Space robotics startup Cosmochute has secured $1.5 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Accel and Prosus Ventures through the Atoms X programme. The round also included participation from IIMA Ventures’ Deep-tech and Aerospace Acceleration Fund, Operators Studio and Chinmayi Muthyala.
Cosmochute is one of seven startups selected for the first Atoms X cohort, launched earlier this year.
The company will deploy the funds towards product development, expanding its engineering team and advancing its commercial roadmap as it prepares for its next stage of growth, it said in a press release.
Founded in 2026 by Janhavi Gore, Amit Chowdhary and Dhruv Alok Sangal, Cosmochute is developing space robotics infrastructure to support the emerging lunar economy. Its first initiative, LEAP, is a modular platform designed to transport and deploy payloads on the Moon.
LEAP integrates a modular rover and trailer with standardised payload bays, enabling multiple payloads to be incorporated into a common mission architecture. Through a standardised system for lunar transportation and deployment, the startup aims to reduce the cost and complexity involved in delivering equipment and payloads to the lunar surface.
The platform is designed to minimise mission-specific engineering requirements and make transportation and payload deployment on the Moon more consistent and repeatable.
Cosmochute is establishing its lunar laboratories at IIMA Ventures’ incubation facility. It is also part of India’s broader space technology ecosystem, which brings together companies, investors and institutions working to expand private sector participation in the industry.
Starting with LEAP, the startup plans to build expertise in lunar mobility and space robotics, with potential applications across other in-space and terrestrial use cases. Its broader ambition is to develop infrastructure that can support both commercial and scientific missions to the Moon.
