Bengaluru-based deep-tech startup ULOOK Technologies has secured ₹19 crore in a seed funding round led by growX Ventures and InfoEdge Ventures, marking a pivotal moment for India’s emerging private SpaceTech sector. This investment aims to fast-track ULOOK’s mission of building autonomous satellite swarms designed for radio-frequency (RF) sensing and spectrum intelligence, a field that is quickly becoming essential for national security, communication networks, and environmental monitoring.
With this funding, ULOOK gets the energy to expand its technology, deepen its research, and develop such systems that can work independently in orbit. As India goes on to invite more private players in space explorations and satellite innovations, the rise of ULOOK is a clear indication of how indigenous startups are becoming the major trend for India’s upcoming stages of technology.
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The Invisible Science of RF Sensing
While many satellites rely on optical cameras to capture images from space, ULOOK is taking a completely different path. Its focus lies on radio-frequency sensing, a technology that detects and analyses radio signals emitted by devices and systems across the globe. These invisible signals can reveal patterns of activity that are crucial for understanding communication flows, tracking ships or aircraft, and even monitoring environmental changes.
At the core of ULOOK’s technology is a system known as PulseTrack, which provides real-time situational awareness based on RF data. The system can identify emitters, monitor signal strength, and even detect vessels that may have turned off their tracking systems, often referred to as “dark ships.” Such technology has immense potential for defence intelligence, maritime safety, and disaster response. By using this advanced form of sensing, ULOOK is helping build tools that can see what optical cameras cannot.
Founders with a Purpose
ULOOK Technologies was founded by Siddhesh Naik and Adheesh Boratkar, two engineers who share a vision of creating world-class space technology from India. Their experience spans multiple satellite and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) programmes, including advanced swarm systems and high-altitude pseudo-satellite projects.
They are both founders and share the belief that complicated deep-tech innovations can be done in India itself without depending too much on foreign systems or expensive imports. Their goal is to create high-tech Indian space-intelligence systems that first of all meet India’s requirements and can also be useful anywhere in the world. The core belief of ULOOK is that high-tech engineering and innovation can still come from India, driven by local talent and wise capital utilization.
Advancing Research and Next-Gen Capabilities
With this funding round, ULOOK plans to deepen its focus on swarm autonomy, inter-satellite communication, and onboard artificial intelligence. These three areas are critical for enabling its small satellites to function as coordinated, intelligent systems rather than individual units. Over the next 12 to 18 months, the company will enhance its aerial testing programmes and further its research to prepare for the launch of its first RF-sensing satellite swarm.
This next stage of development will focus on moving from prototype models to fully deployable systems. The company will work closely with national research bodies, defence institutions, and industry partners to ensure its technology is ready for real-world applications.
Investing in People and Purpose
The major part of the ₹19 crore investment will be used for the hiring and expansion of the engineering team. ULOOK plans to attract top professionals in the various fields such as RF systems design, embedded electronics, AI-driven analytics, and satellite mission planning. By mixing young innovators with experienced veterans from India’s defence and aerospace sectors, the firm intends to build a team that is both technically deep and well-balanced, thus capable of handling complex technical challenges.
Moreover, the cash infusion will be payload testing, system integration, and UAV-based validation expenses to support hardware performance in different environmental conditions. Such work will enable the company to move its technology from early development (TRL-3) to close to commercial readiness (TRL-7), thereby paving the way for operational deployment in the near future.
Strengthening India’s Space Self-Reliance
ULOOK’s expansion is very much in line with India’s concept of Atmanirbhar Bharat, that mainly focuses on innovation-led self-reliance. The startup is making a significant impact on the country by India through the local development of RF intelligence technologies by India is becoming more capable of producing, owning and operating such systems that are essential without having to rely on foreign suppliers.
Besides defence and surveillance, ULOOK’s systems could be instrumental in environmental monitoring, maritime logistics, and emergency communications, sectors that require efficient and reliable situational awareness. Their innovations illustrate the potential of high-tech sensing from space in enabling both industries and government agencies to take intelligent, data-driven actions.
Shaping the Future of Indian SpaceTech
ULOOK is the new face of Indian space innovation, a tech startup that is research-driven, globally ambitious, and agile, as it prepares for its next phase of growth. The startup’s endeavor to combine AI, satellite autonomy, and RF sensing is indicative of a departure to more intelligent and adaptive systems that have capabilities beyond those of the traditional imaging.
It was a successful funding round that gives the company ULOOK the support it needs to carry its daring ideas into working reality. With its origins in engineering excellence and a vision that is in harmony with the progress of the nation, ULOOK Technologies is India’s way of the global space tech landscape, a demonstration that the next generation of space intelligence can still be built in India, for the world.
