Scoutflo, an innovative technology startup headquartered in Mumbai, has successfully raised Rs 1.4 Crore (approximately $168,000 USD) in a pre-seed funding round led by 100X.VC, along with angel investors Arjun Pillai and Prasanna Venkatesan (former CTO, ZoomInfo India). The company builds AI tools to speed up and simplify software development and deployment for DevOps teams.
The funds will go toward building out AI features, improving deployment automation, strengthening security, and expanding into new markets. It’s also focusing on developer experience, teaming up with partners like Civo and Last9 to grow its user base and add useful integrations, and improving observability and reliability.
Founded in 2024 by Kalpesh Bhalekar and Vedant Vyawahare, Scoutflo is built around a clear insight: Developers need more autonomy. “We thought—what if we could give developers the autonomy to manage deployments themselves without sacrificing security or efficiency?” said Vyawahare, who previously experienced similar friction points at BrowserStack. That question shaped the platform’s core mission—removing operational bottlenecks without increasing developer overhead.
In fast-paced development environments, the ratio of one DevOps engineer to every 20 developers is no longer sustainable. It’s a setup that slows down deployments, overburdens operations teams, and ultimately stalls product delivery. Scoutflo, a new entrant in the DevOps automation space, is taking direct aim at this imbalance.
Scoutflo positions itself not as another deployment tool but as an “AI-powered DevOps expert embedded in every team.” It handles everything from deployment and debugging to compliance, all while keeping developers in the driver’s seat. “Developers are expected to move fast, but they’re still bogged down by slow processes and a lack of autonomy,” Vyawahare said. Scoutflo’s answer is simple: let developers talk to the platform like they would a colleague. Ask, “Why is my deployment failing?” or “Can you spin up a secure staging environment on AWS?”—and the AI takes over.
The technical scope is broad, but the strategy is focused. Scoutflo operates as a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), fully abstracting the underlying infrastructure. It’s also cloud-agnostic, supporting AWS, GCP, Azure, VMware, and Civo, giving teams the flexibility to work across ecosystems without vendor lock-in. The product simplifies the full deployment lifecycle—not just the initial release but everything that follows.
“We’re bridging the gap between developers and DevOps, especially post-deployment. You can deploy, monitor, debug—all in one flow,” Vyawahare said. This integrated lifecycle approach is where many traditional tools fall short. Scoutflo, by contrast, adds AI-assisted debugging and post-deployment workflows that give teams visibility and control beyond the first push to production.
The automation layer runs deep. Scoutflo can auto-generate Terraform scripts, apply security guardrails and is developing an AI chatbot built on OpenAI and Anthropic’s large language models. The chatbot will offer free tools for generating Terraform code, handling debugging queries, and spinning up new environments—further lowering the entry barrier for developers.
Scoutflo also hints at a new proprietary technology—MCPs—that could strengthen its technical differentiation. While details remain limited, the team believes it could play a pivotal role in scaling the platform’s capabilities.
On the competitive front, Scoutflo acknowledges players like Qovery, Northflank, Facets.cloud, and Devtron. But the team believes their “AI-first approach and neutrality when it comes to cloud providers and Infrastructure as Code” give them an edge in a crowded space.
Investors are backing the vision. Prasanna Venkatesan, former CTO of ZoomInfo India, noted: “Having led engineering teams, I’ve seen firsthand how deployment bottlenecks drain productivity and delay innovation. Developers want to move fast, but they’re often stuck waiting for DevOps support. Scoutflo changes this dynamic, giving teams the autonomy to deploy confidently while ensuring security and cost efficiency.”
