Cosmochute raises $1.5M to build robots for the lunar economy
What's the deal? Space robotics startup Cosmochute has raised $1.5 million in a pre-seed round led by Accel and Prosus Ventures under the Atoms X programme. IIMA Ventures' Deep-tech and Aerospace Acceleration FundDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, Operators StudioDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, and Chinmayi Muthyala also joined.
Why now? Cosmochute is one of seven startups picked for the inaugural Atoms X cohort, launched earlier this year. Founded in 2026 by Janhavi Gore, Amit Chowdhary, and Dhruv Alok Sangal, the company is still in its first year.
What's the endgame? Cosmochute is building space robotics infrastructure for the emerging lunar economy. Its first programme, LEAP, is a modular platform pairing a rover and trailer with standard payload bays, letting multiple payloads share a common mission architecture.
The aim is to cut the cost and complexity of delivering equipment to the Moon. By standardising transport and deployment, LEAP reduces the need for mission-specific engineering and makes lunar missions more repeatable.
What's the money for? The company will spend the proceeds on product development, engineering team expansion, and its commercial roadmap. It is setting up lunar laboratories at IIMA Ventures' incubation facility.
The signal: The round sits in the upper third of comparable deals by size, modest in absolute terms but notable for a first-year deep-tech bet. It reflects growing investor appetite for private participation in India's space technology ecosystem, where Cosmochute is wagering that standardised robotics can make the Moon more accessible to commercial and scientific missions.
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