DheyaTech raises $4.5M to build India's first homegrown micro gas turbines
What's the deal? DheyaTechDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a Bengaluru-based deep-tech startup building small gas turbine engines, has raised US$5.84M in a round led by Avaana CapitalDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. The company was founded by aerospace engineers with more than 15 years of experience at GE AviationDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → and Rolls-RoyceDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →.
What's the endgame? DheyaTech is developing engines spanning 20 kgf to 400 kgf of thrust for advanced aerial mobility and energy applications. Its platform approach aims to create a scalable family of engines addressing multiple thrust and use cases, with fuel-flexible and hydrogen capabilities extending into sustainable propulsion and power systems.
Why now? India has historically depended entirely on imports for small gas turbine engines — a technology fewer than a dozen nations can build domestically. DheyaTech's engines are entering commercial deployment, with flight trials targeted for the fourth quarter of 2026 and confirmed orders from Indian and global OEMs.
The company will use the capital to scale production, build a fully integrated testing facility, and speed up deployment with customers. It is also the first private Indian company pursuing independent airworthiness certification for its gas turbine engines under CEMILAC-DRDO.
DheyaTech has built an in-house engineering team owning the full product pipeline — from design through build and testing — and developed a proprietary adaptive Engine Control Unit. It is also advancing hydrogen propulsion, including a hydrogen blower with ATEX safety certification and, with IISc-BengaluruDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a hydrogen-based flexi-fuel combustor for a 60-kW turbogenerator.
What could go wrong? The technology is unproven at commercial scale, and airworthiness certification is a demanding, lengthy process. Flight trials remain months away, leaving execution risk before revenue firms up.
The signal: "The next generation of Indian deep tech companies will not just adapt technologies developed elsewhere; they will build globally relevant platforms from the ground up," said Vikas Verma, partner at Avaana Capital. The round reflects growing investor appetite for strategic, hard-tech capabilities that reduce India's dependence on imports.
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