Kluisz Rebrands as Nava Raises $22M for AI Neocloud

Kluisz has officially rebranded as Nava and raised $21.7 million (roughly ₹180 crore) in a Series A round led by Greenoaks Capital, with follow-on participation from RTP Global and Unicorn India Ventures. The company is executing a strategic pivot from selling private-cloud services for enterprises toward operating as a GPU-as-a-service provider — self-described as a "neocloud." CEO and co-founder Abhinav Sinha frames the move as building "a full stack new cloud platform," and confirms the plan to "build AI data centres and GPU compute."

The term neocloud implies a vertically integrated, cloud-like offering optimized for large-scale model training and inference: colocated GPU clusters, orchestration for GPU workloads, and data-centre-level networking and cooling. For regional enterprises and AI startups in India and Southeast Asia, access to locally deployed GPU capacity reduces latency, compliance friction, and cross-border data transfers compared with importing overseas cloud GPUs.

The Series A is $21.7M (~₹180 crore). Greenoaks Capital led the round; RTP Global and Unicorn India Ventures participated. Nava intends to roll out GPU clusters across India, Singapore and other Southeast Asian markets. The rebrand accompanies a product and go-to-market pivot from private clouds to AI-focused infrastructure, emphasizing both hardware (GPU compute, AI data centres) and the software/stack to deliver it as a service.

One, more regional GPU capacity expands choices for ML engineers and teams managing data residency and latency constraints. Two, a new vendor building integrated GPU infrastructure could influence procurement dynamics and pricing in India/SEA, particularly for startups and enterprises seeking alternatives to hyperscaler GPU fleets. Three, Nava’s stack choices (hardware generations, orchestration, multi-tenant security) will matter for workload fit and performance; monitor their instance types, networking topology and pricing.

announcements of specific GPU models, pricing, availability zones, APIs/SDKs for orchestration, partnerships with system integrators, and timelines for data-centre rollouts in India and Singapore. Also track whether Nava opens reseller or cloud-on-ramps with hyperscalers for hybrid deployments.