Capital-A, India’s specialist venture capital fund for manufacturing and deep tech, has recently led a Rs 180 million seed funding round in Misochain Technologies, a Bengaluru-based aerospace company focused on developing indigenous, flight-critical aircraft components for defence and global aviation platforms.

The fresh capital will be deployed to set up a dedicated manufacturing facility for critical aerospace components, accelerate certification programmes, and scale engineering, testing and MRO capabilities for UAV manufacturers and global aerospace customers. The investment is expected to strengthen Misochain’s position within India’s fast-evolving aerospace manufacturing ecosystem.

Founded in 2019 by former Honeywell Aerospace engineers Rama Kandula and Murali Krishnan, Misochain develops flight-critical subsystems that are currently largely imported into India. Its portfolio includes air data probes, vibration isolation systems, actuators and solenoid valves, all of which are integral to aircraft flight management and control systems. The company is among the few players in India pioneering the indigenous development of air data probes in a highly regulated segment with stringent certification requirements and long supplier lifecycles.

Commenting on the investment, Rama Kandula said the funding would help accelerate certification timelines, deepen engineering capabilities and move closer to serial deployment across defence and aviation platforms. Ankit Kedia, Founder and Lead Investor at Capital-A, noted that Misochain has reached a critical inflection point by achieving technical qualification for flight-critical systems, positioning it as a strategically relevant supplier to India’s defence ecosystem and global aerospace supply chains.

The investment comes amid increasing momentum in India’s aerospace sector, driven by defence indigenisation initiatives, growing UAV adoption and rising sourcing by global Tier-1 aerospace companies. Misochain operates a capital-efficient manufacturing model, retaining design, assembly, testing, certification and intellectual property in-house, while outsourcing precision machining. The company is AS9100D certified and has developed proprietary probe-heating technologies for extreme flight conditions.

Misochain is also part of MaXcel, the hardware and industrial technology accelerator run by Capital-A and SanchiConnect, which supports engineering-led manufacturing startups.