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The universe gives us billions of stars. It takes just a few to find our bearings.
Meet the 𝗚𝗡𝗥-𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿 from Bellatrix Aerospace. Unveiled at BSX. Flown aboard our Harbinger mission. Built to answer one of a spacecraft’s most fundamental questions: *Which way am I facing?*
There’s an engineering term for figuring that out without any prior knowledge of orientation: the “Lost-in-Space” problem. Yes, really.
Starting with just a patch of sky, a star tracker matches the pattern it sees against an onboard star catalogue to determine the spacecraft’s orientation from scratch.
A view of the stars becomes a reference for the mission.
Because in space, Attitude is everything. And knowing yours is where every precise move begins.
Building your next satellite? Find your bearings with the 𝗚𝗡𝗥-𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀.
Next up: more on the GNR-series, and the engineering behind the answer. 👀
#GNRseries #StarTracker #BellatrixAerospace #SpaceTech #ADCS
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Building deep tech in India doesn't mean selling only to India.
Many hard tech founders plan to win at home first and go global later. I'd test that plan early. For a lot of deep tech, the first customers willing to pay for something genuinely new sit abroad, and building from India can make you very competitive in winning them.
A paying customer in Europe, Japan or the US also tells your next investor something no pitch deck can.
Founders, did your first paying customer come from India or from abroad?
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Silicon Valley's power law doesn't fully describe Indian venture.
Here, returns look to me more like a log-normal curve: fewer giant outliers, and more of the outcome coming from solid companies that sell or list at sensible values. I made this point two years ago and I still hold it.
For founders, that changes the pitch. You don't need to promise the next hundred-billion-dollar company. Show me a credible path to a real exit, and a business that's still worth owning if it lands in the middle of the range.
Founders and investors, are you building for the outlier or for the strong middle?
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A patent filing is not a moat.
When a deep tech founder tells me their edge is IP, I ask three questions. Does it protect something a customer actually pays for? Would a well-funded competitor have to design around it, or could they simply ignore it? And is the know-how that makes it work written down, or does it live in two people's heads?
The IP I value most keeps compounding. Every customer deployment teaches the team something a newcomer can't copy from a filing.
File the patents. Then build the part that can't be filed.
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Many hard tech decks in India model the product in detail and leave the cap table for later.
Before your first institutional round, map the whole journey: the capital it takes to reach a product you can manufacture, the working capital each order will tie up, and how many rounds sit between you and real revenue.
Then ask what you'll still own at the end. If the honest answer is too little to keep you going for ten years, change the plan now, not at Series B.
Capital intensity isn't a reason to avoid deep tech. It's a reason to underwrite it with open eyes.
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An MoU is not an order.
A lot of Indian deep tech pitches lead with policy tailwinds, a big TAM slide and a list of MoUs. I read all of it, but what changes my mind sits further down: a purchase order, a paid pilot, a buyer who comes back for more.
Policy can open the door. Only a paying customer proves there's a business behind it.
Founders, what was the first bit of paid demand that made investors take you seriously?
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The lesson for early-stage investors: GPUs bought with debt are a financing risk, not a moat. When I look at AI infra in India, I ask who has revenue that doesn't depend on the next round.
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What I look for in SET founders.
At Inflexor we call our focus SET: Science, Engineering and Tech. Some call it deep tech, but that word means different things to different people. A short thread on what matters to me.
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$25B. New Mexico just won the largest privacy fine in history against Meta. Not from DC or Brussels — a single state AG.
For VCs: regulatory-forbearance for consumer-data models is dead. Privacy-first architecture isnt a values play — its now risk management.
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India’s deeptech and manufacturing ecosystem is entering a new phase, with investors increasingly looking at businesses built around technology, innovation and real-world applications.
@ForbesIndia’s latest deep dive explores the growing investor interest in deeptech and manufacturing, and what it takes for these businesses to build and scale.
Our Managing Partner, Venkat Vallabhaneni (@VVenkatVC), shared his perspective on evaluating deeptech opportunities, highlighting the importance of founder quality, market potential, go-to-market strategy, technology moat, and the opportunity to build in India for both domestic and global markets.
Read the full story: forbesindia.com/article/news…
#DeepTech #Manufacturing #VentureCapital #Innovation #IndianStartups
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Inflexor Ventures at Asia PE-VC Summit 2026 🇸🇬
Private capital is evolving rapidly across Asia, and the conversations shaping its next phase are more important than ever.
Pratip Mazumdar (@pratip_m), Co-Founder & Partner, Inflexor Ventures, will be speaking at the Asia PE-VC Summit 2026, sharing his perspectives on the future of private capital in Singapore.
Looking forward to engaging with investors and industry leaders from across the region and exchanging perspectives on what lies ahead for Asia’s private markets.
📍 Singapore | 23–24 September 2026
Be part of the conversations shaping Asia’s private markets:
events.dealstreetasia.com/sg…
#vcsummit #dealstreetasia #event #funding #asia
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Decoding India’s Future Stack | Episode 3: Mission Diagnostics 🔬
Cancer diagnosis depends on pathology, yet much of the workflow still relies on manual, time-intensive processes.
