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Engagespot

Techstars '24

New York City, US · 6 employees on LinkedIn · 3 known investors

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Engagespot is a notification platform that provides developers with an all-in-one API for building and scaling multi-channel notifications across in-app, SMS, mobile push, Slack, and web push. The service includes pre-built UI components, workflow builders, and a management console for product teams to handle notification delivery without custom development.

Also known as Logidots Technologies Private Limited

Founders & leadership

SSShiv Shankar M S
Shiv Shankar M SCo-Founder & CEOShiv Shankar M S is Co-Founder and CEO of Engagespot, a Techstars NYC company building notification infrastructure for developers, and serves as Officer on Special Duty at the IndiaAI Centre of Excellence in Trivandrum. He previously co-founded Waybeo, a telecom and call intelligence startup, which was acquired by CareStack.
AS
Anandu SureshCo-FounderAnandu Suresh is co-founder and COO of Logidots, a software development acceleration company founded in 2016, and earlier founded Entertainment Corner, an online film marketing agency. He is now leading Engagespot, a notification platform providing multi-channel communication APIs and tools for developers.

Investors · 3

Techstarslisted by TechstarsBoulder · $220K

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Company profile

researched Sep 2026

Engagespot is a notification infrastructure company that lets product and engineering teams send and manage user notifications across multiple channels, including SMS, email, mobile and web push, in-app messaging and Slack. The platform is positioned within the developer tools category, offering an API-based approach so companies do not have to build notification delivery and orchestration systems in-house.

The company describes an AI-driven layer that optimises the timing of messages and selects the delivery channel for each user, which press coverage reports can reduce messaging costs by up to 50%. Earlier descriptions of the product focus more narrowly on web push notification automation, targeting push messages to website visitors based on user behaviour, indicating the product expanded from real-time notifications into a broader multi-channel notification service.

Business model

Engagespot sells its notification platform to companies as a paid software service, with annual contracts; press reports cite several customer contracts worth more than $100,000 per year. The company reported reaching operational profitability during the Techstars NYC program.

Revenue comes from customer contracts for use of the notification platform, including annual contracts exceeding $100,000. Company data reports revenue of ₹1.2 crore in FY25, up 44.8% from ₹84.1 lakh in FY24.

Traction

Press coverage from November 2024 reports more than 2,000 companies/developers using Engagespot, several annual contracts above $100,000, fivefold revenue growth during the 15-week Techstars program, operational profitability and a 25% monthly growth rate. Company data lists FY25 revenue of ₹1.2 crore versus ₹84.1 lakh in FY24 and an employee count of 6.

Latest developments

In November 2024 Engagespot announced completion of the Techstars New York City Accelerator, during which it reported growing revenue fivefold, reaching operational profitability, and increasing its monthly growth rate to 25%. It raised $250,000 from Techstars and angel investors and stated plans to hire 20 engineers in the following financial year while expanding in North America.

▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history

Market position

Engagespot operates in the developer tools and enterprise technology segment focused on notification infrastructure. Coverage characterises it as an early-stage, pre-seed company with early traction among technology companies, including customers described as unicorns such as Veho, Sameday and Nivoda.

Technology

An API and platform for multi-channel notification delivery covering SMS, email, push notifications, in-app and Slack, with an AI-driven system that schedules notifications and routes them to the channel expected to perform best, reported to cut messaging costs by up to 50%.

Go-to-market

The product is sold to developers and engineering teams, with adoption reported across more than 2,000 companies/developers; the company used the Techstars NYC accelerator to test the product with engineering leaders at large technology companies and to build investor and mentor relationships in the United States.

Developers, engineering and product teams at technology companies that need to deliver user notifications across multiple channels; named customers include Veho, Sameday and Nivoda.

Geography

Engagespot is headquartered in New York, with its engineering hub in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala, India. Following the Techstars NYC program the founders based operations in New York while maintaining Indian engineering operations, and the company stated plans to expand its North American presence. One directory listing places the company in San Francisco, California.

History

Company profile data lists a founding year of 2015 and an associated entity, Logidots Technologies Private Limited. Press coverage from November 2024 described the current notification product as roughly 11 months old at that time. In 2024 Engagespot was selected as one of 12 startups globally for the 15-week Techstars New York City Accelerator, becoming the first Kerala-based startup admitted to that program, and raised $250,000 from Techstars and angel investors during the program.

Compiled by commissioned research from 5 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Customers/developers using the platformNov 20242,000 companies
Employee countJan 20256 employees
HeadcountAug 20266
Messaging cost reduction claimedNov 2024up to 50%
Monthly growth rateNov 202425%
Revenue growth during Techstars programNov 20245x over 15 weeks

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

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Timeline · 3

launches, deals, and filings
Nov 2024
Selected for Techstars New York City Accelerator

Engagespot was one of 12 startups chosen globally for the 15-week Techstars NYC flagship program and was reported as the first Kerala-based startup to join it.

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Nov 2024
North American expansion and hiring plan

Founders based operations in New York while maintaining the engineering hub in Thiruvananthapuram; the company said it aimed to hire 20 engineers in the coming financial year.

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Nov 2024
Raised $250,000 from Techstars and angel investors

During the Techstars NYC Accelerator, Engagespot raised $250,000 from Techstars and angel investors including Fred Cook, CTO of Veho, and Great Valley Investments.

$250K source ↗

Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

▸Research sources · 5

primary sources listed

5 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Engagespot do?
Engagespot provides a developer API and platform for building and delivering multi-channel user notifications.
Who founded Engagespot?
Engagespot was founded by Shiv Shankar M S, Anandu Suresh.
Who are Engagespot's investors?
Engagespot's investors include Techstars.
Where is Engagespot headquartered?
Engagespot is headquartered in New York City, US.