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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).
Last updated 11 August 2026
Ziraaf, the operating brand of Snowy Owl India Sourcing Private Limited, is a Bengaluru-headquartered startup founded in 2022 that accelerates the discovery of new-age minerals by blending geological data with AI. Its proprietary AI model, Falcon 360, identifies and quantifies mineral deposits, addressing a significant global gap in critical-metal supply and demand. The company operates as a B2B platform for sourcing, processing, and logistics of minerals and agri-products.
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Company Identity
| Registered name | Snowy Owl India Sourcing Private Limited |
|---|---|
| CIN | U46102KA2023PTC173930 |
| PAN | Not available in the public sources reviewed. |
| Status |
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| Listing | Unlisted / Private Limited Indian Non-Government Company (Infyner, QorpIQ). |
| Incorporated | 19 May 2023. |
| ROC | RoC Bangalore. |
| Sector (NIC) |
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| Registered address | #6/3, 3rd Floor, Harshith Complex, Begur Main Road, Vivekananda Nagar, Hongasandra, Begur, Bangalore South, Karnataka 560068, India. |
| Authorized capital | ₹10,25,000 (₹10.25 lakh). |
| Paid-up capital | ₹1,19,934 (~₹1.2 lakh). |
Business Overview
- 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, 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
Directors
Per 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 | 31 Dec 2024 |
| Narahari Payala (Payala Narahari) | 10054496 | Director | 19 Jan 2024 |
| Aseem Rajender Chitkara | 11053547 | Additional Director | 15 Apr 2025 |
| Saurabh Gupta | 08708444 | - | - |
| Pollampali Janshi Rani | 10170982 | - | - |
Funding
- Partial/unconfirmed — could not be verified via direct source fetch
- A DuckDuckGo search-result snippet attributes to Tracxn 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
2 open charges + 2 satisfied/closed charges as of check date —
| HDFC Bank Limited | ₹2.10 crore — Closed/Satisfied 27 Sep 2024 |
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| 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
- 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
Illustrative 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.
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.
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