Zerodha co-founder invests in drone startup Omnipresent Robot Tech.

Omnipresent has completed 51 km drone flight for HPCL pipelines and it has also been serving most of the major oil companies in India.

Nikhil Kamath, co-founder of Zerodha, and Abhijeet Pai have invested in drone start-up Omnipresent Robot Tech through their investment arm Gruhas Proptech, according to news agency PTI on Thursday.

Kamath and Pai’s investment amount has not been published. Kavin Shah and other high-net-worth people also contributed to this round (HNIs).

Omnipresent, created by Aakash Sinha, an MIT TR35 Innovator and Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute graduate, has accomplished a 51-kilometer drone flight for HPCL pipelines and has served most of India’s major oil firms, including RIL, IOCL, and BPCL.

Its drones are used at a number of ADB factories, UltraTech Cement plants, and Adani Green Energy.

“We are excited about our investment in Omnipresent. With Omnipresent’s proprietary technology and a capable founding team, we at Gruhas are confident about the impact of this scheme,” Kamath said.

Omnipresent delivered agriculture spray drones to the government in 2021 to combat locust invasions. The business created an integrated Agri Nerve Centre system for monitoring diseases in crops for targeted spraying, which has the potential to increase agricultural production by up to 20%.

The business has also contributed to the coveted Chandrayaan-2 project, producing vision and navigation software for the rover.

Omnipresent, created by Aakash Sinha, an MIT TR35 Innovator and Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute graduate, has accomplished a 51-kilometer drone flight for HPCL pipelines and has served most of India’s major oil firms, including RIL, IOCL, and BPCL.

Its drones are used at a number of ADB factories, UltraTech Cement plants, and Adani Green Energy.

“We are delighted to partner with Gruhas and confident that we will disrupt the drone sector under the guidance of such eminent partners,” Omnipresent’s founder Sinha said. 

Kamath had already invested in the influencer marketing company Kofluence earlier this month. The platform said that it has secured $4 million (about Rs 30 crore) in fundraising headed by Kamath.

While content producers attracted viewers, Kamath confessed that there was a vacuum created by monetisation technologies, leaving artists demanding aid and infrastructure to earn a sustainable income out of their material or creativity.

“With Kofluence expanding its product suite to encompass creation and monetisation tools, creators on the platform will have varied monetisation avenues to explore,” Kamath, who took home a salary of ₹100 crores, added.