding round from its existing investors Omidyar Network, Ventureast and JSW Ventures. Continue reading this story with a subscription to DealStreetAsia... |
| Dec 21, 2017 | Regional smartphone operating system Indus OS raises $4 Mn from existing investors | India’s home-grown smartphone operating system and native applications platform Indus OS has raised $4 million in its pre-series B round from existing investors Omidyar Network, Ventureast and JSW Ventures. The latest funds will be used to ... |
| May 13, 2017 | China to invest $50 billion to develop Indus River Cascade in Pakistan: Report | Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China. (Source: AP Photo) Pakistan and China are expected to sign an MoU for developing the North Indus... |
| Nov 4, 2016 | Indus, the startup building an Android OS for India, targets deals with Chinese OEMs | Indus OS, the startup developing a localized version of Android for India, is now going after international OEMs after it clinched a deal that will local giant Intex sell smartphones powered by its operating system. Intex has around 10 perc... |
| May 3, 2016 | Rakesh Deshmukh CEO at “Indus OS – World’s First Regional Operating System” Shares their Incredible Success Story | Rakesh Deshmukh CEO at Indus OS – World’s First Regional Operating System shares their incredible story in an interview with our team. |
| Jan 19, 2016 | Daily funding roundup - January 19, 2016 | Big Switch Networks raised $48.5M, Omni-ID secured $21M; CapLinked landed $3.5M funding CapLinked, a company offering enterprise clients the ability to share documents securely is announcing it has raised a $3.5 million financing round. The... |
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FAQ about Indus OS
When was Indus OS founded?
Indus OS was founded in 2015.
How much funding has Indus OS raised?
Indus OS has raised $9M in total across 2 funding rounds.
What funding rounds has Indus OS raised?
Parsers VC lists 2 funding rounds of Indus OS, among them a Series A round of $5M on Jan 18, 2016.
What has the press written about Indus OS?
Parsers VC has collected 22 articles mentioning Indus OS, among them “BharatPe, PhonePe settle all trademark disputes over ‘Pe’ suffix” (May 26, 2024) and “Indus Appstore crosses one million installations within a month: PhonePe” (Mar 18, 2024).
Is Indus OS still active?
Yes, Indus OS is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 28, 2026.