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We built our first rocket thruster in a Pune garage

Orbitveda went from a college project to a ₹240 Cr Series A in three years. Co-founder Ananya on betting on deeptech when no one in India was funding hardware.

Orbitveda went from a college project to a ₹240 Cr Series A in three years. Co-founder Ananya on betting on deeptech when no one in India was funding hardware.

India’s startup ecosystem is entering a new chapter — one defined less by valuation and more by velocity. This story is illustrative demo content shipped with the Pitch Karo Bharat theme; replace it with your own reporting.

Across sectors from spacetech to agritech, a new generation of founders is building with homegrown technology that rivals global standards. The platform exists to give them visibility, capital and community in one place.

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Ananya Deshpande
Co-founder & CEO, Orbitveda