Social network app Currently raises $1 Mn led by Aarvi Family Office

Social network app Currently has raised $1 million in a funding round led by Aarvi Family Office LLP along with participation from LJ Knowledge Foundation, Dhruv Patel, Pratik Patel, Neerav Dad, Arpit Patel, Priyank Parmar, and other investors and family offices.

The fresh funds will be used to introduce new real-time features, upgrade tech, expand engineering and design teams, and grow city-based communities and brand partnerships, Currently said in a press release.

Launched in 2023 by Mitesh Shethwala, Currently is a real-time moment sharing app that helps people discover what others are doing right now, fostering genuine connections, conversations, and local interactions. It focuses on authenticity and spontaneity, redefining how people connect and share their lives.

With features such as Live Map, Authentic Status Sharing, and Business Check Ins, the platform aims to evolve into India’s first real-time people network, a digital layer that reconnects people in the physical world and celebrates being present.

Social media was supposed to make us social in the real world — but today, it’s more about entertainment and ads. Currently brings back authenticity by showing what people are doing right now, not what algorithms decide. We are not replacing anything — we are rebuilding what social media was meant to be,” said Mitesh Shethwala, founder of Currently.