Indian engineering talent from Microsoft acquisition to global dev-tools innovation- DevAssure represents the best of India’s technical expertise, solving universal software development challenges.

What is the news?

  • DevAssure, a dev-tools startup reimagining software quality through autonomous test orchestration, has closed a pre-seed funding round led by Eximius Ventures.
  • The startup was launched in 2024 by Badri Varadarajan, Divya Manohar, and Santhosh Selladurai, the engineering leaders who designed Set Team and Company Goals – Business Goal Setting | Microsoft Viva ’s release-engineering stack prior to its Microsoft acquisition.
  • The new funding will expand the startup’s agent framework, add native integrations for additional IDEs and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, and grow sales and customer‑success teams in India and the US.

Why is it interesting?

  • DevAssure’s AI-driven testing platform converts Figma mock-ups and live code into self-healing executable tests, positioning them at the intersection of the AI and developer productivity waves.
  • Their approach has already demonstrated impressive results, cutting test-creation time from days to hours while slashing maintenance effort by more than 80% at mid-market fintech and SaaS companies.
  • The founding team’s journey from building Set Team and Company Goals – Business Goal Setting | Microsoft Viva ‘s engineering stack (acquired by Microsoft) to launching DevAssure showcases how global experience positions Indian entrepreneurs to tackle complex technical challenges with global market relevance.

Read more: Dev‑tools startup DevAssure raises funding led by Eximius Ventures