LocalHost, a startup launchpad, has successfully raised $2.5 million in angel funding from InVideo, RedBull India, Anthropic, and Eros International. The funding aims to enhance LocalHost’s global founder labs and provide support for early-stage startups.
The company plans to utilize the fresh capital to expand infrastructure, reinforce hardware capabilities, grow operational teams globally, and assist additional early-stage founder cohorts. Founded in 2023 by Kei Hayashi, Suhas Sumukh, and Hardeep Gambhir, LocalHost offers in-person labs tailored as a launchpad for young technical and creative founders working at the convergence of media, software, and hardware.
In India, LocalHost conducts a 50-day founder lab in Bengaluru, selecting 15 founders per cohort to collaborate on projects spanning AI agents, robotics, India-native language models, and multidisciplinary media products. Beyond India, the company operates labs in Tokyo and Cluj-Napoca, with expansion plans in San Francisco, alongside hardware-focused labs set for Japan and France. These labs provide communal workspaces, hardware access, operational backing, and a community fund to eliminate minor execution obstacles.
Since its establishment in India, LocalHost has hosted cohorts attended by more than 30 venture partners and ecosystem participants. Notable startups that have emerged from the program include Maya Research, Prava Payments, Dawn Labs, Whisperwave, Markov, and Flashmates.
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