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Titan Capital launches investment vertical to back Indian defence-tech startups

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Entrackr · 2m ago

Titan Capital launches investment vertical to back Indian defence-tech startups

Titan Capital launches investment vertical to back Indian defence-tech startups Seed-stage venture capital firm Titan Capital has launched a specialised investment vertical to fund startups innovating in India’s defence and strategic technology space. With this program, Titan Capital is looking to invest in startups working in hardware, aerospace, cybersecurity, and manufacturing. The focus is on national security, supporting deep-tech innovation, generating jobs, and helping India become an exporter of strategic technologies. Kunal Bahl, Co-founder of Titan Capital, said, “We need to back our brightest minds—engineers, researchers, and builders—to create sovereign, dual-use technologies that can shape not just India’s future, but the future of global defence…” As part of this initiative, Titan Capital is also looking to collaborate with veterans from the armed forces, scientists, and experienced technologists who can help assess and guide these investments with strategic insight and domain expertise. Titan Capital has backed over 250 startups to date, including Ola, Razorpay, Urban Company, OfBusiness and Giva. With this new initiative, it hopes to shape the next generation of strategic innovation at the intersection of purpose, tech, and nation-building.

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