Cosmochute raises $1.5 million to build modular lunar robots
Photo via Business StandardLeft to right: Amit Chowdhary (COO and co-founder); Janhavi Gore (CEO and co-founder); Dhruv Alok Sangal (CTO and co-founder).Cosmochute has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding co-led by Accel and Prosus Ventures through the Atoms X programme. IIMA Ventures' Deep-tech and Aerospace Acceleration Fund, Operators Studio and angel investor Chinmayi Muthyala also participated. The Ahmedabad-based startup is developing LEAP, a modular lunar mobility platform that combines a rover and trailer with standardised payload bays. The aim is to transport and deploy different payloads using a common mission architecture, reducing the bespoke engineering needed for individual missions. The money will support platform development, engineering hiring and the company's commercial roadmap. Cosmochute is setting up lunar laboratories at IIMA Ventures' incubation facility. Its founders are CEO Janhavi Gore, COO Amit Chowdhary and CTO Dhruv Alok Sangal. Mylswamy Annadurai, former programme director of Chandrayaan-1, is the company's chief scientist. LEAP remains in development: the announcement does not establish a completed lunar deployment, a launch date or an independently measured cost reduction.
Founders: Amit Chowdhary (COO and co-founder); Janhavi Gore (CEO and co-founder); Dhruv Alok Sangal (CTO and co-founder).
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Round details
$1.5 million pre-seed round, announced October 15, 2026.
Accel and Prosus Ventures, through Atoms X.
IIMA Ventures' Deep-tech and Aerospace Acceleration Fund; Operators Studio; Chinmayi Muthyala (angel investor).
Develop LEAP; expand the engineering team; advance the commercial roadmap.
Modular lunar rover and trailer with standardised payload bays for transport and deployment.
Janhavi Gore (CEO); Amit Chowdhary (COO); Dhruv Alok Sangal (CTO).
Mylswamy Annadurai, former Chandrayaan-1 programme director, is chief scientist.
LEAP is in development. Lunar laboratories are being set up at IIMA Ventures' incubation facility.
Not disclosed in the funding announcement.
