Giva

Three founders put ₹10 lakh into silver, the one metal Indian jewellery brands had left to the local shop.

Small and new·From India·Founded 2019·Members

At a glance

Founded
2019 in Bengaluru, on an investment of about ₹10 lakh.1
Founded by
Ishendra Agarwal, Nikita Prasad and Sachin Shetty, with Aditya Labroo made a co-founder in 2025.14
Home
Bengaluru.2
Owned by
Its founders and its investors. Creaegis led a ₹530 crore Series C in June 2025 beside Premji Invest, Epiq Capital and Edelweiss Discovery Fund.3
What it sells
925 sterling silver jewellery to begin with, and now 14K and 18K gold and lab-grown diamonds.3
Size
₹518 crore of revenue in the year to March 2025, up 89 per cent, against a loss of ₹72 crore.2

How it got here

2019

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Agarwal decided on jewellery in January and met Nikita Prasad and Sachin Shetty in April, and the website went up the following month.1 The three put in about ₹10 lakh.1

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Sources for what is above

  1. 1From struggling for orders to Rs 4,900 crore brand: How Ishendra Agarwal built GIVA into a jewellery powerhouseMoneycontrol · 27 August 2026 · moneycontrol.com
  2. 2GIVA’s revenue jumps 89% to Rs 518 Cr in FY25Entrackr · 13 February 2026 · entrackr.com
  3. 3GIVA raises Rs 530 Cr in Series C round led by CreaegisEntrackr · 25 June 2025 · entrackr.com
  4. 4Giva raises ₹530 crore to tap India's growing demand for lab-made diamondsMint · 25 June 2025 · livemint.com
  5. 7Giva in talks to close Rs 150-200 crore funding at Rs 4,400-crore valuationThe Economic Times · 23 January 2026 · m.economictimes.com

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