Defence deep-tech company building signal processing systems for next-generation electronic warfare and communication payloads across platforms, including drones, ground systems, naval vessels and satellites. The company leverages advanced in-lab modelling and simulation to reduce reliance on flight testing, enabling faster iterations. $20M Series A funding round led by General Catalyst along with 360 One Asset Management and existing investor Pravega Ventures (who led the Pre-Series A in Jan 2025). Founded in Nov 2017, Hyderabad based. Founders: CEO Satya (BITS Pilani '07) was at National Instruments in Hyderabad for a decade (most recently as Strategic Sales Manager); CTO Avinash (Padmasri Dr B V Raju Institute of Technology '12) was a Director at Encore Techno Systems.

Startup focused on the circular economy, offering AI-enabled glass recycling and traceability. Pre-revenue, the company will offer the full suite (collection, sorting, processing, logistics, reporting). ₹1.7CR pre-seed round. Other investors in the round: SustainTN, ITEL Foundation. Founded in Sep 2023, Chennai based. Founders: CEO Iwan (Loyola '16) is a PM from Doodeblue Innovations and Concentrix; COO Karthik (NMIMS CDOE MBA '21) is from Wipro (learning and development specialist); CCO Mohammad (Karnataka State Law Univ.) is from Wester Infra and ANS LIght Zone (a decade across these companies). No background information on the fourth founder Varun Pandithurai.

Chip-design automation startup using AI reasoning to understand circuit structure and cut custom-chip timelines. Custom built chips can deliver 100x performance improvements vs. general purpose hardware. $1.7M (~₹15.4CR) pre-seed round. Other investors in the round: Concept Ventures, semiconductor angel Stan Boland. Founded in October 2025, London based. Founders: CEO Bragadeesh (IIT Madras '19) worked at Fractile (which is also working to chips and software to make LLMs inference faster), as well as CoMind and Imagination Technologies in London; co-founder Lannan (Worcester Polytechnic Institute '21; ETH Zurich '24) built TimeMatcher (WeChat mini program for group scheduling).

Robotics startup building a snake-like flexible robotic arm for inspection and maintenance. This is for hazardous environments where human entry can be dangerous, in shipbuilding, nuclear, oil and gas, and aviation. $2.1M pre-seed round led by pi Ventures, with Inuka Capital, Boundless Ventures, Boost VC, Turbostart, gradCapital. Founded in Jan 2024, Bengaluru based. Founders: CEO Vishrant; CTO Ayush and co-founder Prateesh started soon after IIT Kanpur '23.

Next-generation electrolyzers for green hydrogen production. The startup has developed a patented, membrane-less architecture designed to lower manufacturing costs and reduce system complexity, making hydrogen production more efficient and scalable. ₹28CR Pre-Series A from HDFC Bank and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance. Existing investors Aavishkaar Capital, Peak XV Partners, Speciale Invest and Micelio Fund also participated. Founded in Aug 2020, Bangalore based. Both co-founders, Prasanta (SRM '11; Univ. of Manchester '12; Université Grenoble Alpes Ph.D. in Fluid Mechanics, Energy and Process Engineering '19); and Rochan (KU Leuven Master's; Eindhoven University of Technology PhD in Engineering Physics/Applied Physics) were part of the Entrepreneur First 2020 cohort and started out soon after their PhDs.

Fabless semiconductor startup building ultra-efficient AI compute hardware. The company is developing an analog, in-memory AI System-on-Chip integrated with optical interconnects to significantly reduce energy consumption compared to conventional digital accelerators. Headquartered in Singapore with R&D in Bengaluru, founded in Jun 2024. $1.8M Pre-Series A funding led by Bluehill.vc & a99. Founder & CEO Saravana (Anna University Chennai '08; Ulm University '16) was previously the CTO at EMTensor Inc. (electromagnetic brain imaging) and is ex-Qualcomm.

EV battery technology startup focused on fast-charging and long-life battery systems for medium and heavy duty vehicles. The complete battery technology stack has been built in-house, from its BMS, liquid cooling systems, charging systems and IoT enabled analytics. ₹20CR seed round to scale manufacturing and product development in Navi Mumbai. Founded in Aug 2020, Mumbai based. Founders: CEO Ameya and COO Darshil at IIT Kanpur '16 and '15 respectively. Ameya is ex-Oxane Partners (IB analyst role at this tech provider for debt markets); Darshil is ex-Schlumberger (engineering).

Develops hydrogen-compatible micro gas turbines (MGT) for distributed power, mobility and aerospace use cases. The MGT is an advanced propulsion system, similar to a jet engine, capable of running on 100% hydrogen, natural gas, or blended fuels. India has 227 GW of installed diesel generator capacity which is primarily used as backup or captive power and can be replaced by cleaner alternatives. $1M (~₹9CR) seed round. Founded in May 2024, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Tapisj (IIT Kanpur '09) spent seven years at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (post-doc, then scientist); CTO Ugandhar (BITS Pilani '03: Univ. of Southampton '22) was an engineer GE Aviation for close to 12 years.

Biomanufacturing company that converts industrial carbon emissions into premium biochemicals which can be used for food, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, cosmetic, agricultural and advanced material industries. The company has developed a carbon biorefinery platform built on proprietary photobioreactor cultivation systems, with a PoC thermal plant set up last year which demonstrated continous carbon capture. Over the next 12-24 months, it will launch its first one-ton-per-day commercial plant and launch multiple pilots. ₹12CR (~$1.4M) seed round. Founded In Nov 2024, Hazaribagh (Jharkhand) based. Founders: Shreyansh (BITS Pilani; Cornell) was a Senior Manager in Takeda's internal manufacturing network, and was an Associate Manager at Bristol Myers Squibb; Umang (IcfaiTech) was an engineer at Cisco (14 years) including roles as Engineering Product Manager and Technical Lead; their father Sanjay is the founder of Sanjay Machineries and STC Hzb, businesses in Hazaribagh.

Company developing and manufacturing next generation battery cells, using LFP (Lithium Iron Phosphate) chemistry. Plans to set up a 250 MWh pilot manufacturing facility by 2027 and eventually scale to 2 GWh capacity. It has set up a 20K square foot R&D and pilot manufacturing facility in Bangalore. ₹27.4CR (~$3M) seed round. It raised its ₹7.5CR pre-seed round from Speciale in December 2022. Bangalore based, founded in Jun 2021.