Company Intelligence Profile
Snowy Owl India Sourcing Private Limited
Ziraaf (operating brand of Snowy Owl India Sourcing Pvt Ltd) is a Bengaluru-headquartered (also cited with presence in Mountain View, USA and Singapore) startup founded in 2022 that "accelerates the discovery of new-age minerals by blending geological data with AI" (LinkedIn).
CIN: U46102KA2023PTC173930Active (per registry aggregators as of check date; last AGM 31 Dec 2024, last balance sheet filed 31 Mar 2024 — Infyner/TheCompanyCheck/QorpIQ). Company's own web presence (ziraaf.com, falcon-360.com) is currently offline/parked, which may indicate a pause in operations, a rebrand, or simply a lapsed domain — not confirmed either way.RoC Bangalore (confirmed — QorpIQ, TheCompanyCheck, Infyner).Confidence: medium
AI OverviewGenerated from public records
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Company Identity
Confirmed| Registered name | Snowy Owl India Sourcing Private Limited |
|---|---|
| CIN | U46102KA2023PTC173930 |
| PAN | Not obtained (no source disclosed the company PAN directly). |
| Status | Active (per registry aggregators as of check date; last AGM 31 Dec 2024, last balance sheet filed 31 Mar 2024 — Infyner/TheCompanyCheck/QorpIQ). Company's own web presence (ziraaf.com, falcon-360.com) is currently offline/parked, which may indicate a pause in operations, a rebrand, or simply a lapsed domain — not confirmed either way. |
| Listing | Unlisted / Private Limited Indian Non-Government Company (Infyner, QorpIQ). |
| Incorporated | 19 May 2023 (confirmed — TheCompanyCheck, QorpIQ, Infyner all agree). |
| ROC | RoC Bangalore (confirmed — QorpIQ, TheCompanyCheck, Infyner). |
| Sector (NIC) | NIC 46 "Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles" (QorpIQ). Infyner separately tags the entity across "Agriculture (Agri Support Services)", "Textile & Fabric Production", and "Other Metals & Minerals" — likely broader business-activity/classification tags rather than the primary NIC code. Together these are consistent with a B2B sourcing/wholesale-trade shell for minerals and agri-commodities, which lines up with Tracxn's description of Ziraaf as a "minerals & agri products sourcing, processing, storage and logistics" platform. |
| Registered address | #6/3, 3rd Floor, Harshith Complex, Begur Main Road, Vivekananda Nagar, Hongasandra, Begur, Bangalore South, Karnataka 560068, India (confirmed — TheCompanyCheck, QorpIQ, Infyner all agree, wording varies slightly). |
| Authorized capital | ₹10,25,000 (₹10.25 lakh) — confirmed, TheCompanyCheck + QorpIQ. |
| Paid-up capital | ₹1,19,934 (~₹1.2 lakh) — confirmed, TheCompanyCheck + QorpIQ. |
Business Overview
Confirmed- Ziraaf (operating brand of Snowy Owl India Sourcing Pvt Ltd) is a Bengaluru-headquartered (also cited with presence in Mountain View, USA and Singapore) startup founded in 2022 that "accelerates the discovery of new-age minerals by blending geological data with AI" (LinkedIn)
- Its proprietary AI model, "Falcon 360," uses big data and ML to identify mineral deposits (lithium, copper, cobalt, nickel, aluminum, rare earths, gold, silver, silicon, titanium) and quantify their potential (Inc42, YNOS), targeting what it frames as a large global gap between critical-metal supply and demand, positioned as a clean-tech/energy-transition play
- LinkedIn categorizes it under "Services for Renewable Energy," reporting company size 51-200 employees
- Tracxn's snippet separately describes it as a "B2B sourcing platform" spanning minerals AND agri-products sourcing, processing, storage and logistics — consistent with the registry's wholesale-trade/agri-support NIC tagging, suggesting the business spans AI-driven mineral exploration plus physical commodity sourcing/logistics
- Sources: LinkedIn (in.linkedin.com/company/ziraaf), Inc42 company profile, YNOS startup profile
- Note: official domains ziraaf.com and falcon-360.com are currently non-resolving (dead/parked), so this description reflects the last-indexed state on third-party aggregators, not a live company site
Directors
Partial / conflictingPer QorpIQ (5 listed) and Infyner (3 current) — some discrepancy on active/ceased status between the two aggregators, flagged below:
| Name | DIN | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaurav Narendra Chaturvedi | 05322532 | Director since 31 Dec 2024 confirmed on both QorpIQ and Infyner | - |
