ByteEdge Raises $1.5M to Transform Corporate Docs into Dynamic Videos

Editorial Team

Last updated 12-05-2025

3 min

ByteEdge secures $1,5 million in funding, led by Japanese firm TRTL Ventures.

Funds will support product development and extensive scaling across India and beyond.

Company targets Middle East and US for expansion, citing lack of local video content.

Their AI-based SaaS transforms text-heavy documents into smartphone-friendly videos.

ByteEdge plans to raise an additional $3 million to accelerate expansion efforts.

Indian AI company ByteEdge has secured $1.5 million in its latest funding round, with Japanese firm TRTL Ventures taking the lead, accompanied by several angel investors from India and beyond. This fresh injection of funds will support ByteEdge's ambition of bolstering product development and scaling operations extensively across India, but what caught my attention—especially for Arageek enthusiasts—is the company's keen eye on expanding into the Middle East and the United States.

There's certainly a buzz around ByteEdge, which offers an AI-based Software as a Service (SaaS) solution tailored specifically to businesses wanting to transform outdated, text-heavy documents into dynamic, cinematic short-form videos viewable on smartphones. This approach—so welcome in an age of dwindling attention spans—promises businesses an engaging alternative to the bulky PDFs, Word docs and Powerpoint presentations currently cluttering company intranets.

One intriguing aspect, as company co-founder Akash Gupta highlighted, is the unique hurdle when tackling the Middle East market: A significant lack of easily accessible video content platforms delivering organisational information effectively in locally spoken Arabic.

“There’s tremendous potential in the Middle East,” Gupta noted, “driven largely by the lack of platforms delivering this kind of localized, language-specific content—particularly in video format.” He added that this gap, and the opportunity it presents, is equally relevant in the U.S. market, though on a significantly larger scale.

The company is also addressing a broader issue: how traditional corporate knowledge often remains confined to documents unsuitable for frontline workers, who account for roughly 70% of the global workforce and typically don't operate behind office desks. The problem, Gupta suggests, is these essential workers frequently miss critical updates because information is burried in corporate documentation not tailored for quick, engaging consumption. By translating dense documentation into concise, multilingual video experiences, ByteEdge aims to bridge that massive gap, making sure key workers aren't left out of the loop.

Looking ahead, ByteEdge plans to seek another $3 million funding boost within the next two months to further accelerate these expansion ambitions. It's definitely a story worth following—particularly for anyone familiar with how challenging it can be to read through stacks of documents just to find essential information. Perhaps ByteEdge might just be on to something refreshingly different here. Watch this space.

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