Indian defence tech startup Constelli has raised $20 million in a Series A round, led by global venture firm General Catalyst, with additional backing from 360 ONE Asset and Pravega Ventures. The funding will fuel the company’s mission to develop India’s electronic intelligence infrastructure entirely from within the country.
The story behind Constelli goes back to two engineers with a shared frustration. Satya Gopal, who spent years at National Instruments watching Indian defence forces operate without locally-built electronic warfare systems, crossed paths with Avinash Chenreddy, a signal processing expert. They connected through an NGO, started working through problems together, and eventually couldn’t stop. By 2017, those conversations had turned into a company.
Over the years, Constelli built the kind of hardware India’s defence labs actually needed, radio frequency simulators, telemetry systems, and precision testing equipment designed for real-world operational conditions. Today, the company is pushing further into software-defined warfare, developing edge-AI systems that combine years of signal processing expertise with modern electronic intelligence capabilities.
With this fresh capital and strong institutional backing, Constelli is positioning itself as a cornerstone of India’s push toward self-reliant defence technology.
