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Best Drones Companies in Hyderabad, India

The 44 best Drones companies in Hyderabad, India in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Zen Technologies.

44companies tracked
$134.5Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
7have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · DRONES × HYDERABAD

Our analysis of 50 Drones companies

$8.9b in tracked funding; 92% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

50companies analysed
92%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
5unicorns
2016median founding year
204kcombined LinkedIn audience
57%of audience held by top 3
10companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Drones companies in Hyderabad

#CompanyRevenueRevenue YoYDisclosed fundingEmployeesTech stackWeb popularityRecent signals
1Zen Technologies
Provider of defence training simulators, combat training centers, and anti-drone systems
$122M
FY2025
+127%$119M356
356 → 639 (+79%)
PHPBootstrapCodeIgniter+12Top 5M2 job openings · 2 launchs
2Indrajaal
Developer of autonomous, AI-powered counter-unmanned aerial system defense solutions
$4M
FY2025
—$7M8WordPressMySQLPHP+24Top 5M1 award
3HC Robotics
Provider of AI-enabled commercial drone system for multiple applications
$3M
FY2025
+143%—55
55 → 30 (-45%)
WordPressMySQLPHP+30Top 5M—
4Marut Drones
Manufacturer of drones for agriculture, training, afforestation, and mosquito eradication
$2M
FY2025
-15%$6M86
86 → 172 (+100%)
WordPressMySQLPHP+23Top 5M1 launch · 1 partnership
5DigiTele Networks
Provider of an AI-powered drone data analytics platform
$2M
FY2025
+27%—126Monaco EditorUbuntuNginx+3Top 10M—
6Marvel Geospatial
Provider of bespoke medical aesthetic treatments and rejuvenation plans
$1M
FY2025
+31%——WordPressMySQLPHP+28Top 10M—
7Drogo Drones
Operator of autonomous drone delivery and logistics service platforms networks
$1M
FY2025
-48%——ReactReact Routercore-js+5Top 10M—
8Vyomik Drones
Manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles and provider of related services
$1M
FY2025
+98%$13K————
9AVision Systems
Manufacturer of loitering munition systems for precision military strike operations
$1M
FY2025
-95%—61
61 → 53 (-13%)
WordPressMySQLPHP+18Top 50M—
10Aries solutions
Manufacturer of customized drones robots and industrial energy systems
$883K
FY2025
+379%—23
23 → 19 (-17%)
YouTubeTailwind CSSReact+3Top 50M—
11Thanos
Manufacturer of agricultural drones for spraying and crop management solutions
$699K
FY2025
-72%—41
41 → 44 (+7%)
PHPBootstrapApache HTTP Server+10Top 10M1 job opening · 1 award
12Sai Surya Agrotech
Provider of hybrid seeds, drone spraying, and remote pilot training
$397K
FY2025
+53%—————

Top 7 Drones companies in Hyderabad

#1
Seed · Hyderabad, Telangana · founded 2025
$455Kraised
▾

Developer of advanced unmanned aerial vehicle systems for defense applications. The company provides modular drone platforms designed for diverse mission requirements. These systems are compatible with existing military infrastructure. Operator training programs, including simulators and field exercises, are available. The company offers technical assistance and maintenance support.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 2.6% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: GNC Engineer
Funding rounds
  • May 2026Seed$420.5K
  • 2025Seed$34.5K
  • 2025Angel—
Founders & team
Jayant KhatriCo-Founder & CEOSourya ChoudhuryCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
DST, Naandi Ventures, Skyroot, Dhruva Space, AgniKul
#2
Public · Hyderabad, Telangana · founded 1993 · 356 employees
$119.2Mraised
▾

Provider of defence training simulators, combat training centers, and anti-drone systems. The company delivers live fire, virtual, and constructive training solutions. It offers anti-drone systems that perform drone detection, classification, and threat neutralization. The company provides target systems, firing range control systems, and indoor shooting ranges.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 78k LinkedIn followers — 38.1% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +2 · hiring: Head of Engineering, Problem-solvers
Activity: 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2024Post IPO$119.2M
Founders & team
Kishore AtluriFounderAshok AtluriMD & Chairman
Investors
Kotak Mutual Fund, WhiteOak Capital Asset Management, Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company, Bandhan Mutual Fund, Emerge Capital
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerBootstrapCdnjsCloudflareCodeigniterFancybox
#3
Seed · Hyderabad, Telangana · founded 2022 · 8 employees
$7.3Mraised
▾

