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Energy Tech Series A Founded 2023

Sarla Aviation

Sarla Aviation designs and manufactures electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for urban air mobility, mass transportation, and cargo and medical response. Its flagship aircraft, Shunya, is a hybrid-electric air taxi featuring seven electric propulsion units, two double-isolated battery packs, and a SAF tank, capable of speeds up to 250 km/h and ranges up to 800 km. The cabin accommodates one pilot…

📍 Bengaluru, India · Electric Vehicles,

Funding snapshot

Last roundSeries A
Amount$1M
Date23 January 2026
Total raised$13M
Valuation48,298,857 (Jan 23, 2026)
Team size28

About

Sarla Aviation designs and manufactures electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for urban air mobility, mass transportation, and cargo and medical response. Its flagship aircraft, Shunya, is a hybrid-electric air taxi featuring seven electric propulsion units, two double-isolated battery packs, and a SAF tank, capable of speeds up to 250 km/h and ranges up to 800 km. The cabin accommodates one pilot and six passengers and multiple configurations including a 6-seater commuter layout, a 4-seater premium layout, a cargo configuration with 680 kg payload, and a dedicated ambulance version. Founded in 2023 and headquartered in Bengaluru, India, the company has raised $13.4 million in Series A funding from investors including Accel, IndiGo Ventures, Theia Ventures, Campus Fund, and K2 Capital Management. The founding team previously worked at Lilium.

Business model

Electric Vehicles > Automaker > Aerial > Vertical Take-Off And Landing,

Aerospace Tech > Electric Aircraft > Vertical Take off and Landing,

Flying Cars > Non Hybrid Vehicles

Institutional investors

Theia Ventures Campus Fund Valiant Investment & Traders Accel Singularity AMC NKSquared Global FPGA Family Foundation Angel List K2 Capital Management IndiGo Ventures Akhilesh Agarwal Binny Bansal Nikhil Kamath Christian Danz Holger Pries

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