Headphones that know how you feel and change it, in other words these are closed-loop neuromodulation headphones for mental wellness. The device combines neurostimulation, biometric tracking and adaptive AI to measure your stress, and creates personalized neuroadaptive experiences (music) aimed at stress reduction, focus enhancement, sleep support and overall mental wellness. Priced at $499 in introductory pricing for the first 200 units which ship July 2026. A hundred users have helped the company refine the product, which has secured approval from India's Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO). $3.5M (₹31.5CR) seed round. Founded in Jan 2025, Gurgaon and NY based. Founders: CEO Ria (Jaypee Institute of Information Technology '15; NTU + Technical University of Munich Master's in IC Design ‘17) was the Co-Founder & CEO of Neuphony (smartwatch for brain training) for six years; and was Development Engineer for Physical Design at Infineon Technologies (semiconductors) for five years; CTO Bhavya (Jaypee '15; Universität Passau Master's in Mobile and Embedded Systems drop-out) was Co-Founder & CTO at Neuphony and was an R&D Engineer at Logic-Fruit Technologies (design firm for embedded computing solutions).

Robotics company building PARAM, a robot dog, and humanoid robots. The company debuted PARAM at a DeepTech showcase at National Startup Day in January 2026, suggesting it would be used to protect important people and public spaces, patrol borders, support logistics and help first responders during fires and natural disasters. ₹32CR (c. $3.3M) seed round which closed in February (and is now announced), from existing investors Elevation and India Quotient, along with Blue Asva Varenya Fund, FBC Venture Partners, Spearhead Capital. The company's co-founders Farid Ahsan and Bhanu Pratap Singh, along with GIVA's co-founder Ishendra Agarwal, also participated. The company closed a ₹25CR pre-seed round from Elevation and IQ in 2023. Founded in May 2023, Bangalore based. Founders Farid and Bhanu (both IIT Kanpur ‘14) built ShareChat over a decade.

Advanced defence Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) systems, i.e. drones. Building Kamikaze drones for the Indian Army, with speeds of up to 300kmph, five times faster than standard drones, designed to deliver 1kg payloads with precision. ₹4CR pre-seed round. Other investors in the round: Agnikul Cosmos. Founded in May 2025, Hyderabad based. Founders: CEO Jayant and CTO Sourya (BTech students graduating in '28) started the company out of their BITS Pilani hostel room in the Hyderabad campus.

Browser-native 3D and XR infrastructure. The companies offers no-code, browser native software to enable 3D experiences to run across devices without downloads or specialised hardware. Its platform converts images, text and video to 3D assets. The company offers 3D walkthroughs, AR demos and more to clients across retail, e-commerce, real estate, automotive and healthcare, in India. It will now expand into the US and the UAE. $2.5M seed round led by IPV and Avinya, along with India Accelerator, Founder’s Avenue, Anthill, Finvolve, LVX. Founded in Jan 2023, Bangalore based. Founder & CEO Vinay (GITAM Deemed University) was Associate Director of Partner Channels at Unacademy and is-Exotel and Scapic.

Industrial AIoT (Artificial Intelligence of Things) platform that help businesses monitor, optimise, and automate operations in real time. Its hardware platform KLEON and AI-enabled software layer SAMASTH enable real time adjustments. The focus is on smart water management, air quality, solar PV remote monitoring, concrete management on construction sites and air quality monitoring. The company has digitised over 23,000 borewells. It mentions 5,000 customers on its website including Jio BP, Adani, HCL, Indian Oil, L&T, UltraTech. ₹10CR seed round led by Piper Serica, along with angels Shibam Das (Atomberg) and Sumit Chhazed (OTO). Founded in March 2024, Mumbai based. The four founders built Ushva (solar inverters) together. CEO Visat (IIT Bombay '16) was Founder & CTO of Ushva; co-founder Archit (Motilal Nehru National Institute Of Technology '16) was a Product Engineer at the company; COO Hetvi (Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandals Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering '17) was also Product Engineer; CTO Akhilesh Thorat (University of Mumbai '16) was a Software and Hardware Engineer there.

