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Circuit Digest Named Digital Content & Outreach Partner for electronica India 2026 21 August 2026: Circuit Digest has been named the Digital Content & Outreach Partner for electronica India 2026, taking place from 16–18 September at BIEC, Bengaluru. As part of the collaboration, Circuit Digest will identify relevant industry voices, shape discussion themes, host the conversations and distribute the resulting content across its website, YouTube channel and social… |
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Andhra Pradesh Launches Twin AI Centres to Give DeepTech Startups GPU Power and Mentorship Andhra Pradesh has set up two new AI-focused facilities, one in Amaravati and one in Visakhapatnam, which began operating on July 28. The initiative comes with backing from the central government's electronics and IT ministry, working alongside the state's own IT and electronics department. Both sites will run under the… |
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Bengaluru's Vimag Labs Secures Fifth Patent for Rare-Earth-Free EV Motor Vimag Labs, a Bengaluru-based deep-tech startup, secured its fifth Indian patent on July 8 for an electric motor that operates without rare-earth permanent magnets, according to multiple industry reports. The patent, titled "A Robust Rotating Transformer Excited Synchronous Motor and Its Control," covers the core architecture of the company's Virtual Magnet Synchronous Motor (VMSM) platform,… |
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Unitree Unveils $650,000 Pilotable Mecha Robot Chinese robotics company Unitree has launched the GD01, a giant pilotable mecha robot priced at $650,000. The Hangzhou-based startup, known for producing humanoid and four-legged robots, revealed the product in a promotional video. The company confirmed to WIRED that the GD01 is a real product available for purchase. The GD01 weighs 500 kilograms and is capable of walking, crouching,… |
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Mave Health Raises $2.1 Mn to Bring Brain Stimulation Headsets to Market Mave Health, a Bengaluru-based healthtech startup, raised $2.1 Mn in a seed round led by Blume Ventures. Founded in 2023 by Dhawal Jain, Jai Sharma, and Aman Kumar, the company makes headsets based on transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) that help with focus, mood, and stress regulation. The raised capital is to go towards ramping up their manufacturing capabilities and launching… |
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Li-Fi and FSO Startup Velmenni Raises ₹30 Crore in Pre-Series A Round Delhi-based startup Velmenni raised ₹30 crore in a pre-Series A funding round, led by pi Ventures, which also saw participation from MountTech Growth Fund-Kavachh and Apekso. The company intends to use the raised capital to help commercialize its patented light-based wireless connectivity solutions, build customized solutions for defence and enterprise, and expand globally. The… |
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Jaipur-Based Agritech Startup Verdant Impact Raises $3M in Seed Round In a seed funding round led by Unicorn India Ventures, Verdant Impact raised $3 million, which it intends to spend on scaling its team, breaking into the North and North-East Indian markets, integrating blockchain, and advancing its Pashu.AI platform. Infynyte Club, Yash Kotak, Alok Soni, and a-IDEA NAARM make up the other investors from the round. Verdant Impact is an agritech… |
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Kochi-Based EyeROV Announces Tunnel Survey Completion at 4,000 Feet on the Heels of ₹13 Crore Raise EyeROV, an underwater robotics startup, has completed what it claims is “one of the longest tunnel surveys in North India, marking an important step forward for advanced tunnel inspection and monitoring in the country.” According to EyeROV, the tunnel leakage monitoring was notable for being carried out at an altitude of around 4,000 feet above sea level. The announcement further stated… |
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UK Startup Fires Up 1,000°C Space Furnace, Pushing Semiconductor Manufacturing Beyond Earth The next generation of computer chips may not come from factories on Earth, but from satellites circling the planet. A UK company’s successful test of a 1,000°C furnace in space is bringing that futuristic vision closer to reality. Space Forge, a startup based in Cardiff, Wales, has confirmed that its microwave sized orbital furnace was successfully switched on and reached the temperature… |
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India Democratizes Chip Fabrication With 5 MPW Runs Over the Past 12 Months At a handover ceremony during his visit to the Semi-Conductor Laboratory (SCL), Mohali, for a review, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology, delivered 28 chips designed by students from 17 academic institutions. The fabricated chips included 600 bare dies and 600 packaged chips. This was made possible by the Chips to Start-up (C2S) Programme. A… |
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IndieSemiC Launches India’s First Indigenous IoT Evolution Board Powered by VEGA Processor A young semiconductor start-up called IndieSemiC made headlines at Semicon India 2025, Delhi, by launching India’s first IoT Evolution Board with Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. The product comes from a partnership between the startup and C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing). It uses a homegrown VEGA processor and supports Bluetooth and LoRa. The board has a wide range… |
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Raphe mPhibr Raises $100 Million in India’s Largest Private Funding Round in Aerospace and Defence Sectors An Indian defence and aerospace startup, Raphe mPhibr, has raised $100 million in a new private funding round, which was the largest ever in India’s aerospace and defence sector. With this, the company’s total funding stands at $145 million. The money will go towards expanding aircraft design, engineering, and manufacturing facilities. Raphe mPhibr develops UAVs, including the mR10,… |
