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• Xportel raises seed funding from Rukam Sitara, Flipkart Ventures, and Venture Catalysts to scale global trade solutions.
• Offers end-to-end digital platform for Indian SMEs covering discovery, documentation, logistics, and compliance.
• Aligns with India’s $2T export goal by empowering MSMEs to seamlessly sell across borders.

Xportel, a technology-driven startup disrupting the globalized business approach of Indian companies, raised an undisclosed amount in its current seed round. Rukam Sitara and Flipkart Ventures are co-leading the round, while Venture Catalysts and well-known angel investors from the logistics and trade-tech industries participated as well.

Established by Anshul Mahindru, Darpan Lamba, and Sanchit Narang, Xportel is a full-stack export enablement platform meant to assist Indian SMEs and digital-first brands in expanding internationally across markets. From finding export opportunities to navigating documentation, logistics, and regulatory compliance, the platform is meant to facilitate every aspect of the cross-border trade process.

The new capital will be utilized to upgrade the startup's technology platform, strengthen its sales and operations staff, and enhance product innovation and marketing initiatives. Xportel intends to grow its exporter community and increase automation across compliance procedures, customs forms, and post-shipment monitoring.

"With a desire to make exporting as seamless as domestic selling for Indian businesses," Xportel Co-founder Sanchit Narang declared. "This investment will enable us to create a strong cross-border ecosystem from pre-order to post-shipment making global trade accessible to Indian brands in earnest."

Archana Jahagirdar, Managing Partner and Founder of Rukam Sitara, highlighted the need to fill India's export readiness gap:

"Xportel's vision is totally in tandem with the vision of India emerging as an export powerhouse. Their digitally enabled, end-to-end solution can unleash tremendous value for MSMEs and new-gen brands that seek to grow globally."

With India planning to reach $2 trillion in exports by 2030, all eyes are turning quickly towards digital infrastructure that will give micro, small, and medium businesses the ability to compete at a global scale. While contributing close to 45–50% of India's entire export volume, MSMEs still suffer from fragmented workflows, restricted overseas access, and outdated systems.

Xportel is striving to address this by presenting a digital-first, integrated solution for exports automating the documentation to booking and real-time shipment tracking. With increasing global aspirations of India, Xportel stands as a key facilitator for the next-generation Indian sellers going global.