Cosmochute Secures $1.5 Mn to Develop Lunar Mobility Platform

IIMA Ventures’ Deep-tech and Aerospace Acceleration Fund, Operators Studio, and Chinmayi Muthyala also participated in the round.

The funding will support the development of the company's lunar mobility technology and help it build the engineering capabilities required for future lunar missions.

What Is Cosmochute Building?

Amit Chowdhary, and Dhruv Alok Sangal, Cosmochute is developing space robotics infrastructure for the emerging lunar economy.

Its first product, LEAP, is a modular lunar mobility platform designed to transport and deploy payloads on the Moon. The system combines a rover and trailer with standardised payload bays, allowing equipment to be transported without requiring extensive mission-specific engineering for every deployment.

How Will Cosmochute Use the Funding?

Cosmochute plans to use the fresh capital to develop its LEAP platform, expand its engineering team, and move forward with its commercial plans.

The investment will help the startup advance its lunar mobility systems as it works towards supporting future payload transportation and deployment requirements.

Cosmochute's Lunar Research and Development

The company is establishing its lunar laboratories at IIMA Ventures’ incubation facility. It is also receiving guidance from Mylswamy Annadurai, the former programme director of Chandrayaan-1.

Cosmochute is focused on developing systems that could support the growing demand for infrastructure in lunar exploration. By standardising payload transportation, the startup aims to reduce engineering complexity and potentially lower mission costs.

About Cosmochute

Cosmochute is an Indian space robotics startup founded in 2026 by Janhavi Gore, Amit Chowdhary, and Dhruv Alok Sangal. The company is developing lunar mobility and payload deployment systems for future commercial and scientific missions.

Its LEAP platform combines rover-based transportation with modular payload bays to simplify the movement and deployment of equipment on the Moon.

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