We Invested in Three Companies Building the Infrastructure Behind Business Growth
The biggest opportunities are often found in the systems most people overlook.
Not consumer apps.
Not trends.
Infrastructure.
The tools and platforms that help businesses operate more efficiently, expand into new markets, and reach customers at scale.
Today, we're excited to announce our investment in three companies building across fintech, global expansion, and AI-native telecommunications: Subcidys, NOBOCO, and KrosAI.
While each operates in a different industry, all three are solving operational bottlenecks that prevent businesses from growing.
💳 Subcidys | Building the Financial Operating System for MSMEs
Small and medium-sized businesses are the backbone of most economies.
Yet many still rely on fragmented systems to manage payments, billing, collections, and access to credit.
The result is limited visibility into cash flow, delayed payments, and restricted access to the working capital needed to grow.
Subcidys is building a unified financial operating system designed specifically for MSMEs.
The platform combines billing, payments, collections, credit access, and business banking into a single solution, helping businesses manage finances more efficiently while unlocking access to capital.
What stood out to us was the early traction:
- Trusted by 150+ MSMEs
- ₹10L+ in payments processed
- 20% month-over-month growth
- 5+ active financial products
- Strategic partnerships with lending and payments infrastructure providers already underway
As more businesses digitize their operations, platforms that become the financial system of record for MSMEs have the potential to create significant long-term value.
🌏 NOBOCO | Rebuilding How Companies Expand Internationally
Expanding into a new country remains one of the most fragmented processes in business.
Every new market often requires new consultants, new partners, new research, and entirely new operational workflows.
For most businesses, expansion means starting from scratch every time.
NOBOCO is building a technology-enabled infrastructure layer for global market entry.
Instead of relying on disconnected consultants and localized processes, the company has developed a repeatable framework supported by its Bridgebase platform, giving businesses visibility, workflows, market intelligence, and execution support across multiple markets.
The company has already demonstrated meaningful validation:
- Operating in Japan, one of the world's most complex market-entry environments
- Supporting businesses across F&B, fashion, industrial, and service sectors
- Building relationships with distributors, hotel groups, and retail chains
- Generating inbound interest from licensing partners across Japan, APAC, and Italy
- Addressing a fragmented global market-entry industry estimated at $40–60 billion annually
If successful, NOBOCO could become a foundational system for how SMEs expand internationally.
📞 KrosAI | Bringing AI-Native Communications to Emerging Markets
Most conversations between businesses and customers still happen through voice.
That is especially true across Africa, MENA, LATAM, and other emerging markets where phone-based interactions remain the primary channel for customer engagement.
Yet deploying AI agents into traditional telecommunications infrastructure remains difficult, expensive, and highly fragmented.
KrosAI is building AI-native phone infrastructure that allows developers and enterprises to deploy AI agents directly through local phone numbers.
By abstracting away complex telecommunications integrations, KrosAI enables businesses to deploy voice AI systems faster and more reliably.
The company's early traction reflects growing demand:
- 600+ users
- 10,000+ AI calls processed
- $3,000 monthly recurring revenue
- 50% month-over-month growth across revenue and users
- Winner of Abu Dhabi Demo Day
- Supported by Microsoft for Startups and Google Cloud for Startups programs
As AI adoption accelerates globally, infrastructure that connects AI directly to real-world communication channels will become increasingly important.
The Common Thread
At first glance, fintech, international expansion, and telecommunications may seem unrelated.
But the underlying challenge is the same.
Businesses spend enormous amounts of time navigating inefficient systems.
Whether it's:
- managing finances,
- entering new markets,
- or communicating with customers,
the opportunity lies in simplifying the underlying infrastructure.
That's exactly what Subcidys, NOBOCO, and KrosAI are doing.
Each company is building tools that help businesses move faster, operate more effectively, and scale with less friction.
That's the type of founder we love backing at LvlUp Ventures.
We're proud to have Subcidys, NOBOCO, and KrosAI in the portfolio as they continue building toward their next milestones. 🚀
