India Deep Tech Alliance (IDTA) has announced its second wave of members along with new capital commitments worth over ₹7,500 crore ($850+ million USD), strengthening India’s position as a global deep tech innovation hub.
The latest cohort of India Deep Tech Alliance members includes leading deep tech venture and corporate venture capital firms – Activate AI, Chiratae Ventures, InfoEdge Ventures, Kalaari Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Singularity Holdings VC, and YourNest Venture Capital.
This expansion builds upon IDTA’s initial launch and $1 billion capital commitments announced in September 2025 at SEMICON India.
The India Deep Tech Alliance aims to mobilize private capital and expertise to accelerate early-stage deep tech innovation in India, complementing the Government of India’s ₹1 lakh crore ($12 billion) Research, Development, and Innovation (RDI) Scheme.
The RDI initiative focuses on developing strategic technology sectors including semiconductors, AI, robotics, space, biotech, energy, advanced manufacturing, and climate technology.
India Deep Tech Alliance: Strengthening India’s Deep Tech Ecosystem
Through this initiative, members of the India Deep Tech Alliance will channel long-term investments, mentorship, and ecosystem-building efforts toward Indian deep tech startups and scale-ups.
The alliance will also engage with government agencies under the RDI scheme and explore co-investment and collaboration opportunities to advance India’s strategic technology capabilities.
Existing IDTA members include Accel, Blume Ventures, Celesta Capital, Gaja Capital, Ideaspring Capital, Premji Invest, Tenacity Ventures, and Venture Catalysts. NVIDIA has also joined as a Founding Member and Strategic Technical Advisor to IDTA.
Quinn Li, Senior Vice President, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and Global Head of Qualcomm Ventures, said, “We see AI-led intelligent computing as the foundation for the next wave of innovation. India’s deep tech community plays a critical role in realizing the global AI opportunity, and we’re excited to join the IDTA to support the ecosystem.”
Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Founder, InfoEdge, added, “Now is India’s AI and deep tech moment—talent, demand, and policy are aligning. Through IDTA, we aim to turn science and engineering breakthroughs into sustainable businesses.”
Sudhir Sethi, Founder and Chairman, Chiratae Ventures, stated, “India’s next wave of value creation will come from deep tech in semiconductors, robotics, AI, and space. Through IDTA, we aim to collaborate across the ecosystem to ensure the Government’s RDI vision results in globally competitive companies.”
Vani Kola, Managing Director, Kalaari Capital, remarked, “Deep tech is how India shifts from being a scale-up nation to a creator nation. Initiatives like the RDI scheme and alliances like IDTA are vital to achieving India’s global Deeptech ambitions.”
Aakrit Vaish of Activate AI highlighted, “The IDTA is a timely catalyst to help India’s brightest minds build foundational AI technologies for the world.”
Yash Kela, Founder, Singularity Holdings VC, emphasized, “We aim to strengthen India’s strategic autonomy through deep tech and product-first approaches.”
Sunil K Goyal, Managing Director, YourNest Venture Capital, concluded, “Our mission is to help deep tech founders move from prototype to production and scale from India to the world.”
With the addition of new members and capital inflows, the India Deep Tech Alliance continues to play a pivotal role in advancing India’s vision of becoming a global leader in deep tech innovation and research commercialization.
