Darwinbox sells an AI-native HR management (HCM) platform for large enterprises.
darwinbox.comLinkedInHyderabadHR techFounded 2015
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The release does not state a financing stage, valuation, or headquarters. KKR and Partners Group are identified as leads of Darwinbox’s earlier US$140 million round, while the other named backers are background investors.
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The release identifies Partners Group and funds managed by KKR as co-leads, with Gravity Holdings participating. The other named investors are listed only as Darwinbox backers, not as participants in this round.
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The supplied source does not state a round stage or name any investors. It reports that the funding brought Darwinbox’s valuation above US$1 billion.
Investors read as leads [TCV], participants [] (darwinbox.com): Darwinbox's announcement: the $72 million round was led by TCV; sole investor, so the lead; checked by hand
Published by hand (prnewswire.com): "Darwinbox, Asia's fastest growing HR tech platform, marks another milestone with a $72MN funding round led by Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV)": hand check (thin-history D): the cited page states this round; date and amount match after today's fixes
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The supplied company release is dated January 19, 2021; the record’s January 18 date is not supported by the release itself.
Published by hand (darwinbox.com): "We are excited to share we’ve raised $15mn funding from Salesforce Ventures - the investment arm of the largest cloud player in the world.": hand check (thin-history D): the company's own post states the round
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Published by hand (cnbctv18.com): "Darwinbox, a cloud-based integrated human resource (HR) technology platform, raised a funding of $15 million( Rs 105 crore) in a Series B round of funding led by Sequoia India.": hand check (thin-history D): the cited page states this round; date and amount match after today's fixes
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The release says the round was led by Lightspeed India Partners, with participation from the three other listed investors. The Hyderabad dateline is not evidence of headquarters.
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| Funding round [ HISTORY ]: An earlier round, from the company's own announcement, found while researching the company. Checked like any round, but not new, so it stays out of the daily feed and alerts; a date range shows it. | $40M | 2025-08-14 | Teachers' Venture Growth | No recent discussion |
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The release does not state a financing stage, valuation, or headquarters. KKR and Partners Group are identified as leads of Darwinbox’s earlier US$140 million round, while the other named backers are background investors. | ||||
Darwinbox is aimed at the problem its founders describe as static, hard-to-use legacy HR systems, offering a mobile-first, configurable and AI-enabled platform for the full employee lifecycle. The traction and funding are material because the company says it serves more than 1,000 enterprises and nearly 4 million employees in 130-plus countries, while its $140 million 2025 investment and subsequent $40 million TVG investment fund global expansion and further AI innovation.
| Funding round [ REPORTED LATER ]: This round was announced before Fireround first saw it. It stays in the company's history, not in Latest, Trending, or alerts. | $140M | 2025-03-05 | KKR, Partners Group | No recent discussion |
6 sources [ VERIFIED ] read against 4 of 6 sources The release identifies Partners Group and funds managed by KKR as co-leads, with Gravity Holdings participating. The other named investors are listed only as Darwinbox backers, not as participants in this round. [ BUILT WITH ]·[ SEARCH ]found by Firecrawl search·[ SCRAPE ]6 pages read: newsroom.darwinbox.com, google.com·[ JSON ]round read into a schema, with the sentence that states it·[ VERIFY ]confirmedchecked against 4 of 6 sources·[ BRANDING ]logo and colour from the homepage·[ AGENT ]company research by the Firecrawl agent | ||||
| Series D [ HISTORY ]: An earlier round, from the company's own announcement, found while researching the company. Checked like any round, but not new, so it stays out of the daily feed and alerts; a date range shows it. | $72M at more than $1 billion valuation | 2022-01-25 | TCV | No recent discussion |
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The supplied source does not state a round stage or name any investors. It reports that the funding brought Darwinbox’s valuation above US$1 billion. Investors read as leads [TCV], participants [] (darwinbox.com): Darwinbox's announcement: the $72 million round was led by TCV; sole investor, so the lead; checked by hand Published by hand (prnewswire.com): "Darwinbox, Asia's fastest growing HR tech platform, marks another milestone with a $72MN funding round led by Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV)": hand check (thin-history D): the cited page states this round; date and amount match after today's fixes [ BUILT WITH ]·[ SEARCH ]found by Firecrawl search·[ SCRAPE ]2 pages read: newsroom.darwinbox.com, prnewswire.com·[ JSON ]round read into a schema, with the sentence that states it·[ VERIFY ]correctedchecked against 1 of 2 sources·[ BRANDING ]logo and colour from the homepage·[ AGENT ]company research by the Firecrawl agent | ||||
| Funding round [ HISTORY ]: An earlier round, from the company's own announcement, found while researching the company. Checked like any round, but not new, so it stays out of the daily feed and alerts; a date range shows it. | $15M | 2021-01-19 | Salesforce Ventures | No recent discussion |
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The supplied company release is dated January 19, 2021; the record’s January 18 date is not supported by the release itself. Published by hand (darwinbox.com): "We are excited to share we’ve raised $15mn funding from Salesforce Ventures - the investment arm of the largest cloud player in the world.": hand check (thin-history D): the company's own post states the round [ BUILT WITH ]·[ SEARCH ]found by Firecrawl search·[ SCRAPE ]1 page read: darwinbox.com·[ JSON ]round read into a schema, with the sentence that states it·[ VERIFY ]correctedchecked against 1 source·[ BRANDING ]logo and colour from the homepage·[ AGENT ]company research by the Firecrawl agent | ||||
| Series B [ HISTORY ]: An earlier round, from the company's own announcement, found while researching the company. Checked like any round, but not new, so it stays out of the daily feed and alerts; a date range shows it. | $15M | 2019-09-25 | Sequoia Capital India | No recent discussion |
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Published by hand (cnbctv18.com): "Darwinbox, a cloud-based integrated human resource (HR) technology platform, raised a funding of $15 million( Rs 105 crore) in a Series B round of funding led by Sequoia India.": hand check (thin-history D): the cited page states this round; date and amount match after today's fixes [ BUILT WITH ]·[ SEARCH ]found by Firecrawl search·[ SCRAPE ]2 pages read: darwinbox.com, cnbctv18.com·[ JSON ]round read into a schema, with the sentence that states it·[ VERIFY ]confirmedchecked against 1 of 2 sources·[ BRANDING ]logo and colour from the homepage·[ AGENT ]company research by the Firecrawl agent | ||||
| Series A [ HISTORY ]: An earlier round, from the company's own announcement, found while researching the company. Checked like any round, but not new, so it stays out of the daily feed and alerts; a date range shows it. | $4M | 2017-06-20 | Lightspeed India Partners | No recent discussion |
1 source [ VERIFIED ] read against 1 source The release says the round was led by Lightspeed India Partners, with participation from the three other listed investors. The Hyderabad dateline is not evidence of headquarters. [ BUILT WITH ]·[ SEARCH ]found by Firecrawl search·[ SCRAPE ]1 page read: prnewswire.com·[ JSON ]round read into a schema, with the sentence that states it·[ VERIFY ]confirmedchecked against 1 source·[ BRANDING ]logo and colour from the homepage·[ AGENT ]company research by the Firecrawl agent | ||||
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Also named as backers in company research: Microsoft, Peak XV Partners, SCB 10X