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).

Manufacturer of flight-critical aerospace components that continue to be largely imported into India. These are components which feed directly into aircraft flight management and control systems (actuators, vibration isolation systems and more). Its customers include HAL's helicopter division, GMR and GE. Revenue scale undisclosed. ₹18CR seed round. Part of MaXcel, the hardware and industrial technology accelerator run by Capital-A and SanchiConnect. Bangalore based, founded in June 2022. Founders: CEO Rama (IISc Master's in 2000, PhD in Additive Manufacturing '20) and COO Murali (National Institute of Technology Karnataka '04) were engineers at Honeywell for 19 years and 15 years respectively, in their aerospace division which is a key centre for Honeywell avionics solutions worldwide.

Building a network of nano satellites for enterprises to run compute in lower earth orbit, using its flagship product OrbitLab. Their test satellite was launched on ISRO's PSLV in December 2024, with their first functional satellite launching this month. Funding will be used to expand to six satellites and deepen presence in India, US, Australia. $5M seed round led by Chiratae, along with Unicorn India Ventures and Artha, as well as Seafund which led the ₹5.5CR pre-seed round (with Blume, Artha and AC Ventures) in Feb 2025. Founded in Jan 2024, Hyderabad based. Founder Ronak (College of Engineering & Tech, Bhubaneswar '08), a software engineer, spent 12 years as co-founder of Reliance acquired NowFloats.

Biotech startup working on cell free biomanufacturing for beauty and personal care ingredients. The focus is on the global Hyaluronic Acid market, where the company has developed its own portfolio named NeuHyal, which serves as an alternative to conventional sources of Hyaluronic Acid. The company is also building an AI driven biofoundry that enables partner brands to submit target molecules for design, testing and production. ₹6CR seed round. Other investors in the round: Jashan Bhumkar, Gayathri Kuppendra Reddy. Founded in Dec 2023, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Nisa is an MBA from IIM Tiruchirappalli (no other information on her background); CTO Hitesh (Christ College Rajkot '07; MSc in Genetic Engineering from Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya '09; PhD in Protein Folding & Dynamics from National Centre for Biological Sciences '18) was a scientist at Perfect Day (animal free whey protein startup in the US) and Novozymes (created from the demerger of Novo Nordisk).

AI-enabled platform making materials engineering more predictable. AI and ML are combined with physics based simulations to design and validate new materials, which can significantly reduce R&D timelines and lower costs. The company works with sectors such as specialty chemicals, polymers, paints, coatings, aerospace, advanced manufacturing and composite materials. ₹4.15CR pre-seed round led by Theia Ventures. Incubated at ICT NICE, the innovation hub of the Institute of Chemical Technology. Founded in Aug 2025, Mumbai based. Co-Founder & CEO Ajaz (Institute Of Chemical Technology '25) started out of college; no information available on his co-founder Ayesha.