Rovia, a global wealth platform helping equity-rich professionals transfer, manage, and grow their wealth across borders, has raised $1 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Antler India, along with co-investors CDM Capital, AC Ventures, Operators Studio and angels across US and India. The startup said its online platform enables users to transfer, diversify, and reinvest their equity compensation with significantly reduced friction. It claims to have secured registration as an SEC-registered investment adviser in the United States.
"I spent years watching this problem up close, first as an investor studying wealth infrastructure globally, then inside Zolve where I saw how much value international employees were leaking every time they tried to access their own money," said Shivang Badaya, Co-Founder and CEO of Rovia.
Since launching its beta, Rovia has been growing assets under management at 100% month-on-month, and is currently tracking over $60 million in RSUs and equity compensation assets across its user base, sourced from employees at more than 300 companies.
"The $1.5 trillion sitting in equity compensation globally is one of the most under-managed pools of individual wealth, only growing further with the AI boom. However, international employees are at a structural disadvantage and lose significant value when trying to manage or diversify, because of friction in various forms. We have watched Shivang and Arnav closely, as they iterated organically via the Antler Residency, and arrived at this massive opportunity. Their prior experience gives them both a rich understanding of this customer, and an understanding of how to scale product infrastructure for a cross-border financial play", said Nitin Sharma, Partner at Antler India.
About Rovia
Rovia has been co-founded in 2025 by Shivang Badaya (Co-Founder and CEO) and Arnav Grover (Co-Founder and CPO). The startup is building financial infrastructure for millions of international tech employees, particularly professionals at US-listed technology companies, whose wealth is increasingly tied to equity compensation but who face significant friction in accessing and diversifying it.