Innovators need more than capital
They need access to real infrastructure problems, project sites, engineering expertise, data and potential users. Rodic brings 26 years of engineering across highways, bridges, tunnels, railways, metros, urban infrastructure, water, hydropower and mining to every company it backs.
Ten sectors. Fourteen technologies.
What every startup gets, besides a cheque
Pathways to the people who buy infrastructure
Infrastructure technology is sold to public authorities, utilities and contractors. We help you understand implementation and procurement requirements and build potential pathways to public and private sector buyers.
Three ways in
India is entering a new phase of infrastructure development. Highways, metros, railways, power, water and urban systems are being built and upgraded across the country, and the focus is shifting from how much is built to how intelligently it is designed, delivered, operated and maintained.
Technologies such as AI, computer vision, drones, sensors and robotics have the potential to fundamentally change this process. They are advancing rapidly. The question is how quickly they can be proven on real assets and adopted by the people who build and run them.
Startups and researchers often lack access to live project environments, engineering expertise and opportunities to test their solutions at scale.
Open to startups at different stages, and to academic and research teams, with technologies capable of being tested and applied to infrastructure and physical assets.
"India is entering a new phase of infrastructure development, where the focus is increasingly on how intelligently infrastructure is designed, delivered, operated and maintained. Technologies such as AI, computer vision, drones, sensors and robotics have the potential to fundamentally change this process. However, innovators often need more than capital. They need access to real infrastructure problems, project sites, engineering expertise, data and potential users. Through this ₹100 crore commitment, we want to bring these elements together and create an environment where technology can be tested against real-world infrastructure challenges and developed for deployment at scale."
How physical infrastructure is planned, designed, built, monitored and maintained
We invest across ten sectors and also back AI, HealthTech, drone, satellite and robotics startups whose technology can be applied to infrastructure and physical assets.
Pilots run in relevant Rodic project environments with Rodic engineers and domain specialists alongside your team.
Selected innovators learn implementation and procurement requirements and refine products for adoption by infrastructure stakeholders.
Portfolio startups get introductions across this network for co-investment and follow-on rounds.