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Epigamia cofounder launches defence tech firm Kokasa

By Startup Enthusiast · 30 September 2026

What they do

Kokasa is a new deep-tech company serving defence, aerospace and space customers with autonomous systems

It was started by Epigamia cofounder Rahul Jain, ex-Housing.com executive Snehil Gautam and former HAL executive Vikalp Bagdi

It designs actuation, motion control, sensing and embedded control systems, and shared no funding, orders or customers

Kokasa builds electromechanical and electrohydraulic systems (parts that move and control heavy machinery) for defence, aerospace and space.
It also works on sensing, embedded control and autonomous software, aiming for groups of machines that cooperate on one mission.
Its first product is an upgraded traverse system (the part that turns a turret) for T-72 tanks.
Customers are defence and aerospace programmes, mainly through projects that replace imported parts with Indian-made ones.
The site says 3 platforms and 11 products are being localised in 2026, including work on Su-30MKI, MiG-29 and T-72.
Founded by an Epigamia co-founder, a former Housing.com executive and a former HAL executive; it raised seed funding in 2026.

**Rahul Jain** - co-founder of Epigamia (Greek yoghurt brand); IIT Bombay metallurgical engineering graduate (2009).
**Snehil Gautam** - co-founder; former Housing.com chief experience officer, IIT Bombay batchmate.
**Vikalp Bagdi** - co-founder; earlier worked at HAL and Textron, IIT Bombay batchmate.