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Women-led deep tech & AI startups in India
AI, robotics, space, hardware and the harder problems, founded by women.
20 women-led companies · 1 with a full founder story · Last updated 19 July 2026
Deep tech is the slowest, most capital-hungry corner of the startup world, and the one where a real technical edge can become a lasting moat. The women-led companies in this facet are building in AI, robotics, space, hardware and machine learning, where the gap between a demo and a shipped product is measured in years.
This is also where women founders are most visibly breaking a stereotype, because the work is unmistakably technical and the results are hard to argue with. Browse the companies below, narrow by stage and city, and open a profile to read the founder story where we have published one.
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- Industry
- Deep Tech
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2015
- Industry
- Deep Tech
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 1998
- Industry
- Deep Tech
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2015
- Industry
- Deep Tech
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2014
- Industry
- Deep Tech
- Location
- Hyderabad, Telangana
- Founded
- 2021
Kajal Shah
- Industry
- Deep Tech
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2022
Susmita Mohanty
- Industry
- Deep Tech
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2009
Dr. Jyoti Joshi
- Industry
- Deep Tech
- Location
- Gandhinagar, Gujarat
- Founded
- 2021
- Industry
- Deep Tech
- Location
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Founded
- 2013
- Industry
- Deep Tech
- Location
- Hyderabad, Telangana
- Founded
- 2013
- Industry
- Deep Tech
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2005
- Industry
- Deep Tech
- Location
- Hyderabad, Telangana
- Founded
- 2023
- Industry
- Deep Tech
- Location
- Pune, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2017
- Industry
- Deep Tech
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2010
- Industry
- Deep Tech
- Location
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Founded
- 2012
Nikkitha Shanker
- Industry
- Deep Tech
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2023
- Industry
- Deep Tech
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2012
- Industry
- Deep Tech
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2017
- Industry
- Deep Tech
- Location
- Hubli, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2024
- Industry
- Deep Tech
- Location
- Gurugram, Haryana
- Founded
- 2017
| Deep Tech | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Series A | 2015 | |
| Deep Tech | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Series C | 1998 | |
| Deep Tech | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Seed | 2015 | |
| Deep Tech | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Seed | 2014 | |
| Deep Tech | Hyderabad, Telangana | Seed | 2021 | |
Dreamfly InnovationsVerifiedKajal ShahRead our story → | Deep Tech | Bengaluru, Karnataka | — | 2022 |
Earth2OrbitSusmita Mohanty | Deep Tech | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Seed | 2009 |
Kroop AIDr. Jyoti Joshi | Deep Tech | Gandhinagar, Gujarat | Seed | 2021 |
| Deep Tech | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Acquired | 2013 | |
| Deep Tech | Hyderabad, Telangana | Pre-Series A | 2013 | |
| Deep Tech | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Series A | 2005 | |
| Deep Tech | Hyderabad, Telangana | Seed | 2023 | |
| Deep Tech | Pune, Maharashtra | Pre-Series A | 2017 | |
| Deep Tech | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Series B | 2010 | |
| Deep Tech | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Bootstrapped | 2012 | |
| Deep Tech | Bengaluru, Karnataka | — | 2023 | |
| Deep Tech | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Series D+ | 2012 | |
| Deep Tech | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Seed | 2017 | |
| Deep Tech | Hubli, Karnataka | Seed | 2024 | |
| Deep Tech | Gurugram, Haryana | Series C | 2017 |
Funding stage reflects the latest publicly reported round and is indicative. Know a company that belongs here? Tell us.
Why Deep Tech matters
India is pushing to move up the value chain from services into research-grade technology, and deep tech is where that ambition is being tested. Women founders building here are doing some of the country’s most consequential technical work, which is why this facet matters out of proportion to its size.
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Frequently asked questions
+ – What counts as deep tech here?
Women-led companies whose core is a hard technical capability: AI and machine learning, robotics, space, advanced hardware. Each has at least one confirmed woman founder or co-founder.
+ – Where are the AI companies?
AI and ML companies sit inside this deep-tech facet. Software companies that apply AI to a business workflow may instead appear under SaaS, depending on where their core value sits.