AI-first consumer sleep-tech company Cradlewise has raised $12 million in Series A funding led by 3one4 Capital and Prudent Investment Management. The round takes the San Francisco-headquartered, Pune-manufacturing startup's total capital to about $26 million and funds a push into new distribution channels, deeper product R&D and international expansion.
A closed-loop sleep system
Cradlewise builds a smart crib that combines a convertible bassinet, contactless monitor, adaptive motion and a connected app. Multi-sensor data on movement, sound and sleep state feeds a closed-loop system that detects early signs of stirring and responds with motion intended to settle babies before they fully wake. The company says the system saves parents up to two hours of effort a day and that its products have generated more than 75 million hours of sleep data.
The technology is backed by patents covering the hardware and sensing systems, and the company manufactures its cribs at a Pune facility it says can produce, test and pack thousands of units a month.
Founder framing
Co-founder and CEO Radhika Patil said Cradlewise came from the founders' own experience of sleepless nights and was built to do more than just alert parents that a baby is awake. The round will help the company reach more families and build products that support the sleep journey as children grow, she added. Co-founder and CTO Bharath Patil framed the mission as "sensing, learning, and having an impact" — technology that solves the problem without demanding attention.
Beyond the crib
Cradlewise plans to extend its offering beyond the 0–24-month infant stage with software-based sleep routines, related child-sleep hardware and lower-priced products. Anand Batra of 3one4 Capital called the company a rare combination of product depth, data, manufacturing control and customer trust, with unit economics that support extending the customer relationship beyond infancy.
India's health-tech and physical AI moment
Existing investors include Sean O'Sullivan Ventures, Footwork VC and Charles River Ventures. The Series A lands the same week India's health-and-consumer-hardware push has produced Astrek Innovations' rehab exoskeleton rollout and bootstrapped consumer AI unicorns, part of a broader tilt toward hardware companies that own manufacturing rather than routing everything through contract assembly.
Reporting based on coverage from YourStory, Business Standard and Entrackr.