Optimized Electrotech Pvt Ltd (Blume Fund IV) has raised ₹35 crore in a round led by Exfinity Venture Partners (@ExfinityVP), with participation from us, Mela Ventures (@Mela_Ventures), and Venture Catalysts (@vcatsindia). The company builds electro-optic systems for defence and space with four patents, multiple iDEX wins, and deployments with the Indian Army, Indian Navy, BDL, BEL, and ISRO. They've now secured initial orders for a satellite platform, marking their formal entry into space-based sensing with a pathway toward constellation-scale imaging and surveillance. Optimized Electrotech recently won under ADITI, the Ministry of Defence's grant programme for critical defence technologies under the iDEX framework. As Sandeep Shah, Co-founder of Optimized Electrotech, puts it: "ADITI gave us strategic validation. This round gives us the fuel to execute. India's next leap in strategic capability will come from a unified, sovereign sensing stack across land and space. Our AI-native imaging technologies are built precisely for this convergence — uniquely positioning us to serve the nation across both Defence and Space domains." Arpit Agarwal (@arpiit), Partner at Blume Ventures, adds: "India's defence indigenization wave is creating generational opportunities, and Optimized Electrotech stands out with battle-tested electro-optic platforms combining advanced sensors and AI. As it moves into space-based imagery, we're excited to back Sandeep and Dharin again." Ground to orbit. Defence to space. Deep-tech, built in India. Read more here: economictimes.indiatimes.com/n...… @BKartRed @sanjaynath @sajithpai @AshishFafadia