DPDzero is a full stack human and AI collections platform built for India’s leading lenders.
Fintech platform DPDzero has bagged $7 million in Series A funding round led by GMO Venture Partners. The capital will be utlised in developing a multi-lingual AI collection agent and to launch of a network of professional field collection agents.
The round also saw SMBC Asia Rising Fund and Blume Ventures doubling on their existing investments, along with partcipation from India Quotient, Sinarmas Group, and other investors.
“Collection has been the ignored stepchild of lending; it’s low tech, low intelligence, and worryingly, low ethics, as well. We are building the collections company India has been waiting for – reinventing everything from the ground up, bringing back the dignity it really deserves,” Ananth Shroff, CEO and founder of DPDzero, shares his motivation.
In the last 18 months, DPDzero’s revenue has grown by sixfold, and the company has a clientile which includes Tata Capital, Moneyview, L&T Finance, Manappuram Finance, and others with India’s largest banks expected to onboard shortly.
DPDzero is a full stack human and AI collections platform built for India’s leading lenders. It combines AI, automation and ethical human intervention to help institutions accelerate recoveries, improve borrower experience and put collections on autopilot.
Published on August 6, 2025
