Deep-tech startup Yaanendriya has raised ₹15 crore from Mumbai-based venture capital fund Piper Serica, securing fresh capital to move its indigenous navigation and sensing technologies into a larger phase of development and commercial deployment.
The investment marks Yaanendriya’s first institutional venture capital round. Before raising equity funding, the company had received non-dilutive grants and programme support from the Ministry of Heavy Industries, the Department of Science and Technology and the Government of Karnataka.
Incubated at ARTPARK, Yaanendriya develops sensor, navigation and control technologies for robotics, aerospace and other mission-critical applications. The company plans to use the capital to deepen research and development, speed up product development and expand its range of high-precision navigation systems.
Focus on navigation controllers and inertial sensors
A major part of Yaanendriya’s product roadmap centres on the SynCore series of navigation controllers, designed for autonomous robotic platforms, and the YDX series of high-precision inertial sensors used in commercial applications.
The startup is also developing navigation systems for space and other critical missions. Its work includes a hardware-agnostic platform and high-precision Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems, or MEMS, inertial sensors for the space sector.
Founder Vamshi Bharadwaj M V said the funding would help the company scale SynCore and YDX, strengthen its navigation and control platform and advance indigenous MEMS sensors for future manned and unmanned platforms.
Bharadwaj described reliable autonomy as a combination of sensing motion, understanding a system’s state and maintaining control. Yaanendriya began with navigation controllers, expanded into inertial sensing and is now working to bring those capabilities together for environments where conventional navigation may not remain dependable.
Commercial activity moves beyond prototyping
Yaanendriya has moved past the research and prototyping stage and is working with customers in defence and aerospace, drones and robotics, industrial automation and research.
The company has more than 20 customers and over 10 memoranda of understanding. One of its notable engagements is an MoU with the 515 Army Base Workshop in Bengaluru.
The funding arrives as Yaanendriya attempts to convert its technical development into a broader commercial operation. Its growth strategy combines product sales with customer-specific development and integration programmes.
Revenue target set at ₹5.4 crore for FY27
Yaanendriya recorded revenue of approximately ₹72 lakh in FY26. It recognised another ₹48 lakh during the first quarter of FY27 and is targeting revenue of about ₹5.4 crore for the full financial year.
The company expects the projected increase to come from higher sales of navigation controllers, inertial measurement units and GNSS-based systems. Custom product-development and integration work is also expected to contribute.
For Piper Serica, the investment reflects a focus on foundational technologies that combine hardware, software and firmware. Satyadeep Singh of Piper Serica said autonomous systems are likely to play a defining role across defence, aerospace, industrial automation and mobility, with dependable sensing, navigation and control forming their technological base.
The venture capital fund has previously invested in deep-tech companies including Pantherun, ClearTrust, Sixsense, Astrogate, Coratia, Sensesemi, Ubiqedge and Enlife.
Next phase centred on institutional collaboration
Yaanendriya now plans to work with defence organisations, public-sector institutions and research bodies on the development, validation and deployment of mission-critical sensing, navigation and autonomous-control technologies.
The ₹15 crore round gives the startup additional room to refine its systems, expand its product portfolio and pursue deployments in sectors where accuracy and operational reliability are central requirements.
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