The Bengaluru-based consumer-tech company is building a predictable nanny experience for India’s parents, with reliable and trained caregivers.
Bengaluru, 27th October 2026: Maasi, a Bengaluru-based childcare company, has raised ₹6 crore in a pre-seed round led by Better Capital alongside Antler India, one of the largest pre-seed rounds in India’s childcare category. Angel investors in the round include veteran founders like Rishikesh SR (Rapido), Vaibhav Khandelwal (Shadowfax), Sumit Khandelwal (Xoxoday), Siddhant Goyal (Crane VC) and Sanjay Ramakrishnan (Multiply Ventures).
“Finding reliable childcare is still a gamble for millions of Indian parents. We’re excited to back Aashu, Gargi and Reshov as they bring trust and accountability to it and build a new standard for childcare in India,” said Vaibhav Domkundwar, founder of Better Capital, India’s largest inception-stage venture capital fund.
The round follows a strong start. Maasi’s public launch on 20 October drew a waitlist of more than 4,000 parents within five days. The company has served more than 1,200 parents with over 500 caregivers and is growing 20% week on week.
Half of India’s working women leave their jobs to care for their children. * For families who keep working, the answer is usually a nanny found through a neighbour or a WhatsApp forward, with no training, no accountability and no backup when she leaves. Maasi wants to make that experience predictable.
Maasi currently offers on-demand nannies starting at ₹199 an hour and monthly subscriptions starting at ₹5,999. Every caregiver is verified and trained before she meets a family in a free programme led by preschool directors, nurses and former airline cabin crew trainers.
Its newest category, the Maasi Governess, has drawn particular attention from parents: an English-speaking nanny trained in screen-free engagement and care.
Maasi grew out of Urban Parents Club, a community of more than 8,000 Bengaluru parents where one question came up more than any other: where do I find a nanny I can trust? The founders, all of whom come from families that run schools, decided to answer it after a close friend quit her job because she could not find reliable childcare. ‘Maasi’ is the Hindi word for a mother’s sister: the one person a mother would hand her child to without a second thought.
“This is a tier-A team solving the hardest problem in childcare. Maasi is exclusive by design, with every caregiver held to an exceptionally high bar, and that’s exactly why we backed them,” said Rajiv Srivatsa, Partner at Antler India.
Maasi will use the funds to scale caregiver recruitment and training, build its technology platform and grow its team in Bengaluru.
