Funding · Government, Defense & Space

Beijan raises ₹1.7 crore pre-seed for defence autonomy

By Startup Enthusiast · 12 September 2026

What they do

Beijan builds plug-and-play modules that add autonomy to existing defence equipment owned by the Indian Armed Forces

It raised a ₹1.7 crore (~$180,000) pre-seed round led by ajvc, a day-zero fund run by Aviral Bhatnagar

The company's navigation module has received Letters of Intent from eight military units, showing early traction

Beijan raised ₹1.7 crore (~$180,000) in a pre-seed round.
The round was led by ajvc, a day-zero fund run by Aviral Bhatnagar.
The company builds modules that add autonomy to defence equipment already owned by the Indian Armed Forces.
Its navigation module is a plug-and-play board that gives drones edge computing and vision-based navigation when satellite positioning fails.
A separate system uses computer-vision-assisted ballistics and motorised actuation for legacy field guns, reducing time to shift between targets.
The Prachand swarm ground station software has been deployed with formations under the Indian Army's Southern Command.
The navigation module has received Letters of Intent from eight military units, and the company secured a ₹20 lakh order for its artillery automation system.

The company traces back to the ISRO Robotics Challenge, where founders built a low-cost visual navigation system that reached the final.
It works with the Army Design Bureau on ground stations for drone swarms.
Satellite navigation jamming and spoofing are becoming routine, making vision-based navigation a pursued problem in defence tech worldwide.
Selling module upgrades to the Army is a smaller transaction with lower approval levels and less risk than new platform procurement.

Beijan builds modules that add autonomy to defence equipment already owned by the Indian Armed Forces.
Its navigation module is a plug-and-play board giving drones edge computing and vision-based navigation when satellite positioning fails.
A separate system uses computer-vision-assisted ballistics and motorised actuation for legacy field guns, reducing time to shift between targets.
The Prachand swarm ground station software has been deployed with formations under the Indian Army's Southern Command.
The company is developing the Beijan Autonomous Navigation Module (BANM), a compact edge-computing system for UAV navigation when GPS is unavailable.
It is also developing the Autonomous Artillery Positioning System (AAPS) to modernise legacy field artillery by combining computer vision, ballistics, and automated motor actuation.
The company operates from Coras Lab at BITS Hyderabad.
Its systems are designed for battlefield assets to communicate through a secure mesh network, reducing dependence on vulnerable infrastructure.