Building an ecosystem of indigenous ocean robotics including deep-water Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), surface vessels, crawling robots and AI imaging. It aims to reduce India's dependence on imported underwater and water-surface operated robotics equipment. It has secured two Innovation for Defence Excellence (iDEX) grants from the Indian Army and Indian Coast Guard. Its Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) systems are gaining adoption in offshore marine exploration applications. $1M seed round. Founded in Nov 2018, Chennai based. Founders: Rajeuv (Mohamed Sathak Engineering College, Kilakarai '06; Birla Institute of Technology '08) was a Project Scientist at National Institute of Ocean Technology and was a Design Engineer at Aeolus Aero Tech (testing lab for aerospace companies); no prior information available on co-founder Rajagurunathan.

Last covered by us in Week 18, 2025. High-resolution thermal imaging through a constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. Applications across agriculture, environmental conservation, urban planning and defence. "Beyond economics, thermal EO can help cut 2 Gigaton of GHG emissions annually and drive nature-positive action". In agriculture, for example, thermal imaging optimizes irrigation practices and prevents crop failure. The company has developed its first thermal payload, TAPAS-1, and is prepping for satellite integration. It has also started pilots to monitor heat and air pollution in Ahmedabad and Tumkur (KN). Its pipeline has $42M in LOIs. $2.2M seed round led by Unicorn India Ventures along with existing investors Merak, Java, IIMA-CIIE. The company raised a $3.3M pre-seed round in April 2025 led by Merak, along with Huddle (as well as GVFL, Java, IIMA, PointOne). Shravan (CEPT Univ '11; IIM Calcutta '15) and Urmil (Sahajanand College '96) are from Amnex Infotechnologies, heading business development for satellite solutions. Ranendu was a scientist at ISRO for 26 years.

Autonomy startup for commercial vehicles, which enables them to operate in confined environs (seaports, mining sites, airports, industrial yards) with a combination of retrofit hardware and an AI-powered fleet software. This allows industries to upgrade to autonomous fleets without investing in new vehicles or infra. It reports 100,000+ km of testing with zero safety incidents. It has partnerships with Tier 1 OEMs. ₹22CR (~2.36M) un-labeled round (seed or Pre-A?), following on a $1.71M seed round. Founded by Roshy and Rajaram.

AI-native radio frequency satellite infrastructure, provided through a network of nano satellites. The goal is to provide clients in industries across maritime, aviation, defence, oil & gas and weather forecasting low-latency, high precision insights with 6x more data value per dollar, by capturing the entire radio spectrum compared to legacy satellites which are optical only (i.e. only capture images). The company is focused on getting to its first in-orbit mission. As mentioned in their pre-seed round: "images cannot track moving assets like ships or aircraft. Today, companies take four to four-and-a-half hours to reach a decision. We bring that down to under ten minutes". This is a $2M (~₹18.7CR) round led by Ashish Kacholia with participation from IPV. The company raised its $2.5M pre-seed round in Aug 2025, led by Piper Serica Angel Fund along with Turbostart, IPV and Eaglewings Ventures. Founded in Oct 2018, Bangalore based. Founders: Ankit (Kurekshetra Univ. '15) and Raghav (NIT Jalandhar '13) started Xovian Research Tech in 2014, a space-tech consulting firm in 2014. They started Xovian Aerospace in 2018.

Company developing non-toxic space propulsion systems including its flagship propulsion system HyperX, which will use non-toxic hypergolic fuel (fuel which can ignite spontaenously) for satellite mobility. Its target customers will include satellite manufacturers, spacecraft developers, and mission operators. Early stage funding of an undisclosed amount. Founded in Oct 2020, Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram based. Founders: aerospace engineers CEO Gokul and CTO Aravinda founded InterCosmos at Madras Institute of Technology. While not mentioned in the press release, Sivaraj (also Madras Institute of Technology) is also a co-founder.