KGeN - About the company
KGeN is a series A company based in Bengaluru (India), founded in 2022 by Manish Agarwal. It operates as an Operator of verified distribution protocol for AI gaming and DeFi users. KGeN has raised $42.8M in funding from Accel and Aptos. The company has 254 active competitors, including 60 funded and 5 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Scale AI, 0G Labs and Gaia.
Company Details
Operator of verified distribution protocol for AI gaming and DeFi users. The platform builds user identities and reputations through on-chain verification, gamified quests, and community engagement to enable targeted user acquisition, retention, and rewards. It supports AI training data labeling, model evaluation, loyalty programs, and e-commerce via the Proof of Gamer (PoG) engine. Users earn rKGEN tokens, participate in clans, and access leaderboards while businesses leverage verified user data for campaigns. The ecosystem focuses on real-user interactions across emerging markets.
- Website
- kgen.io
- Email ID
- *****@kgen.io
- Registered Address
- 1147 KP Icon, 4th Floor, 12th Main, HAL II Stage, Indiranagar (Bangalore), Bangalore, Bangalore North, Karnataka, India, 560038
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2022
Location
Bengaluru, India
Stage
Series A
Total Funding
$42.8M in 4 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
2nd among 254 active competitors
Annual Revenue
₹50 - ₹100 Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
Employee Count
10 as on May 31, 2026
Legal entities associated with KGeN
KGeN is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
WHITE MARTECH SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED CIN: U62099KA2023PTC178138 , India, Active | Sep 04, 2023 | ₹50 - ₹100 Cr (As on Mar 31, 2025) | 10 (As on May 31, 2026) |
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KGeN's funding and investors
KGeN has raised a total funding of $42.8M over 4 rounds. Its first funding round was on Mar 08, 2022. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Oct 04, 2025 for $*****. 3 investors participated in its latest round. KGeN has 11 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of KGeN:
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Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 04, 2025 | 1382620 | Series A | 2973389 | 4068136 | 3652494 | 8391950 |
Nov 20, 2024 | 7344235 | Seed | 2715661 | 5907766 | 5485314 | |
Feb 23, 2023 | 9161597 | Seed | 4249193 | 7276434 |
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KGeN's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of KGeN is Manish Agarwal.
Here are the details of KGeN's key team members:
- Manish Agarwal: Co-Founder of KGeN and founder of 3 other companies, Adela, Kratos Studios and Kratos Studios. They are also an angel investor in 3 startups.
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KGeN's employee count trend
KGeN has 10 employees as of May 26. The total employee count is 86.0% lower than what it was in May 25. Here is KGeN's employee count trend over the years:
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KGeN's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of KGeN include Scale AI, 0G Labs and Gaia. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of KGeN, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Scale AI 2016, San Francisco (United States), Series G | Labeled data to train AI applications | $15.9B | 75/100 | |
2nd | Operator of verified distribution protocol for AI gaming and DeFi users | $42.8M | 62/100 | ||
3rd | 0G Labs 2023, San Francisco (United States), Seed | Provider of modular blockchain infrastructure for decentralized artificial intelligence workloads | $75M | 68/100 | |
4th | Gaia 2024, Berkeley (United States), Series A | Blockchain-based decentralized computing infrastructure | $20M | 65/100 | |
5th | iMerit 2012, San Jose (United States), Series B | AI based data annotation, model fine-tuning, and validation solutions | $24.3M | 63/100 | |
6th | Platform for AI training and development | $7M | 60/100 | ||
7th | Refuel 2021, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Provider of a platform using LLMs to transform enterprise data | $5.2M | 57/100 | |
8th | Raiinmaker 2019, Seattle (United States), Seed | Decentralized AI platform that enables users to contribute to the development of AI models | $12.5M | 56/100 | |
9th | BetterButter 2015, Delhi (India), Acquired | Online social platform to discover popular dishes and recipes | $1.23M | 54/100 | |
10th | Developer of relational blockchain platforms and decentralized technology software solutions | $10.1M | 51/100 |
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KGeN's Investments and acquisitions
KGeN has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to KGeN
Here is the latest report on KGeN's sector:
News related to KGeN
Media has covered KGeN for a total of 3 events in the last 1 year, 1 of them has been about company updates and 1 about partnerships.
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KGeN Launches $KGeN 2.0, Linking Revenue to Perpetual Token Supply ReductionGlobeNewswire•Jun 05, 2026•KGeN, Jump Crypto, prosus-ventures.us, Accel
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KGEN Partners With Playnance to Power Global Gaming DistributionBitcoin•Mar 16, 2026•KGeN, Playnance
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Unmannd Raises $2 Mn in Pre-Seed Round Led by Speciale Invest and AccelEntrackr•Sep 30, 2025•UNMANND, Speciale Invest, Accel, Unmanned Defense Systems and 2 others
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KGeN announced the completion of another $13.5M funding roundCryptopolitan•Sep 30, 2025•KGeN, Jump Crypto, Prosus, Accel
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Telegram Game ‘Dino Tycoon’ Partners with KGeN to Expand into India and Accelerate On-chain GamingChainWire•Jul 16, 2025•KGeN
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KGeN and Mira Network partner to build AI agents in gamesPocket Gamer•Feb 11, 2025•KGeN, Mira Network
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GOAT Gaming lands US$4M to scale AI-driven Web3 gaming on Telegrame27•Feb 03, 2025•GOAT Gaming, Ton Ventures, Karatage, Bitscale and 24 others
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KGeN raises $9.5M to decentralize gamer data ownershipLatamList•Nov 28, 2024•KGeN, Aptos, Polygon, Game7
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Decentralised gamer network KGeN bags $10 mn funding led by Aptos Labs; valuation jumps to $500 mnMoneycontrol•Nov 20, 2024•KGeN, Aptos, Polygon, Game 7 In and 2 others
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In partnership with Chroma, KGEN, IB2 user Web3Acceleration of ecosystem expansionNewswire•Sep 23, 2024•Kroma, KGeN
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