Chiratae Ventures announces Sonic DeepTech Batch, committing $10 million
Chiratae’s premier DeepTech seed program invests in five startups and identifies 14 DeepTech Disrupters; collaborates with NVIDIA Inception
BANGALORE, May 7th, 2026 – Chiratae Ventures announced its Sonic DeepTech batch post its Demo Day hosted yesterday in Bangalore. The program drew thousands of applications showcasing the depth and breadth of frontier innovation emerging across the country.
From the competitive pool of applicants, Chiratae selected a focused cohort of high-conviction startups and committed up to $10 million across investments: Ctrl B, Interact AI, SuprSend, TakeMe2Space and a stealth startup.
“India is uniquely positioned today, with deep talent, research momentum, and founders potentially building category-defining DeepTech companies. Through Sonic, India’s leading DeepTech investment program, in collaboration with NVIDIA, Chiratae is catalyzing this ecosystem to scale globally.” – Sudhir Sethi, Founder – Chiratae Ventures
The selected startups will benefit from resources offered by NVIDIA Inception – a program designed to help startups accelerate technical innovation and business growth at all stages. Through this, they will gain access to advanced AI developer tools and training, preferred pricing on NVIDIA hardware and software, exclusive partner offers, and exposure to a global network of investors and ecosystem players.
Of the selected companies, TakeMe2Space is developing nanosatellite infrastructure for
edge AI computing and Earth observation, with a roadmap toward interconnected on
orbit data systems. CtrlB is a serverless data lake platform that is designed to reduce
observability data storage and analytics costs through diskless, cloud-native architecture.
Interact AI offers AI avatar that replaces static chatbots with audio-visual, product-aware
conversational agents trained in sales and marketing content. SuprSend has developed a
multi-channel notification infrastructure that helps orchestrate multi-channel
communications through a single API. The final investment is a stealth vertical AI platform.
Designed to support founders tackling complex challenges in historically underserved
sectors, the Sonic DeepTech program offered up to $2 million in seed funding with
decision timelines as fast as 48 hours. The program covers sectors where Chiratae
Ventures believes India has a distinct opportunity to lead globally: Energy & Climate,
Quantum Technologies, Robotics & Advanced Manufacturing, Space Technologies, Applied
AI/ML, Bio & MedTech, and Digital Economy. Beyond capital, the program connects
founders to industry partners, and ecosystem networks to accelerate their journey to
scale rapidly.
In addition to the investments deployed, the program identified 14 Sonic DeepTech
Disrupters – startups demonstrating exceptional potential. These companies span the full
breadth of the program’s DeepTech focus areas and represent the next wave of
innovation.
Chiratae Sonic DeepTech Program will reopen applications later this year to empower
more startups.
About Chiratae Ventures:
Chiratae Ventures is a 19-year-old Indian technology venture capital firm with over $1.3Bn AUM across multiple funds, with 130+ investments, 50+ exits, 8 unicorns, and 4 IPOs.
Chiratae has backed companies such as AgroStar, Cult.fit, Fibe, FirstCry, Flipkart, Lenskart, Myntra, Pixis, PolicyBazaar, and Vayana.