Chai Bisket Raises ₹42 Cr to Launch Chai Shots

We’re proud (and a little emotional) to share that we’ve officially raised ₹42 crore in seed funding to launch Chai Shots, our bold new OTT platform built for vertical-format short fiction.

The round values the company at ₹133.3 crore, and is co-led by InfoEdge Ventures and General Catalyst, with participation from over 30 iconic angel investors who’ve built, backed, and believed in the best of India’s internet and entertainment ecosystem.

Who's Backing Us

  • InfoEdge Ventures

  • General Catalyst

And angels who’ve built the platforms we admire:

  • Rohit Chennamaneni (Darwinbox)

  • Harsha Majety & Nandan Reddy (Swiggy)

  • Aravind Sanka (Rapido)

  • Phanindra Sama (Redbus)

  • Rana Daggubati (Actor & Entrepreneur)
    …and a handpicked group of founders, operators, and creators who see the future we’re building.

Why This Matters

For years, we’ve felt the gap.
A space where short-format stories could live, breathe, and punch above their length.
Where regional storytelling wasn’t a subcategory, It was the main act.

With Chai shots, we’re finally bringing that vision to life.

A mobile-first OTT platform for vertical, high-emotion, high-friction microdramas in Telugu first, and soon across Indian languages.

Think:

  • Cinematic stories under 5 minutes

  • Written, directed, and produced by the best indie & regional talent

  • Designed for swipe-age India where every second counts, and every story hits hard

What This Round Fuels

  • 100+ original dramas in production

  • A powerful mobile experience designed for drama-on-the-go

  • Cutting-edge discovery + experimental formats

  • Creator tools, monetization infra, and powerful analytics

  • Language expansion beyond Telugu

  • A community-first platform where drama travels fast

This funding is more than capital, it’s a signal.
That the future of Indian storytelling isn’t just in longform, big-budget sagas.
It’s also in the raw, honest, wildly emotional stories that can unfold in under 3 minutes — and still stay with you all day.

We’re grateful to every investor, believer, creator, and fan who’s with us at this starting line.

Now it’s time to roll camera.
Chai Shots is coming.