Emergent Raises $23M to Redefine How the World Builds Software

India’s startup ecosystem is no stranger to ambitious promises, but every once in a while, a company comes along with the potential to truly change the way the game is played. Bengaluru-based Emergent, the fast-rising agentic vibe-coding platform, is one such name now creating ripples globally. On Tuesday, the startup announced it has secured $23 million in a Series A funding round led by Lightspeed, with participation from Together Fund, Y Combinator, Prosus Ventures, and a line-up of prominent angels including Google’s Jeff Dean, Devendra Chaplot, and entrepreneur-investor Balaji Srinivasan.

The fresh capital brings Emergent’s total funding to $30 million, adding to its earlier $7 million seed round backed by YC and Together Fund. The funds will power team expansion, deeper R&D, and scaling of its one-of-a-kind platform that allows anyone—be it a small business owner, creator, or aspiring founder—to build full-fledged, production-ready applications without writing a single line of code.

The Promise of Software for All

Emergent’s pitch is simple yet revolutionary: democratize software creation. The platform takes care of everything—user interfaces, servers, logins, payments, scaling—automatically. Behind the curtain, a fleet of AI agents code, test, and launch applications, acting like a “cloud-based development team.”

The timing could not be more apt. In a country where six out of ten people see entrepreneurship as a viable career choice, the lack of technical know-how or a co-founder has often been a roadblock. Emergent dismantles those barriers, allowing individuals with just an idea and a smartphone to launch software products that are robust, secure, and scalable from day one.

Co-founder and CEO Mukund Jha captured this vision best: “My brother and I built Emergent to equip anyone with an idea and a phone to create software affordably. Emergent addresses the technical friction of starting or growing a business. Now anyone—from small business owners and aspiring founders to creators—can bring their vision to life, no matter how complex, at a fraction of the time and cost.”

Early Traction and Big Milestones

The traction has been nothing short of staggering. In just 90 days since its launch, Emergent has crossed $15 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) and has enabled over one million users to build more than 1.5 million apps. Such numbers are rare in the enterprise and developer tooling space, and they signal strong product-market fit in a domain traditionally dominated by complex no-code or low-code platforms.

For Lightspeed, which led the Series A round, Emergent’s vision marks a once-in-a-generation shift in how software could be built and consumed. Partner Hemant Mohapatra compared the shift to the way smartphones revolutionized photography: “Remember when photography demanded understanding lenses, aperture, lighting, film development, and more? Then the iPhone compressed all of it into a single button for billions of people. Emergent collapses the complexity of software into a single button anyone can press to ship, scale, and earn, and Lightspeed is proud to back them on this exciting journey.”

Real-world Impact Already Visible

Beyond the impressive numbers, Emergent’s potential is perhaps best understood through its early adopters. A jewellery store owner in Michigan built an app to manage pricing across 50 outlets and is now monetizing it by selling the app to others. In another case, a small business digitized wheelchair inventory tracking using just photos and text prompts. A person living with chronic pain created a personal management app tailored to their daily needs, while a UK-based founder of Indian origin launched an EV marketplace app for a rapidly growing sector.

These stories underscore how Emergent’s platform isn’t just about lowering barriers but about unlocking creativity across unexpected domains. It is allowing individuals to solve highly specific, localized problems with tailor-made solutions—something that generic off-the-shelf software rarely delivers.

Emergent’s rise highlights a larger trend: the shifting center of innovation from large engineering teams to individuals empowered by AI. Its AI-first infrastructure was built entirely in-house to guarantee speed, security, and reliability—features that matter both to a solo founder experimenting with an idea and to enterprises looking for scalable solutions.

The startup is not just building a product; it’s positioning itself as a movement toward truly democratized technology. As the lines between “user” and “creator” blur, Emergent could well be the bridge that brings millions into the fold of the digital economy.

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