Cross-disciplinary deep-tech stories on funding, policy, IP and ventures that span categories
Chennai-based Anicut Capital has launched the ₹250 crore Grand Anicut Seed Fund, its second early-stage vehicle, to back over 20 startups across deep tech, enterprise, consumer and fintech with ₹5–8 crore cheques from pre-seed to Series A.
Manik Gupta
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Inflexor Ventures has completed the first close of its ₹1,250 crore Technology Discovery Fund III at ₹400 crore, backed by the SRI Fund and HDFC AMC, to write ₹15–45 crore cheques into 22–25 early-stage Indian deep-tech startups.
Manik Gupta
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Researchers at BITS Pilani's Hyderabad campus have built a low-energy, three-stage process that uses electric pulses to turn biopharmaceutical and vaccine-factory wastewater into reusable water and methane-rich biogas, and are scaling it up with vaccine maker Biological E.
Manik Gupta
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Tata Elxsi has signed an MoU with the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute (SCTIMST) to jointly develop diagnostics, medical imaging, digital health and medical devices, pairing clinical expertise with product-engineering muscle. The framework targets India''s persistent gap between medical ideas and manufacturable, validated products.
Manik Gupta
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The Technology Development Board has selected the first 22 startups for India's new RDI Fund, approving 2,192 crore rupees of low-cost "patient capital" across space, quantum, robotics, EV, biotech and climate — with space firms like Agnikul and Dhruva Space and companies such as ePlane, Ather and Tejas Networks among the beneficiaries.
Manik Gupta
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The Union Cabinet has approved a five-year, ₹62,500 crore Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme that ties incentives to domestic component sourcing and Indian brand R&D, aiming to move the country from phone assembly to deeper electronics value addition.
Manik Gupta
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At the third India-EU Trade and Technology Council in Brussels, the two sides agreed to open negotiations on India's association to the €93.5 billion Horizon Europe research programme and to deepen cooperation on semiconductors, quantum, AI, 6G and EV charging.
Manik Gupta
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India has commissioned an indigenous 'White Rabbit' fibre network to distribute Indian Standard Time with sub-nanosecond precision, cutting critical infrastructure's reliance on foreign satellite timing under the 'One Nation, One Time' initiative.
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Goa-based Adage Automation, a maker of industrial gas-analysis and emissions-monitoring systems, has raised ₹230 crore led by InCred Growth Partners to scale its AI-enabled monitoring platform and expand across the Middle East, Africa, Europe and the US.
Manik Gupta
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India's Finance Ministry has waived basic customs duty on inputs for display assemblies, lithium-ion cells and inductor coil modules — including an expanded list of 85 battery-manufacturing machines — in a targeted move to make domestic electronics and battery production cheaper than imports.
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India, Australia and Canada have signed an MoU establishing the ACITI Partnership, a trilateral framework spanning AI, quantum computing, critical minerals and advanced manufacturing — with the underlying goal of building China-resilient supply chains for battery and semiconductor materials.
Manik Gupta
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India launched its first national drone cooperative — the Drone Tech Multi-State Co-operative Society — at the National Drone Summit 2026 in New Delhi on 4 July, alongside a "1 Panchayat, 1 Drone Udyami" mission and an NSDC skilling network. The model aims to put affordable drones and trained operators into every village council.
Manik Gupta
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At the 16th India-Japan Annual Summit on 2 July 2026, Modi and Takaichi signed a Joint Declaration on Economic Security spanning semiconductors, critical minerals, quantum, AI and advanced materials — and agreed on India and Japan's first joint defence co-development project, the UNICORN stealth antenna.
Manik Gupta
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At Bharat Innovates 2026 in Nice, ~$254.5M in FDI and 50+ agreements signalled Indian deep tech's rotation from low-margin SaaS to sovereign hardware — with IITM anchoring a ~$100M pipeline and a domestic grant matrix bridging the valley of death.
Manik Gupta
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IUST Awantipora reported a 113-patent portfolio spanning doped ceramic adsorbents, solar thermal storage and healthcare robotics, backed by ₹107.61cr in funding — evidence that India's deep-tech IP is decentralising beyond the IITs.
Manik Gupta
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TuTr Hyperloop signed a commercial MoU with thyssenkrupp at Bharat Innovates 2026. The deal targets the category's hardest bottleneck: manufacturing vacuum-tight, thermally stable steel-composite tubes at scale, not levitation.
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