Robotics for the retail industry. Its flagship product, RobAd, is an in-store marketing device designed for in-store promotions in supermarkets for CPG brands, and for retailers. Used by over twenty brands incuding Britannia. ₹1CR seed round. Founded in Oct 2020, Thrissur based. Founders: CEO Christo Varghese (APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University '20) started out of college; CTO Rahul VIncent (also APJ '20) joined after a year as Quality Assurance Engineer at Wipro; Christo Kollannur (Jyothi Engineering College '20) started out of college; Bonsto (APJ '20) joined after a year as Mechanical Design Engineer at Packmen Machineries.

Distributed battery storage and intelligence platform. The company installs modular, rechargeable LFP battery (Lithium Iron Phosphate) systems directly at the point of consumption of commercial and industrial customers, while retaining operational dispatch control, turning each installation into a networked asset that aggregate into Virtual Power Plants capable of providing grid-balancing services at scale. This reduces diesel dependence for customers, reduces backup energy costs and provides a payback period that makes the asset debt-worthy. Renewables today are heavily under-utilized, accounting for 43% of installed capacity, yet responsible for only 22% of generation. $1.5M pre-seed round led by Theia Ventures, with the participation of Rainmatter, Momentum Capital, Social Alpha. Founded in Oct 2025, Noida based. Founders: Mudit (Delhi Univ. '05; MIT '07) worked in the World Bank's energy practice, Niti Aayog and more recently at Blume (as VP), and Social Alpha (as an energy advisor); Abhijeet (APJ Abdul Kalam Technological Univ. '12; XIM Bubaneswar '15) was at PWC, before joining impact advisory firm Xynteo.

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 from a99, following an undisclosed investment from IAN Angel Fund in April 2026. 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.

Hybrid satellite and groung-based systems for quantum-secure communications. The company is helping businesses prepare for the rise of quantum computing, which is expected to eventually compromise conventional encryption systems. This is done by Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), a technology which securely generates and distributes encryption keys for applications including data centres, enterprise networks and space infrastructure. Its proprietery photonics integrated circuit (PIC) chips has been tested at IIT Madras. An in-orbit demo mission is planned for 2027. Seed round of an undiclosed amount. Other investors in the round: Peaceful Progress; Awais Ahmed (Pixxel). Founded in Jan 2023, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Richa (IIT Bombay '08; UCLA Anderson '19) was the Chief Information Officer of Pixxel, where she built out the satellite data platform and designed the market adoption strategy for hyperspectral satellites. She led Research and Innovation at Cropin, and was a DRDO scientist for a decade. COO Vinay (St. Stephen's 01; ISB '11) led strategic partnerships at DocOn Technologies (healthcare), and is held BD roles at DaVita and AstraZeneca.

Indigenous drone avionics and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) sub-components provider. Develops autopilots, motor controllers, GNSS modules, telemetry systems, communication infrastructure, and payload integration systems for drone OEMs. ₹6.5CR seed round. Founded in Jul 2022, Delhi based. Founders: Amit (Nagpur Univ. '03) set up electronics manufacturer TabXo Labs in 2019, prior to which he was Deputy Manager at InfoCepts (business consulting) for almost a decade;Shantanu (Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur '19) was the CTO at TabXo.

Electric 3W autos with a solar roof, designed for cargo runs, food service or street retail. This takes away fleet-downtimes, as is the vehicle charges itself. It can carry payloads of 750kg, has a 180km range and is priced at ₹4.5 lakhs. Seed round of an undisclosed amount. Founded in Sep 2024, Pune based. Currently in the prototyping stage, with production expected to commence this month of June 2026. Founder & CEO Sanskar (MIT World Peace Univ., Pune '24) founded Excellens Motors while in college, to make production ready prototypes for companies, across commercial vehicles.

Egocentric data collection to train robots. Collects real-world first-person video and sensor data, to be used towards building dexterous and perceptive robots. Works with home services, hotel and restaurant businesses in India. Workers wear special caps, capturing everday tasks, with over a 1,000 headsets deployed. Robotics labs and frontier AI companies face a critical botteneck, of high-quality, real-world traning data showing humans everyday work. $8.2M seed round from. Part of the YC W26 cohort. Founded in Jan 2026, SF based. The founders were students prior to this. CEO Raj, CTO Samay, and Rushil are from UC Berkeley; Shloke is from Stanford. Raj and Shloke are cousins.

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.