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About Ximverse

We're rebuilding the way India ships.

Maritime trade is India's most underserved frontier in technology. We're building the operating system the country's exporters, ports, customs, and banks have been waiting for.

Founded 2024 · Incubated at BITS Pilani · Aligned with MIV 2030

Our origin

Where this came from.

India ships nearly two trillion rupees of goods every year - and most of that paperwork still moves on WhatsApp. That's the wound we're closing.

Ximverse started where most good infrastructure does - at a chai stall outside a hostel at BITS Pilani. The founders were engineering students obsessed with one stubborn observation: India had built world-class digital rails for tax (GST), payments (UPI), and identity (Aadhaar) - and yet the country's biggest economic activity, exports, was still moving on PDFs and WhatsApp.

The wedge became obvious the more we listened to operators. CHAs maintaining nine versions of a Bill of Lading on Google Drive. Bankers waiting weeks to verify a single shipment. Truck drivers driving back from Mumbai port empty because nobody could match them to the next load. Each of these is a separate problem on the surface - but underneath, they all share one root cause: documents are dead paperwork instead of live intelligence.

We started with HSN intelligence - the wedge into the broader platform. The first module is live. The next ones map directly to Maritime India Vision 2030's digital-trade priorities. We're not building a marketplace. We're building the operational layer that everything else stands on.

What we believe

A mission. A horizon.

Mission

Make every shipment legible.

From the Bill of Lading to the bank - every document a structured, queryable record. No more "final final draft v2" chaos. No more lost shipments. No more silos.

Vision

By 2035, no Indian exporter loses a deal to paperwork.

India is on track to triple its merchandise exports this decade. We want the documentation layer to never be the bottleneck - for the smallest MSME or the largest shipping line.

Partners & Accreditation

Built with the institutions
backing Indian innovation.

We didn't get here alone. These are the institutions that incubated, mentor, and validate the work.

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BITS Pilani

Incubator

Where the founders met and where the earliest product thinking took shape. Continues to mentor through the institute's incubation programme.

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PW School of Startup

Startup school

Hands-on operator-led mentorship - from product, to GTM, to fundraising - anchored in deep India market context.

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PW Institute of Innovation

Innovation lab

Access to research, applied-tech advisors and co-build infrastructure. Helps us move from prototype to platform faster.

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MeitY Startup Hub

GENESIS cohort

Selected under the GENESIS programme by MeitY Startup Hub - the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology's flagship initiative supporting early-stage deep-tech startups across India.

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PIEDS - Incubation Centre BITS Pilani

PIEDS

Incubator

Incubation Centre at BITS Pilani - providing startup support, mentorship, guidance, and networking to help early-stage ventures scale.

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Govt of India · Ministry-accepted

Government accreditation

Recognised as an accepted service provider - work directly aligned with Maritime India Vision 2030 priorities for digital trade.

Incubated · Mentored · Government-Recognised

Est. 2024

Built by people who understand trade.

Veteran operators in export-import, supply chain, and infrastructure software - building what we wished existed when we were inside the system.

Sumit Singh Rahar

Co-Founder & CEO

Sumit Singh Rahar

Focused on simplifying fragmented export operations through structured execution workflows.

Exports should feel coordinated, not chaotic.

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Ashutosh Rai

Co-Founder & CTO

Ashutosh Rai

Building the technical infrastructure that scales global trade coordination from the ground up.

Technology should remove friction from global commerce.

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Dhruv Narang

Co-Founder & CPO

Dhruv Narang

Designing operational pipelines that feel intuitive yet remain structurally sound at scale.

Every trade operation deserves a clear, structured flow.

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Karthikeya Bendi

Co-Founder & COO

Karthikeya Bendi

Ensuring every export operation runs as predictable, audit-ready trade infrastructure.

Building the infrastructure India's exporters deserve.

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Aligned with Maritime India Vision 2030