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Samarthya Capital backs founders building strategic technology across defence, space, robotics, AI infrastructure, advanced industry and mobility.
We invest from pre-seed through seed and support the technical, commercial, regulatory and capital milestones that define hard-tech companies.
A fund for India's hard frontier.
Samarthya Capital is an early-stage venture firm partnering with the boldest deep-tech founders in India. We write conviction cheques into pre-seed and seed rounds and stand alongside teams through every technical milestone and capital cycle.
We invest where physics meets policy — defence, space, robotics, AI infrastructure and clean industry — backing companies that take years to build and decades to matter.
Read the full thesis →The world is re-arming, re-shoring, re-orbiting.
Hard problems are getting funded again. We invest where deep science meets a buyer in defence, space, robotics, AI and clean industry.
Backing builders of hard things.
What Samarthya helps unlock.
Capital is the starting point. The work is everything around it — the technical, commercial, regulatory and operational path from prototype to enduring company.
We lead and co-lead pre-seed and seed rounds with cheques sized for the long horizons that hard-tech demands.
Engineering-aware roadmaps that sequence de-risking, prototype-to-deployment and capital cycles against real physics.
Navigating defence, space, government and large-industrial procurement — the buyers that anchor strategic technology businesses.
Partnerships across Indian and global manufacturing, supply chain and contract production.
Access to research labs, universities and the technical talent networks that early hard-tech teams cannot reach alone.
Working knowledge of export control, dual-use clearances, certification regimes and the policy frame around frontier sectors.
A deliberate plan from seed through growth, with reserves and relationships across Indian and global capital pools.
Introductions to customers, partners and co-investors across the US, Europe, Middle East and Indo-Pacific.
What founders say.
Samarthya backed us before the first engine fired. They show up the day before a launch and the week after a setback.
They understand hard-tech timelines. We never had to translate physics into a quarterly target.
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Conviction at pre-seed, patience through technical risk, and a black book that opens every door in defence.
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From the portfolio.
Research, memos & field notes.
Build with us, or our founders.
Built with India's best.
Research institutions, government labs and ecosystem partners we work with to find, build and scale deep-tech companies.
Building something hard?
If you are building technology that needs patience, technical conviction and a partner who understands the path from prototype to deployment, we want to hear from you.