Developer of autonomous, AI-powered counter-unmanned aerial system defense solutions. The company delivers systems designed for civilian and military use. These systems detect, track, and neutralize drone threats. The product lineup includes solutions for critical infrastructure, urban environments, combat zones, and border security. The systems use radar, spoofing, jamming, and direction-finding to identify and neutralize threats.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 9k LinkedIn followers — 4.5% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2025Seed$5.6M
  • Oct 2024Seed$1.8M
Founders & team
Sai MallelaCo-FounderSunil KalidindiCo-FounderKiran PenumachaCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Nawanagar Neovest, India Accelerator, Brew Opportunities Fund, Finvolve, RR Holdings, Clinipharma
Tech stack
Core-JsElementorGodaddyGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Tag Manager
#4
Series A · Hyderabad, Telangana · founded 2019 · 86 employees
$6.3Mraised
▾

Manufacturer of drones for agriculture, training, afforestation, and mosquito eradication. The company offers drones for pesticide spraying, fertilizer broadcasting, direct seeding, and thermal fogging. Crop intelligence, mapping, surveillance, and logistics drones are also available. Training resources are provided, along with custom drone design services.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 26k LinkedIn followers — 13.0% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Agri Sales Manager
Activity: 1 product launches · 1 partnerships · 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2024Series A$6.2M
  • Feb 2023Angel$54.6K
  • Nov 2019Seed$99.6K
Founders & team
Saikumar ChinthalaCo-Founder & CMOPrem kumar VislawathCo-Founder & CEOSuraj PeddiCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
Lok Capital, Clay Capital
Tech stack
Core-JsElementorElementor Header & Footer BuilderEndurance Page CacheFlickityGoogle Font Api
#5
Seed · Hyderabad, Telangana · founded 2021
$1Mraised
▾

Developer of autonomous swarm based anti-drone systems and multi-utility drones. It delivers autonomous swarm-based interceptor systems for countering drone threats. The company also provides drone interceptors, tethered drones for surveillance, long-endurance UAVs, and multi-utility multicopters suitable for marine operations. It offers technology in propulsion systems, artificial intelligence, swarm intelligence, ground control software, and autonomy.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 13k LinkedIn followers — 6.3% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 7 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum -1 · hiring: Business Development Executive, Sr. Avionics Design Engineer
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2024Seed$1M
Founders & team
Narendra AppikondaCo-FounderSantosh BanisettyCo-Founder
Investors
Bluehill VC
Tech stack
Google WorkspaceLitespeedNext.JsNext.Js App RouterNode.JsOpen Graph
#6
Seed · Hyderabad, Telangana · founded 2018
$186.4Kraised
▾

Manufacturer of autonomous aerial systems and propulsion technology. This entity develops collaborative combat aerial vehicles, modular airframes, and aero engines for defense applications. It integrates artificial intelligence, avionics, and engineering to provide mission intelligence systems that enable autonomous navigation, sensor fusion, and swarm coordination. The platform supports diverse mission profiles including reconnaissance, electronic warfare, and strike operations through modular software-defined architectures.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 11k LinkedIn followers — 5.2% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2021Angel$186.4K
Founders & team
Sandeep MoturiCo-Founder & CFORaghu AdlaCo-Founder & CEO & CTO
Investors
Forge
Tech stack
WixReactGoogle CloudAngularjsJquerySectigo
#7
Seed · Hyderabad, Telangana · founded 2020
$13.4Kraised
▾

Manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles and provider of related services. The company designs and manufactures drones for industries including agriculture, infrastructure, energy, mining, and public sector operations. Services include agriculture spraying, field mapping, infrastructure inspection, construction monitoring, and site surveying. The company also provides support and training for clients.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2022Seed$13.4K
Founders & team
Hanuma MadireddyCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
CIE IIITH, CoCreation Consulting
Tech stack
PhpAnimate.CssLitespeedCloudflareGoogle Font ApiCdnjs

Funding & investor landscape

$134.5Mtotal disclosed funding
7companies funded
11disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
CIE IIITH2 rounds
Forge2 rounds
AgniKul1 rounds
Bandhan Mutual Fund1 rounds
Bluehill VC1 rounds
Brew Opportunities Fund1 rounds
Clay Capital1 rounds
Clinipharma1 rounds
CoCreation Consulting1 rounds
DST1 rounds

