Top 10 Indian Drone Startups (2023)

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@karthik_kwads 8 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot BWM team for the shoutout to Agam Robotics!

@backstagewithmillionaires 8 ай бұрын

Our pleasure Karthik, keep up the good work! -Caleb

@karthik_kwads 8 ай бұрын

@@backstagewithmillionaires Thank you for the support! Hope to make more progress soon.

@karthik_kwads 8 ай бұрын

I am a bit biased here because I am working on my own drone startup, but many of the drones listed and not listed here are not drone manufacturers but jut buy drone parts from China and put it together just like hobby drones many people do. Not all but many are, but I don't want to name names here. They are all focused on services and that's not a problem, but calling themselves drone manufacturers is so wrong in many levels. It just demotivates lot of the companies doing real work but are not recognized. These companies use their funds to market themselves so well and are not focused on real R&D. Nevertheless a great list. Hope to see more real startups making into the list or the listed ones make real R&D. Edit: Except Agam Robotics. 🤣🤣 Thanks for the shoutout!

@karthik_kwads 8 ай бұрын

Did I make it in the the video! Damn!

@backstagewithmillionaires 8 ай бұрын

Haha didn't share the video with you on WhatsApp because I wanted to see if you'd spot it yourself or maybe see "BwM sent me!" in comments of one of your videos. But you found the vid within minutes of us posting it! 👏 Am also hoping to see more "hardware" Indian drone startups in the future, but without a tech manufacturing ecosystem, it's hard not to rely on China as a tech/sensor/chip provider, especially once you're funded and investors push for growth. Founders can be martyrs/revolutionaries, but VCs aren't 😅 -Caleb

@karthik_kwads 8 ай бұрын

@@backstagewithmillionaires Haha. That came by as a surprise for sure! I was quite busy when I got the notification, but it was hard not to click the video when it had drone in the title and that too from BWM. I agree, it's hard to be self-reliant and not depend on China. I am facing the brunt of it. Pushing for growth over developing the tech is the exact reason I have less confidence to talk to investors about my startup for funding. Hard to find such investors who likes to invest. Hope to find some.

@pranshkhubchandani8102 8 ай бұрын

Hi Karthik , we know this and even though we at Rodella Aerospace are now a small company we don't rely on shortcuts and are building our airframes inhouse.

@karthik_kwads 8 ай бұрын

@@pranshkhubchandani8102 That's wonderful to hear. I know a bunch of companies are working to make lot of things inhouse. But they don't get to be on the top unfortunately.

@rishavkumar1250 8 ай бұрын

Great , i had asked this question about drone manufacturing startups few days ago ... nice

@revolutionarythinker 8 ай бұрын

Garuda aero: most drones are made in china kits Redwing: Vtol imported Sky air: hex copter kit made in china assembled in india Bharat drone: all drones made in china only application is theirs Asteria: quad rotor made by them, with open source avionics New space: indigenous dronevwith open source avionics Dronacharya: most drones used for training are made in chinq Sagar defence: indegrnous drone open source avionucs Botlab: China supported them, all made in China systems Agam:??? Idea forge: totally indegenous drones with own avionics and airframe

@harshitjindal2809 8 ай бұрын

Botlab have their own software and hardware now

@karthik_kwads 8 ай бұрын

I can only speak for Agam Robotics, I am the Founder and CEO. I have been building my company in public and you can follow my journey. I am more focused on Truly making in India.

@marcusravi1684 8 ай бұрын

Very good summary. Don't know how Garuda is not getting into trouble for this blatant scam. It will make indians seem like scammers.

@rishu_Kumar07 8 ай бұрын

@@harshitjindal2809how are you so sure? as far as i know they are using a foreign software for conducting their drone light shows and their drone hardware is mostly taken from open source projects and that too i am not sure whether they are using it or not, cause the software doesn't actually support their custom hardware.

@harshitjindal2809 8 ай бұрын

@@rishu_Kumar07 yes you are talking about before scenario they started like this the software is skybrush open source and support pixhawk based hardware , but not they have made their own software the drones are not real swarm intelligence the file is putted before only for location and timings , the hardware like fc , esc , gps board they have customised of their own open source but still their own customised

@rajivdixit73 8 ай бұрын

I really enjoy your videos, It is very encouraging to see that Indian startups are gearing up with the future demands in every aspect of S&T

@rutvikrs 8 ай бұрын

Drones without Karnataka's own Kage Pratapa? 😢

@karthickrajalearn 8 ай бұрын

333 Drone StartUp stats you collected from Clutch Right?

@drgnfly017 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the coverage @Backstage with Millionaires Team.👍

@Unitedindiayouthparty 8 ай бұрын

sick!!!! i m pro programmer and i always get excited about drones....

@SrijitoGhosh 8 ай бұрын

Even I am...Currently, learning ROS2 for developing robotics applications at scale! You on LinkedIn?

@RameshKumar-kb7hp 8 ай бұрын

Garuda Aerospace is a jumla startup. They are very good at marketing and scaling thanks to the CEO's political connections. There is no real innovation. Sad ...

@gajendermalhotra9635 3 ай бұрын

Tbh I don’t believe any person who speaks the word jumla most of this is used by liberands😂

@patilneha3798 8 ай бұрын

Please collect the real and accurate data in terms of number. False numbers can lead to investors loss and affect decision making.

@sudhanshumishra2840 8 ай бұрын

why don't we have companies like DJI which sells its product to consumers here in India, i mean all these companies are making drones either for defence or other b2b purposes. if i want to buy a drone for like say videography none of these companies are catering this need.😒

@backstagewithmillionaires 8 ай бұрын

The person I mentioned in the video, Karthik, is planning to build drones for the B2C use-case. But you're right, it's sad that there isn't really an Indian DJI equivalent. -Caleb

@karthik_kwads 8 ай бұрын

Yes, that's true. That's what my focus is on with Agam Robotics. Focusing more on the consumer side which is neglected at this moment. It has been really difficult to actually get things manufactured in India and finding investors in this sector of hardware so it's quite slow in terms of progress.

@guruG509 4 ай бұрын

@@backstagewithmillionaires I am planning with something like that, wait till 2026