@MorphleDigiPath is changing that. From robotic whole-slide scanners to RoboTome’s automated tissue sectioning, the company is building the infrastructure to make pathology faster, more accessible and increasingly automated.
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In an exclusive conversation with @DealStreetAsia following our first close announcement, our Partner Pratip Mazumdar (@pratip_m) shares how @Inflexor_VC is approaching deployment from Fund III, our evolving investment strategy, and why we believe this is the right time to back the next generation of science, engineering, and technology-led startups.
Our portfolio build-out from Fund III has begun in earnest, starting with our investment in @revspot_ai, with a few more to be announced over the coming weeks.
As India's innovation ecosystem matures, venture capital is increasingly focused on companies with proven technology, strong product-market fit, and the potential to scale globally.
Read the full conversation here: dealstreetasia.com/stories/i…
#InflexorVentures #FundIII #VentureCapital #Startups #Innovation #Technology #Investing #IndiaStartups
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We’re excited to announce our investment in @revspot_ai, leading its $4.8 million Series A alongside @InfoEdgeVC. This also marks one of the early investments from @Inflexor_VCs’ recently announced Fund III, reinforcing our commitment to backing category-defining technology companies.
Lead generation has long been a persistent challenge for high-ticket B2C businesses. These companies typically depend on a fragmented mix of channels — which frequently produce leads of inconsistent quality, with significant time and resources spent identifying the few that convert. Advances in AI present a meaningful opportunity to address these inefficiencies. Revspot is leading this shift with its AI-native revenue platform that helps businesses drive smarter lead generation, improve engagement, and accelerate revenue growth through intelligent automation.
What stood out to us was the team's deep understanding of the high-ticket B2C buying journey and their ability to build a product that delivers measurable business outcomes. With AI becoming central to every growth strategy, we believe Revspot is well-positioned to redefine how high-ticket B2C businesses build and scale their revenue engines.
Congratulations to Darshan Subhash, Chirag Wadhera, Varun Garg, and the entire @revspot_ai team. We look forward to partnering with you on this exciting journey ahead.
Read more here- entrepreneur.economictimes.i…
#InflexorVentures #FundIII #SeriesA #AI #EnterpriseSoftware #SaaS #VentureCapital #Revspot
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The venture capital landscape is evolving, with a renewed focus on fundamentals, technological depth, and sustainable growth.
In @EntrepreneurInd 's July edition, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞, @pratip_m, Co-founder and General Partner at @Inflexor_VC , shares his perspective on the trends reshaping the investment ecosystem and the opportunities emerging within India’s deep-tech sector.
The interaction explores sovereign AI, capital-efficient business models, and Inflexor’s approach to backing science- and technology-led companies with long-term potential.
Read the full feature in Entrepreneur India’s July issue, The Money Issue.
#InflexorVentures #EntrepreneurIndia #VentureCapital #DeepTech #Innovation #Startups #Investing
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From a college classroom experiment to powering the future of space technology, some ideas are built to go beyond boundaries. 🚀
For @BellatrixAero, the journey began with a bold vision. In 2012, co-founder and CTO Rohan Ganapathy (@rohanooty) developed the concept of an electric propulsion system powered by water while he was still in college. Joined by co-founder and CEO @YashasKaranam, the duo transformed that ambitious idea into one of India’s leading spacetech ventures.
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Yann LeCun raised $1B for Ami in Jan. Now launching Extelligence Invest — his own VC fund.
The AI godfathers are no longer just building. They're allocating.
Focus: AI infra, robotics, healthcare, deeptech.
The cycle shifts: talent → founder → LP.
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We’re delighted to share that @verloopio has been acquired by @AI_NURIX founded by @mukeshbansal06, bringing together two companies at the forefront of enterprise AI.
At @Inflexor_VC, we believe that enduring companies are built by founders who identify structural shifts early and execute relentlessly. Verloop has done exactly that.
Long before conversational AI became mainstream, the team was helping enterprises transform customer engagement through intelligent automation. Today, as AI agents redefine how businesses interact with customers across voice and chat, this acquisition marks the coming together of complementary strengths to build the next generation of enterprise AI solutions.
For the Indian startup ecosystem, this is more than an acquisition.
It is another strong signal that:
• Enterprise AI is entering a new phase of consolidation and scale.
• Category-defining startups built in India are attracting strategic outcomes.
• AI innovation is increasingly being driven by product depth, execution, and measurable enterprise value, not just experimentation.
We’re incredibly proud to have partnered with @verloopio on this journey and congratulate the entire team on this significant milestone.
Congratulations to @sgaurav, teams at @verloopio and @AI_NURIX. We look forward to seeing what this combined platform builds for enterprises across India, the Middle East, and beyond. 🚀
Read more at enterpriseai.economictimes.i…
#PortfolioUpdate #InflexorVentures #EnterpriseAI #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Startups #VentureCapital #CustomerExperience #Innovation #IndiaStartups
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Verloop.io is now part of Nurix - I'm joining @AI_NURIX leadership team as co-founder.
enterpriseai.economictimes.i…