Spiritual lifestyle app Paavan raises $500-K from Waterbridge Ventures, others

BharatFirst Technologies, the parent company of spiritual lifestyle app maker Paavan, has raised USD 500,000 (approximately INR 4 crore) in a seed round led by Waterbridge Ventures. Angel investors participating in the round included IndiaQuotient General Partner Anand Lunia, Fitso co-founder Saurabh Aggarwal, Giva co-founder Ishendra Agarwal, Animall co-founder Kirti Jangra, Credgencies co-founder Rishabh Goel, and Gocomet co-founder Chitransh Sahai. Available on Google Play, Paavan aims to make the ancient Indian knowledge systems more accessible to the modern world, and help people embrace the Bhartiya way of life. The app features video and text-based content to guide its users with practical lessons drawn from India's rich ancient wisdom, practices and science. BharatFirst will use the new funds raised to further enhance the product, create exclusive content IPs and hire talent across functions and verticals.