Indigenous LEO (low earth orbit) based NAV-COM constellation of satellites to power precision navigation and secure communication. In other words, it is developing an indigenous PNT (Positoning, Navigation and Timing) system, which is what GPS does. Round of an undisclosed amount. Founded in Nov 2025, Hyderabad based. Founders: CEO Raghav (Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology '14; Masters' Union '23) was at ISRO for 12 years followed by close to three years at Deloitte as a Space Tech Consultant; CTO Akhileshwar (IIT Madras '12) was at ISRO for 13 years all the way from college to co-founding Sanyark.

AI-led unified intelligence platform for the renewable energy industry, to replace work traditionally done by energy consultants/advisory firms. It helps commercial/industrial enterprises, independent power producers and energy advisors to plan, procure and manage renewable energy assets. It does so by bringing together techno-economic modelling, regulatory data and real-time simulations to improve forecasts before capital is committed to projects. Its simulations have helped with bidding for over 200MW of solar and wind projects. $1M pre-seed round. Founded in Oct 2023, Bangalore based. Founders: Rajat (IIT Madras '19) is from Log9Materials (founders office) and CleanMax; Mehul (also IIT-M '19) was Co-Founder & CTO of EdTech company Novatr (earlier known as Oneistox; YC S21) prior to which he was at CureFit.

Blockchain based labelling system that helps create immutable digital records for branded products across the supply chain. This ensures brand authenticity and protects against counterfeits. Early days, with $10K of revenue and 4 POCs till date. Falls into supply chain/logistics SaaS. ₹1.23CR pre-seed round. Founded in May 2023, Bangalore based. Founders: Sumit (NIT Tiruchirappalli; IIMA '19) was at US PE Shop Global Growth Holdings; Duke (Uttarakhand Technical Univ. '13) is also from Global Growth Holdings; Rackspace Technology; Talentedge and Aon.

AI-powered procurement platform which helps electronics manufacturers reduce procurements cost by 5-10% (against current Bill of Materials), source more intelligently and liquidate excess inventory. It offers three integrated verticals in this regard: 1Data (cost reduction + intelligence layer); 1Source (sourcing platform); 1xcess (marketplace for liquidation). ₹32.5CR seed round. Other investors in the round: FJ Labs (from the US). Founded around Apr 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: Nitin (IIT Delhi '08) was Co-Founder & CBO of OfBusiness (10 years) and Co-Founder of its lending arm Oxyzo; Visham (MDI '02) was the Founder of IHO (Indian Health Organisation) acquired by Aetna Inc. in the US, and the Founder of Goals101, a big data platform acquired by M2P; Pradeep (BITS Pilani) was CPTO at TBO.com and RapidShyp, and CTO of Religare Broking.

Semiconductor startup working on a high performance GPU alongside full-stack software (compilers, libraries, system software, AI frameworks) for data centre workloads. $8M seed round. Founded in Dec 2024, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Dheemanth (NIT Karnataka '98; Purdue '00) was at HP and Intel for 22 years; Chief Architect Ashok (UCLA '05) was at Intel for 18 years; Chief Technologist Sri (IIT Madras '96; Clemson '98) was at Intel for 26 years; Chief Performance Architect Rajesh (IISc) was at AMD and Intel for 19 years. Vinod Dham, "Father of the Pentium Chip", is a founding advisor.

Clean supplements focused on sleep and gut health, using clinically studied global ingredients to deliver real outcomes instead of playing on passing fads. ₹5.5CR pre-seed round. Angels in the round include Mohit Kumar (Ultrahuman) and likely also Puneet Kumar (Mirae) who has been advising the founders. Founded in Jan 2024, Bangalore based. Founders: Shreya (Narsee Monjee '13) built Byju's UNO, an experimental learning platform for kids with learning difficulties and is the founder of Reservoir, a consultancy firm helping companies with workplace inclusion for neurodivergent hires; Kshitij (also NM '13) was Co-Founder at Flo Mattress and Founder of AdHog Interactives (ad agency).

AI native film studio which support directors and production houses working on VFX-heavy filmmaking through AI-driven production pipelines. Not to be confused with Take-Two Interactive, the US video gaming company. This company blends AI-produced material with live action, with outputs designed to flow into standard grading and editing workflows. Part of YC's AI Startup School. Pre-seed round of an undisclosed amount. Founded in Aug 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Rudresh (University of Wisconsin-Madison '24) built a healthcare logistics startup in Mumbai before engineering stints at InOrbit.AI (a year) and Wayfair (six months); CTO Raghav (UT Austin '25) was an EIR at Entrepeneurs First (EF).

Developer of AVATAAR, autonomous amphibious drones which can seamlessly transition between aerial flight and underwater operation for surveillance and search; and NEXOR, underwater autonomous vehicles for subsea infrastructure inspections, ship hull and tank inspections, and construction and dredging support. Both are for defence and high-value commercial use cases. Its amphibious platform is at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 6. Still in the trial stage. ₹12.5CR seed round. Other investors in the round: India Accelerator. Founded in Jul 2023, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Gouthami (Nitte Menakshi Institute of Technology '21; Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology '22) and CTO Jitendra (also Nitte '21) earlier founded Aerogo India (model aircraft and drones for student and professionals) while completing their BE in Aeronautical Engineering.

DeepTech startup developing electric motors that deliver BLDC-level efficiency at the fraction of the cost without using rare-earth materials. The company will supply leading HVAC and appliance OEMS in India. The company's proprietary Slip Synchronous Permanent Magnet (SSPM) motors achieve 90% efficiency, matching premium BLDC motors, while being 40-50% cheaper and 100% locally sourced. Pre-seed round of an undisclosed amount. Founded in Aug 2023, Ahmedabad based. Founders Suyash (IIT Bombay) and Gajendra were founders of Naxatra Labs.

Energy storage startup building iron-air long duration energy storage (LDES) systems. Its batteries are designed for 16-24 hours of storage, supporting round-the-clock renewable energy storage. An iron-air battery uses inexpensive and abundant iron as the anode and oxygen as the cathode. It is still in a pilot phase around the world. The company operates from a 5,000 square foot facility in Chennai, which will be used for pilot production. $750K pre-seed round. Other investors in the round: gradCapital, AIC-AU Incubation Foundation. Founded in Mar 2022, Chennai based. Founders: Priyansh worked in his family-run fruit exports business; Stuti is ex-BCG and was an Antler India EIR.