Morsa Raises $1.5 Million Led by Jackson Square Ventures
Jackson Square Ventures led the pre-seed round in Morsa, with the a16z Scout Fund also taking part.
Key Takeaways
- Morsa raised $1.5 million in a pre-seed round.
- Jackson Square Ventures led the round, with the a16z Scout Fund taking part.
- Morsa builds an AI COO that works inside ERP systems and WhatsApp groups.
- At the J4S glass plant, on-time task completion rose from 30% to 75%, the company said.
- Satvik Kapoor and Vedant Singh founded Morsa in June 2026.
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Morsa, a startup building an "AI COO" for manufacturing plants, has raised $1.5 million in a pre-seed round led by Silicon Valley-based Jackson Square Ventures (JSV). The company operates under its parent, Lunar Inc.
The a16z Scout Fund also took part in the round. Morsa was founded in June 2026 by Satvik Kapoor, who is CEO, and Vedant Singh, who is CTO.
Morsa funding at a glance
| Detail | Morsa |
|---|---|
| Amount | $1.5 million |
| Round | Pre-seed |
| Lead investor | Jackson Square Ventures (JSV) |
| Other investor | a16z Scout Fund |
| Parent company | Lunar Inc. |
| Sector | AI software for manufacturing plants |
| Founders | Satvik Kapoor (CEO) and Vedant Singh (CTO) |
What Morsa does
Morsa calls its product an "AI COO" for factories. The software sits on top of the systems a plant already uses, such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), along with email and messaging apps like WhatsApp, Microsoft Teams and Slack. Workers do not have to learn a new dashboard.
The company said its system reads operational data and shop-floor conversations to spot bottlenecks, assign owners to tasks, chase suppliers, re-plan schedules and check that work is done.
How Morsa performed at a glass plant
One of Morsa's early deployments was at J4S, a glass manufacturing facility with 120 employees, where it was connected to the plant's existing ERP software and its operational WhatsApp groups. According to the company, the system tracked about 900 operational commitments over four weeks, and the share of tasks completed on time rose from 30% to 75%.
Morsa said it is now active across multiple plants, supporting 212 personnel across 75 operational group chats, including at a Tier-1 automotive supplier that it did not name.
Morsa's journey so far
| When | Milestone |
|---|---|
| June 2026 | Morsa is founded |
| November 2026 | Morsa announces a $1.5 million pre-seed round led by Jackson Square Ventures |
Who founded Morsa
Satvik Kapoor graduated in Computer Science from the University of Michigan and has worked at Amazon and Perplexity. He grew up around his family's manufacturing businesses. Vedant Singh previously built a platform that served over 500,000 users.
Morsa's founders on speed and autonomous factories
"The limit is never the machines. It's how fast a plant can decide and act."
"Industry 4.0 connected factories; agentic manufacturing will make them autonomous."
What Morsa says it will do with the money
Morsa said the capital will go towards product development and scaling its deployments across manufacturing plants in India and the United States.
Where Morsa stands after its pre-seed round
Morsa, founded in June 2026, has raised $1.5 million from Jackson Square Ventures and the a16z Scout Fund. The company said it now supports 212 personnel across 75 operational group chats in multiple plants. It said the new money will be used to scale deployments across plants in India and the United States.
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