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Arctus Aerospace

HQ Bengaluru, IndiaFounded 20231-10 employeesUpdated

We build unmanned airplanes for zero infrastructure earth observation.

StartupAircraft and aeronauticsUncrewed systems
Website
Total raised
$2.6M
2 rounds
Last round
$2.6M
Pre-Seed · Nov 26, 2025
Capabilities
2

Funding2 rounds · $2.6M

Equity raised
$2.6M
Latest
$2.6MPre-Seed · Nov 26, 2025
  • Pre-Seed
    $2.6M
    Nov 26, 2025
  • Pre-Seed
    Undisclosed
    Jan 1, 2024

Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.

Capabilities2

  • Aircraft and aeronautics
    Developer
    classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Builds unmanned high-altitude airplanes for earth observation; no defense use is stated.
    —Reported
  • Uncrewed systems
    Developer
    classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Builds unmanned high-altitude airplanes for earth observation; no defense use is stated.
    —Reported

Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.

People2

All 2 people →
People
PersonRole
Shreepoorna RaoFounder and CEO
Shreepoorna S Raofounder

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Sources7

Profile4

  1. 1
    CompanyArctus Aerospace

    Arctus Aerospace · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website

    “We build unmanned airplanes for zero infrastructure earth observation. We fly at 45,000 feet for 24 hours at a go”
  2. 2
    DatabaseArctus Aerospace - PitchBook company profile

    PitchBook · Supports Organization · country, Organization · founded year, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url

    “country: IN”
  3. 3
    DatabaseSixth-Domain public startups directory

    Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · kind

    “{"id": "49ad55c7-5068-43b6-a65c-59a7504001cf", "name": "Arctus Aerospace", "stage": "Pre-Seed"}”
  4. 4
    DatabaseArctus Aerospace - Crunchbase company profile

    Crunchbase · Supports Organization · country, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url

    “country: IN”

Funding2

  1. 5
    NewsArctus Aerospace raises $2.6 Mn in pre-seed round

    Entrackr · Nov 26, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount, Organization · ownership

    “Arctus Aerospace has raised $2.6 million in a pre-seed round”
  2. 6
    DatabaseArctus Aerospace company profile

    Octen Business Search · Supports Funding round, Organization · employee range, Role

    “funding round: Pre Seed Round, 2024-01-01”

People1

  1. 7
    NewsArctus Aerospace has one mission—End India's reliance on foreign players in earth observation

    theprint.in · Supports Role

    “And that is what I am here to do now, says Shreepoorna S Rao, founder of Arctus Aerospace.”

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