Noida-based AI-enabled robotics startup Octobotics has raised around ₹10 crore in a seed funding round led by Navam Capital, with participation from BYT Capital.
The fresh capital will be used to accelerate product development, strengthen field validation, and support international expansion. A portion of the funds will also be deployed towards global certification processes and scaling operations across India, Singapore, and the Middle East, the company said.
Founded in 2020 by Ishan Bhatnagar and Gulshan Kumar, Octobotics builds AI-enabled non-destructive testing (NDT) robotics platforms for inspection in asset-intensive sectors such as oil and gas, chemicals, power, marine, and railways. The startup focuses on inspection use cases in hazardous and hard-to-access environments, where manual inspection is unsafe or inefficient.
Octobotics’ client base includes the Indian Navy, Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL), BPCL, HPCL, Aarti Industries, GSFC, and Saudi S-Chem. In the previous financial year, the startup posted revenues of around ₹2 crore.
The company’s offerings span railway inspection solutions, automated weld inspection systems, and purpose-built non-destructive testing (NDT) tools for hard-to-access and elevated environments. These robotic platforms aim to replace manual inspection processes while transforming collected data into practical, decision-ready insights for asset owners and operators.
Operated by Octobotics Tech, the startup positions itself as a deep-tech player in industrial inspection robotics, with a focus on improving safety, accuracy, and efficiency across critical infrastructure sectors.
