Mk1 Collective

A community for early-stage hardware and deep tech startups in India

Mk1 Collective works with founders from idea to seed stage on product, technology, fundraising and organization building.

Run by Narayan R and Chaitanya Hegde, two operators who’ve taken hardware from prototype to mass production in India, at Ather Energy, TVS and upliance.ai.

News from our startups

Aug 2026Edgeverse raises ₹3 crore from GVFL
Aug 2026Sonic Lamb headphones are coming to the US
Aug 2026Adiabatic raises ₹8.3 crore seed round led by Malpani Ventures and Avinya Ventures
Jul 2026Armatrix builds snake-like robots for dangerous tank inspections
Jun 2026Rekise Marine raises $9.7M seed round led by Accel and NKSquared
Apr 2026Arctus Aerospace unveils its AX1 high-altitude UAV
Apr 2026uDot and Edgeverse receive investments from ARTPark
Feb 2026Sonic Lamb wins a CES Innovation Award 2026
Feb 2026Armatrix raises $2.1M led by pi Ventures
Jan 2026Arctus Aerospace raises $2.6M pre-seed round
Dec 2025Naxatra Labs raises $3M Pre-Series A led by Rainmatter

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