Notable founders

Jayant Khatri
Co-Founder & CEO · Apollyon Dynamics
Sourya Choudhury
Co-Founder & CTO · Apollyon Dynamics
Kishore Atluri
Founder · Zen Technologies
Ashok Atluri
MD & Chairman · Zen Technologies
Sai Mallela
Co-Founder · Indrajaal
Sunil Kalidindi
Co-Founder · Indrajaal
Saikumar Chinthala
Co-Founder & CMO · Marut Drones
Prem kumar Vislawath
Co-Founder & CEO · Marut Drones
Narendra Appikonda
Co-Founder · Zebu
Santosh Banisetty
Co-Founder · Zebu
Sandeep Moturi
Co-Founder & CFO · Paninian
Raghu Adla
Co-Founder & CEO & CTO · Paninian
Prism market signals · India · country-scoped Prism corpus, 5,970,147 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Drones coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH IN HYDERABAD · Space & Defense

How research on Drones Uav in Hyderabad is moving

A read on the academic research around Drones Uav in Hyderabad — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 92 papers.

92 papers · stance +0.60 · 46% breakthrough · 11% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
top institutions
  • International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad31
  • Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad29
  • Birla Institute of Technology and Science - Hyderabad Campus10
  • Osmania University9
  • Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad7
leading researchers
Ashok Kumar Das · Mohammad Wazid · Basudeb Bera · P. Rajalakshmi · Harikumar Kandath · Neeraj Kumar
prism intelligence · tone & topics
95% positive · 4% critical tone
RoboticsArtificial IntelligenceSecurityCybersecurityDIY ProjectsAgriculture
▲ Breakthroughs41 · 45%
▲ 0%→46% share
1 median citations85% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→46% of field), led by Computer security.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Computer security10
  • Authentication (law)8
  • Computer vision6
  • Key (lock)5
  • Resilience (materials science)3
Newly emergingComputer security 0→7 · Authentication (law) 0→5 · Key (lock) 0→5
Landmark Design and Analysis of Secure Lightweight Remote User Authentication and Key Agreement Scheme in Internet of Drones Depl · 356 cites
◆ Advancements39 · 42%
▲ 0%→41% share
2 median citations79% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (0%→41% of field), led by Computer security.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Computer security8
  • Object detection7
  • Computer vision6
  • Object (grammar)6
  • Image (mathematics)4
Newly emergingObject detection 0→7 · Computer security 0→6 · Object (grammar) 0→6
Landmark Blockchain-Envisioned Secure Data Delivery and Collection Scheme for 5G-Based IoT-Enabled Internet of Drones Environment · 205 cites
▼ Concerns10 · 11%
▲ 0%→12% share
0 median citations100% since 2021mostly reviews
Concerns are rising (0%→12% of field), led by Scheme (mathematics).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Scheme (mathematics)2
  • Computer security2
  • Cornerstone2
  • Bridging (networking)2
  • Yield gap2
Landmark Development and Progress in Sensors and Technologies for Human Emotion Recognition · 103 cites
PATENT MOMENTUM · Hyderabad

Who's building drones uav IP in Hyderabad

3 patents3 companiespeak 1/yr
filing momentum (YoY)
top patenters
  • Thermo Systems India1Hyderabad
  • Malla Reddy College of Engineering & Technology1Hyderabad
  • Eternal Robotics1Hyderabad

Common questions

How many Drones companies are there in Hyderabad, India?
Radar tracks 44 indexable Drones companies headquartered in Hyderabad, India that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Drones companies in Hyderabad, India?
The Drones companies in Hyderabad, India on this list have raised a combined $134.5M in disclosed equity funding across 7 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Drones company in Hyderabad, India?
Zen Technologies is the highest-funded Drones company in Hyderabad, India, with $119.2M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Drones companies in Hyderabad, India are funded?
7 of the 44 Drones companies in Hyderabad, India on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Drones unicorns are there in Hyderabad, India?
None of the Drones companies in Hyderabad, India on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Hyderabad, India Drones companies?
The most active investors in Hyderabad, India Drones companies on this list include CIE IIITH, Forge, AgniKul, Bandhan Mutual Fund, Bluehill VC.
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