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.

Breath-based cancer detection platform combining canine olfaction (sense of smell), robotics and AI. Dogs possess up to 300 million scent receptors compared to five million in humans. Part of the Atoms X LeapTech cohort, with matching investments from Accel and Prosus. Amount undisclosed. Founded in Jul 2022, Bangalore based. Founders: Akash (Berkeley '22) started out of college; co-founder Itamar was Head of Operations at Dog-Prognose in Israel before joining.

Optical ground-station and laser communication infrastructure for satellite links, for 100x faster transfer between satellites and earth than radio frequency (RF). RF ground station operators charge $3-17 per GB, QOSMIC will be priced at $1 per GB. Moreover, RF requires spectrum licenses, whereas optical operates in an unregulated spectrum. Part of the Atoms X LeapTech cohort, with matching investments from Accel and Prosus. Amount undisclosed. Founded in Oct 2024, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Shreyaans (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign '23) started out as a researcher at IISc shortly before founding QOSMIC; CTO Rohit (Cochin University of Science and Technology '09; IISc PhD '23) completed his PhD in High Dimensional Quantum Information Technology (HD-QIT) and his postdoc before joining QOSMIC; Professor Aloke Kumar (IIT Kanpur '05; Purdue PhD '10) teaches at IISc.

Air purification systems for residential, industrial and commercial use. The company's filterless technology captures particles 166x smaller than traditional systems. Clients include MAX, DS Group, OMAXE, Wipro. Funding from Accel, Prosus, Moon Capital, alongs with angels Mohith Mothukuri (a16z Scout), Rishi Desai (Saronic), Raymond Russell (Boom Aerospace), Saurya Prakash Sinha (Stripe), Kush Taneja (FamPay), Sarah Sham, Luke Coutinho, Tomu Francis (Khaitan & Co.), Rahul Rathi (Sudarshan Chemicals), Matt Chitharanjan and Shivam Shahi (Blue Tokai), Rishi Shroff (JSW NewAge), and from Praan's founder Angad Daryani. Funding was from late 2025 to early 2026, and was announced now during the launch of Atoms X LeapTech cohort, with matching investments from Accel and Prosus in the company. Founded in July 2017, SF/Mumbai based. Founder & CEO Angad (Amherst '17; Georgia Tech '20) founded Praan while at Georgia Tech.

Connected factory platform providing an intelligence layer across manufacturing systems, by connecting data across ERP, MES (manufacturing execution system), machines and shopfloor workflows. Target sectors include automotive, electronics, industrial machinery, and consumer goods. Revenue scale and clients undisclosed. ₹6.2CR seed round. Angels in the round include Bhavik Dholakia, Vishal Shah, Varun Patel, Viraj Lavingia, and Bhavin Sodavadiya. Founded in Apr 2021, Hyderabad based. Founders: Abhinav (CVR College of Engineering) started out of college; Rohan (IIT Ropar '19) joined after two years each as a dev at Captain Fresh and JioSaavn.

Robotic neuro-rehab device manufacturer. Its flagship Mobi-L system uses robotics, VR and AI for physiotherapy across 20 exercises designed to enable complete recovery. The company has 425 devices installed across 354 clinical customers including AIIMS, Apollo and Manipal Hospitals. The system has supported over 7,500 patients with up to 25% faster recovery times. This is an alternative to trained therapists (of which there is a shortage) and other high cost robotic systems. ₹10CR seed round. Founded in Aug 2018, Mumbai based. Founders: CEO Chirag started Rymo after graduating from KJ Somaiya College of Engineering ('18), along with co-founder Abhishek.

Deep-tech photonics company developing optical fiber platforms, high-performance fiber lasers and integrated photonics systems for use in telecom, healthcare and manufacturing. ₹6CR seed round. The company was incubated at FITT, IIT Delhi. Founded in Jan 2025, Delhi based. Founders: Deepak (IIT Kanpur '11: PhD in Optical Fibres from the Optoelectronics Research Center, University of Southampton '15) was Co-Founder at BrahmaSens and at Specphotonics (advanced optical fibers that enable the customization of laser beam shapes); Mansi (Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science & Technology '26) started DeepLase during her Master's degree.