| Narahari Payala (Payala Narahari) | 10054496 | Director since 19 Jan 2024 confirmed on both; also named as a Ziraaf co-founder on LinkedIn/YNOS | - |
| Aseem Rajender Chitkara | 11053547 | Additional Director/Promoter since 15 Apr 2025 confirmed on both | - |
| Saurabh Gupta | 08708444 | listed as Director by QorpIQ; not shown as current by Infyner partial/conflicting; possibly resigned between snapshots; also named as a Ziraaf co-founder on LinkedIn | - |
| Pollampali Janshi Rani | 10170982 | listed as Director by QorpIQ only partial, unconfirmed by a second source | - |
Funding
Partial / conflicting- Partial/unconfirmed — could not be verified via direct source fetch
- A DuckDuckGo search-result snippet attributes to Tracxn (tracxn.com/d/companies/ziraaf/) and a separate PitchBook profile the figure "$3.01M in total funding across 1 round from 7 investors," but direct WebFetch attempts to both tracxn.com and pitchbook.com returned 404/blocked and could not confirm this figure, round name, date, or investor names from the primary page
- This conflicts with Inc42's company profile, which separately describes Ziraaf as "Founded in 2022
- Bootstrapped" with no funding rounds
- Given the direct conflict and inability to verify either claim against a primary filing, funding status should be treated as unconfirmed pending a source that could actually be fetched
Charges / Loans
ConfirmedPer Infyner (RoC charge filings): 2 open charges + 2 satisfied/closed charges as of check date —
| HDFC Bank Limited | ₹2.10 crore — Closed/Satisfied 27 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|
| Unnamed charge-holder | ₹4 crore — Open, created 28 Mar 2024 |
| Unnamed charge-holder | ₹30 lakh — Closed 18 Jun 2024 |
QorpIQ separately confirms "Open Charges: 2, Satisfied Charges: 2" without full amount breakdown, corroborating Infyner's count. Charge-holder names for the ₹4 crore and ₹30 lakh entries were not disclosed by the fetchable page.
Legal / Litigation
Confirmed- No litigation found
- Indian Kanoon search for "Snowy Owl India Sourcing Private Limited" returned "No matching results" (0 cases) as of check date
- No cases found under the "Ziraaf" brand name either
Competitors
Partial / conflictingIllustrative peers, not exhaustive (business overview spans AI-driven mineral exploration and B2B minerals/agri sourcing, so peer sets differ by angle):
- KoBold Metals (US) — AI/ML-driven mineral exploration for critical metals; global scale, very large ($1B+ raised) — much larger scale than Ziraaf.
- Earth AI (Australia) — AI-based mineral exploration/deposit prediction; smaller, comparable early-stage scale.
- SensOre (Australia) — AI-driven mineral targeting for exploration companies; small-to-mid scale.
- Bijak (India) — B2B agri-commodity sourcing/trading platform; larger scale (well-funded, Series C+).
- Arya.ag (India) — Agri-commodity sourcing, storage and financing platform; larger scale, more mature.
- WayCool Foods (India) — Agri-supply-chain/sourcing and logistics platform; larger scale, more mature.
Sources: general industry knowledge of AI-mineral-exploration and Indian agri B2B sourcing categories; not independently verified against a single comparator database for this specific company.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does Snowy Owl India Sourcing Private Limited do?
Ziraaf (operating brand of Snowy Owl India Sourcing Pvt Ltd) is a Bengaluru-headquartered (also cited with presence in Mountain View, USA and Singapore) startup founded in 2022 that "accelerates the discovery of new-age minerals by blending geological data with AI" (LinkedIn).
What is the CIN of Snowy Owl India Sourcing Private Limited?
The Corporate Identification Number (CIN) of Snowy Owl India Sourcing Private Limited is U46102KA2023PTC173930.
Where is Snowy Owl India Sourcing Private Limited registered?
Snowy Owl India Sourcing Private Limited is registered with RoC Bangalore (confirmed — QorpIQ, TheCompanyCheck, Infyner). Registered address: #6/3, 3rd Floor, Harshith Complex, Begur Main Road, Vivekananda Nagar, Hongasandra, Begur, Bangalore South, Karnataka 560068, India (confirmed — TheCompanyCheck, QorpIQ, Infyner all agree, wording varies slightly).
When was Snowy Owl India Sourcing Private Limited incorporated?
Snowy Owl India Sourcing Private Limited was incorporated on 19 May 2023 (confirmed — TheCompanyCheck, QorpIQ, Infyner all agree).
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