Deep Tech Startups

inPhocal develops laser marking systems for marking products, particularly in food and beverage manufacturing. The company's solution uses CO2 laser technology to print QR codes and product markings at high speed without toxic inks and on curved surfaces.

4 investors

Insamo develops an automated platform for drug discovery that designs, synthesizes, and tests cyclic peptides at scale using machine learning and proprietary experimental data. The company targets the development of treatments for challenging diseases through membrane-permeable and orally available compounds.

4 investors

II builds II-Agent, an open-source, self-sovereign universal AI system. The company also publishes work on the economics of abundant AI, including a book by its founder.

4 investors

Invact Metaversity operates a virtual university campus that delivers immersive, cohort-based learning through browser and VR headset access, using WebXR and spatial computing to run 3D classrooms, breakout rooms, and avatar-based interactions. Its project-based curriculum, grounded in peer-reviewed research on online learner success, targets students seeking job-ready skills, with alumni placed at companies across India and beyond.

4 investors

IPercept provides condition monitoring and predictive maintenance for CNC machines, collecting motion and vibration data via a smart device on the machine's kinematic chain to detect developing faults in components like axes, spindles, and joints. It serves manufacturers using milling, turning, grinding, broaching, stamping, and pressing machines regardless of make or model.

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IQ Capital is a European venture capital firm focused on deep tech, investing in founders building frontier technologies across areas such as intelligence, energy, computation, and biology. It leads rounds from pre-Seed to Series A and can follow on with up to $40m through its growth opportunity funds.

4 investors

JITX develops software to automate hardware and circuit board design for electronics companies. The platform uses algorithms for physical design automation to help teams design better electronics.

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Jump Aero develops an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft designed for first responders to reach emergency scenes quickly, with a focus on cutting rural emergency response times. The company operates in the aviation and emergency response sector.

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Juxta develops a UPS (positioning system) that enables real-time location tracking and coordination for organizations across industries including defense, logistics, and manufacturing. The platform helps improve reliability, safety, and operational visibility for factories, field operations, and healthcare settings.

4 investors

Kamau Therapeutics develops targeted gene integration therapies to treat serious and life-threatening genetic diseases. The company is a clinical-stage biotech firm focused on next-generation gene correction.

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Kandou AI develops high-speed, energy-efficient connectivity solutions for semiconductor and AI infrastructure, focusing on reducing system costs to enable scalable AI systems. The company's technology addresses data movement between processors and memory in next-generation computing systems.

4 investors

Kayhan Space develops technology to improve the safety of spaceflight operations. The company operates in the space industry.

4 investors

KdT is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in frontier science and deep technology startups. It backs founders building platforms across biology, chemistry, physics, and computation that engineer matter, energy, and information.

4 investors

Kivu Bioscience is a biotechnology company developing next-generation antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for oncology, using site-specific conjugation technology to create more stable and homogeneous cancer therapies with reduced off-tumor toxicity. Its pipeline of ADC candidates targets solid tumors and other cancer indications.

4 investors

Klepsydra Technologies develops patented edge AI software that accelerates AI inference on hardware ranging from low-cost processors to accelerators, using two-dimensional parallelization and lock-free programming to reduce latency and power consumption. It serves aerospace, space, robotics, and automotive customers, with an ESA/ECSS-qualified Space Edition and a ROS2-based Robotics Edition.

4 investors

Kotoba builds a real-time voice AI speech model and simultaneous translation technology, with strong performance in East Asian languages for AI agents and voice interfaces. Its models support text-to-speech, speech-to-text, and speech-to-speech translation, and can run on-premise, on-cloud, or on-device.

4 investors

Kurs Orbital provides on-orbit servicing spacecraft for satellite relocation, de-orbiting, and inspection in geostationary orbit. The company targets communication satellite operators and space debris mitigation.

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Larx builds a decision intelligence platform, offered via an API and a natural language interface, with edge-ready deployment options. The company focuses on AI-driven decision intelligence software.

4 investors

Laverock develops programmable engineered cell therapies that control gene expression based on cell identity and environment, activating only in the target cell population and tuning expression to precise levels. The company applies its gene-regulation platforms to an internal advanced therapy pipeline and pursues outlicensing and partnerships for additional therapeutic and non-therapeutic applications.

4 investors

Leyden Labs develops nasal sprays containing antibodies that target respiratory viruses such as influenza and COVID at the nasal mucosa to prevent initial infection and transmission. The company works on broadly protective antiviral products aimed at addressing endemic and pandemic respiratory threats.

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Lightform made hardware and software for projection mapping, using structured light scanning to align projected augmented-reality visuals onto physical forms for art, experiences, and signage. Its products included compact computer-and-camera projector devices (LF1, LF2+) and the Lightform Creator design software; the company is now permanently closed.

4 investors

Lux Aeterna is developing a fully reusable satellite designed to return from orbit, enabling faster mission timelines, flight-proven hardware, and recovery of payloads. It targets space operators seeking reliable, repeatable access to orbit and back as an alternative to disposable satellites.

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Trio is a multi-modal AI model engine that processes video, audio, and sensor data for operational intelligence in physical environments like retail, warehouses, and factories. The platform is OpenAI-compatible and designed for vertical AI builders and hardware partners to embed into their workflows and edge devices.

4 investors

Majestic Labs builds AI server hardware that rearchitects memory as a shared, uniform pool, giving each processor direct access to far greater memory capacity to address the memory-bound bottleneck in AI compute. The systems target organizations running frontier models, agentic AI, reasoning, and video generation workloads with lower total cost of ownership and power consumption.

4 investors