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.

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.

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.

Enables the circular economy for the silica industry. Through a proprietary chemical process, the company produces sustainable silica from rice husk ash, a residue left by power plants which process rice husk generated as agricultural waste. Operates a facility with a capacity of 400 tonnes per month, will scale to 3-5K tonnes per month. Silica is traditionally produced by using high quantities of river sand and quartz, which causes high greenhouse emissions. ₹3CR pre-seed round. Founded in Aug 2016, Vadodara based. Founder Tanmay (IIT BHU '09) founded Bridgedots (2011-16), a research startup for clients in CleanTech and waste.

Fabless semiconductor company building integrated edge-AI silicon for industrial IoT, automative and medical device applications. ₹25CR seed round. Other investors in the round: MyAsiaVC, Whitepine Investments, Jain Oncor, REAN Foundation, Niraj Shah, Deepak Khanna. Founded in Jul 2018, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Vijay was an eingineer at NEC Australia, LSI Corporation and was Co-Founder & VP of Systems Engineering at Asarva Chips and Technologies; Namit (IIT Bombay '02) is an engineer from Texas Instruments, Intel, and Achronix where he spent 14 years.

CleanTech hardware startup building semiconductor-powered embedded systems and power electronics solutions for smart grids, renewable energy infrastructure and battery storage. It operates two segments: smart grid systems; and analyzers and energy storage infrastructure. $5.1M seed round. Angels in the round: founders and operators from Zetwerk, Livspace, Unacademy, Urban Vault, Panthera Peak. Founded in Sep 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: Abhay comes from sales at L&T, Adani Energy Solutions,Sterlite Power and was VP & Business Head of Zetwerk for five years; Anupam was in an ops role at Zetwrk and headed the industrial goods division at MJunction (an export focused marketplace).

DeepTech startup building systems capable of producing 10–12 inch solar-grade silicon ingots (i.e. the material used for manufacturing high-efficiency solar wafers for solar panels), with a longer term roadmap to produce semiconductor-grade wafers. For the last decade the company has worked on CZ-based crystal growth equipment (i.e. equipment used to produce silicon) and single-crystal materials. It has a ₹12CR order book for FY26, from government departments and national laborotories. $3M seed round. Other investors in the round: PointOne Capital, CIIE Initiatives (IIMA Ventures), Garimella Laxminarayana.

Autonomous servicing infrastructure to provide ISAM (in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing) for satellites. RPOD, its servicing satellite, can approach and dock with other satellites in orbit, to drive refueling and hardware upgrades as well as inspect them at close range.This can extend satellite life by 6 years. $2M pre-seed round. Angels in the round: Eash Sundaram (Utpata Ventures; Intelsat board) and Arvind Lakshmikumar (Tonbo Imaging). Founded in Oct 2024, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Jay (BITS Pilani) was at Pixxel for two years (Spacecraft Mechanical Engineer); CTO Nithyaa (RV College of Engineering) was an engineer at Trify EV (IoT solutions for charging stations); COO Hrishit (BITS Pilani) joined more recently from Pocket FM. Both Jay and Hrishit worked on Team Anant, an ongoing BITS project to develop nanosatellites. Comps: OrbitAID is developing refueling solutions ($1.5M round in Jan 2025 from Unicorn India Venturs and TANSIM).