Drone startup SUIND raises Rs 20.5 Cr in seed round led by Transition VC
Agriculture drone startup SUIND has raised Rs 20.5 crore ($2.2 million) in a seed funding round led by Transition VC. The round also saw participation from IIMA Ventures.
Entrackr had exclusively reported the development recently.
The fresh capital will be used to scale the commercial deployment of its agriculture drone platform, accelerate the development of its autonomous surveillance and infrastructure inspection drone, strengthen its proprietary autonomy technology and expand its engineering team.
Founded in 2020 by Kunal Shrivastava and Kevin Kleber, SUIND develops autonomous unmanned aerial systems that use computer vision for navigation instead of relying primarily on GPS. Its technology enables drones to operate in low-altitude and GPS-denied environments.
The startup has commercially deployed its DGCA-certified autonomous spraying drone, Bumblebee, across farms and plantations. It is also developing WASP, an autonomous aerial platform for industrial monitoring, security, surveillance and defence applications.
Over the next 12 to 24 months, SUIND plans to scale the manufacturing and deployment of Bumblebee while preparing WASP for commercial launch. The agriculture drone ecosystem in India has witnessed growing interest in recent years, driven by demand for precision farming and government support for drone adoption. Suind competes with startups such as Marut Drones, Garuda Aerospace, IoTechWorld Avigation, BharatRohan, and Dhaksha Unmanned Systems.
