Brics Summit 2026: Govt pitches 37 deep-tech startups to investors

The two-day exposition seeks to facilitate investment discussions, technology partnerships, business linkages and international market access for Indian startups

The Ministry of Education, in coordination with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), is showcasing 37 Indian deep-tech startups at the Brics Bharat Innovates Exposition in New Delhi. With this, the Centre is seeking to connect home-grown technology ventures with investors, companies and business leaders from member countries.

 

The two-day exposition, being held on September 11-12 alongside the Brics Business Forum, is aimed at facilitating investment discussions, technology partnerships, business linkages and international market access for the participating startups, the education ministry said on Friday.

 

The 37 startups, selected from an original cohort of 120 that participated in the Bharat Innovates exposition in June at Nice, France, span strategic areas, including space technology, semiconductors, quantum computing, renewable energy, battery materials, critical minerals, robotics, biotechnology and healthcare.

 

 

“This will facilitate opportunities for Business-to-Business (B2B) engagements, technology partnerships, investment discussions, business linkages and international market access. The exposition also advances the Brics Education Track priority of ‘Enhancing Research, Innovation and Startup Ecosystems,’ one of the five priority areas identified under India's Brics Chairship 2026,” the ministry said in a statement.

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi and Brics leaders are expected to visit the exposition, alongside senior delegates, CEOs and investors.

 

Space and semiconductor ventures form a prominent part of India’s lineup.

 

Space companies include Dhruva Space, GalaxEye Space Solutions, EON Space Labs and TM2Space Technologies, while telecom and semiconductor startups include WiSig Networks, Vervesemi and Netrasemi. QpiAI is showcasing its superconducting qubit-based quantum computing systems, while robotics and industrial technology companies such as Unbox Robotics and IInderpro Dynamics are also part of the cohort.

 

The New Delhi exposition builds on the first Bharat Innovates event held in France under the India-France Year of Innovation 2026.

 

That event brought together more than 2,000 participants from 29 countries and resulted in more than 30 memorandums of understanding (MoUs) and partnerships. Indian startups and ventures secured $254.5 million in funding commitments following 1,350 B2B meetings, according to the ministry of education.

 

Healthcare and life sciences make up another sizeable part of the showcase, with companies spanning artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled diagnostics, remote monitoring and cell and gene therapy.

 

These include Periwinkle Technologies, Janitri Innovations, 5C Network, HaystackAnalytics, Turtle Shell Technologies (Dozee), Niramai Health Analytix, Curium Life, Tricog and ImmunoACT.

 

Their technologies range from AI-assisted cervical cancer screening and maternal-fetal monitoring to clinical genomics, contactless patient monitoring, breast cancer screening, surgical intelligence, and cardiac diagnosis.

 

The government said the Brics exposition will provide participating innovators access to Brics chief executive officers (CEOs), investors and senior business leaders. Structured matchmaking would be facilitated in coordination with industry bodies Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci), Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham).

 

It is also linked to the Brics Education Track's priority of enhancing research, innovation and startup ecosystems.

 

The wider Bharat Innovates programme seeks to build links among India's startups, higher education institutions, research labs and parks with global investors, corporates, universities and governments.

 

The cohort also has a strong energy, climate technology and supply-chain resilience component.

 

e-TRNL Energy is developing a three-dimensional cell-stack architecture for lithium-ion batteries, while Altmin is building a domestic platform for lithium, iron, phosphate (LFP) cathode active material and battery-grade lithium carbonate.

 

Lohum Clean Tech is focused on critical-mineral recycling and refining, and Chara Technologies is developing a rare-earth-free electric powertrain.

 

Other startups in the segment include Quantsolar Technologies, ABX3 PV, Trinano Technologies, Kritsnam Technologies and UrjanovaC, working on floating solar, solar-panel coatings, smart water management and carbon capture.