Bengaluru — June 4, 2026 — Social distribution fintech platform WeRize has secured $7 million in a pre-Series C round, led by Sony Innovation Fund with participation from existing investor 3one4 Capital. This latest raise brings the company’s total equity capital to more than $28 million since inception.
The Bengaluru- and Mumbai-based firm plans to use the fresh capital to strengthen its AI-driven technology stack, expand into investment products such as mutual funds and online bonds, launch secured co-branded credit cards and housing loans, and prepare for an eventual IPO.
Co-founder and CEO Vishal Chopra highlighted the opportunity in small-city India, where 300 million people are actively earning and saving but remain underserved by traditional financial systems. Co-founder and Chief AI Officer Himanshu Gupta added that WeRize has built a proprietary AI engine over six years, trained on 20 billion data points from 4 million households, enabling automated underwriting and product recommendations.
Operating an asset-light model with zero physical branches, WeRize delivers credit, insurance, and investment products across more than 5,000 cities and towns in six Indian languages. Financially, the company has been profitable for three consecutive years, with an annualized gross revenue rate of $65 million, net revenue run rate of $32 million, and pre-tax profit exceeding $7 million, alongside a BBB (Stable) credit rating from India Ratings.
Sony Ventures CEO Kazuhito Hadano praised WeRize’s execution in expanding financial access to underserved customers while building a sustainable, profitable business. The funding underscores investor confidence in WeRize’s mission to transform financial services for small-city India through AI-powered distribution.
