NextBillion.ai
NextBillion.ai provides customizable APIs and tools for location-based applications like routing and tracking. The Singapore-based company has raised $37M, most recently in a Series B round in September 2022, and employs 72 people.
The growth story
NextBillion.ai grew from 36 to 72 employees between 2020 and 2026, raising $37M along the way, most recently a Series B in September 2022.
About
NextBillion.ai sells a suite of APIs, SDKs and tools for location-based applications including routing, optimization, navigation and tracking. Its customers are global enterprises across industries like logistics, healthcare and retail that need to integrate these capabilities into their existing workflows.
The company has raised $37M in funding, including a Series B round in September 2022 led by investors like Lightspeed India Partners and Alpha Wave Global. It employs 72 people, with engineering making up its largest function at 15 staff.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is NextBillion.ai's largest function with 15 staff. The company has a median tenure of 4 years, suggesting relatively stable leadership and organization.
The NextBillion.ai org chart
Gaurav Bubna (Co-Founder) leads 24 mapped leaders with 3 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Information Technology 18 (0% YoY), Engineering 16 (+7% YoY), Consulting 5 (0% YoY), Finance 4 (0% YoY), Business Development 4 (-20% YoY), Program and Project Management 4 (0% YoY).
Talent flow
NextBillion.ai hires heavily from GlobalLogic, Grab and Wipro, each contributing 4-6 staff. Alumni most often move to Savant Labs, stratomaps and Google Operations Center.
Most common previous employers of NextBillion.ai staff: GlobalLogic (6), Grab (4), Wipro (4), Freshworks (2), Evoke Technologies (2), TomTom (2). Former NextBillion.ai employees most often moved to Savant Labs (3), stratomaps (2), GobbleCube (2), Google Operations Center (2), Amazon (2), American Express (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The NextBillion.ai mafia
NextBillion.ai alumni have founded 5 companies, including Voicing AI (65 staff) and Doffair (9 staff).
5Abhi Kumar, was Investor, Board Director until 2023Mourya Kompelly, was Senior Program Manager until 2025Ajay Bulusu, was Co-Founder until 2026Ashish Dave, was Investor & Board Member until 2025Nilay Jayswal, was Growth Marketer until 2024Web traffic
Traffic mix: 38% direct, 56% search, 1% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at NextBillion.ai: Management (14), Communication (13), Microsoft Excel (13), Project Management (13), Leadership (12), SQL (12), Product Management (11), Team Management (11).
Where the team actually sits
NextBillion.ai people are concentrated in Telangana, India (18), Karnataka, India (6), Singapore (6), Tamil Nadu, India (4). 2 offices on record.
Search footprint
NextBillion.ai attracts about 6,836 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $90K a month if bought through ads. It gained 3,293 ranking keywords and lost 1,398 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.10 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.20 / 5
- Senior management
- 4.20 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 4.40 / 5
Frequently asked
NextBillion.ai has 72 employees as of September 2026.
NextBillion.ai has raised $37M in total, most recently a Series B round in September 2022.
NextBillion.ai was founded in 2020 by Gaurav Bubna, Kate Williams.
Gaurav Bubna (Co-Founder) sits at the top of NextBillion.ai's reporting structure, with 3 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current NextBillion.ai staff are GlobalLogic (6 people), Grab (4 people), Wipro (4 people).
Former NextBillion.ai employees most often move to Savant Labs (3), stratomaps (2), GobbleCube (2).
At least 5 companies have a founder who previously worked at NextBillion.ai, including Voicing AI, Doffair, 150.fit.
NextBillion.ai attracts about 6,836 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $90K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among NextBillion.ai staff are Management, Communication, Microsoft Excel, Project Management, Leadership.
NextBillion.ai staff are concentrated in Telangana, India (18), Karnataka, India (6), Singapore (6).
NextBillion.ai has about 18 people in Information Technology, up 0% over the past year, as of September 2026.
NextBillion.ai has about 16 people in Engineering, up 7% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 49 current and 90 former NextBillion.ai profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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