Funding
Zuppa gets Rs 5 crore from Sangam Talks founder
By Startup Enthusiast ·
- Date
- Company
- Zuppa
- What it does
- Defence drone startup
- Kind
- Funding
- Amount
- Rs 5 crore
- Stage
- Angel
- Based in
- Chennai
- Founded
- 2008
What they do
Chennai drone startup Zuppa raised Rs 5 crore from Rahul Devan, the founder of Sangam Talks
What happened
The money is meant to fund expansion and roll out its Ajeet series of defence drones
Why it matters
The Ajeet Mini was tested by the Army above 11,000 feet and is billed as India's first indigenous micro-armed drone
The details
- Zuppa raised Rs 5 crore in May 2025.
- The cheque came from Rahul Devan, founder of Sangam Talks.
- Funds back expansion and deployment of the Ajeet drone series.
- The company's NavGati autopilot stack powers its drones.
Investors
About Zuppa
- Product
- Cyber-secure drones, autopilots, and autonomous navigation systems
- Customers
- The Indian Armed Forces, defense agencies, and commercial enterprises requiring secure unmanned systems
- How it makes money
- Designs, manufactures, and sells indigenous cyber-secure drones, autopilot hardware, and navigation software
- What sets it apart
- Offers entirely homegrown, cyber-secure autopilot and navigation systems that operate without Chinese parts and function in GPS-denied environments
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