{"id":105669,"date":"2026-05-02T08:56:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T08:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianweekend.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/cleantech-startup-novorbisitus-raises-rs-13-35-crore-seed-round-led-by-rainmatter-with-participation-from-rockstud-capital\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T08:56:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T08:56:06","slug":"cleantech-startup-novorbisitus-raises-rs-13-35-crore-seed-round-led-by-rainmatter-with-participation-from-rockstud-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianweekend.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/cleantech-startup-novorbisitus-raises-rs-13-35-crore-seed-round-led-by-rainmatter-with-participation-from-rockstud-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleantech Startup NovorbisItus Raises Rs 13.35 Crore Seed Round Led by Rainmatter, with participation from Rockstud Capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Pune (Maharashtra) [India], May 2:<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/novorbisitus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/novorbisitus.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">NovorbisItusPvt.\u00a0Ltd.<\/a><\/strong>, a Pune-based\u00a0cleantech startup, has raised \u20b913.35 crore in a seed funding round led by\u00a0Rainmatter, the investment initiative of\u00a0Zerodha. The company develops emission control and air purification systems for decentralised pollution sources such as diesel generator (DG) sets and crematoriums, including retrofit solutions for existing infrastructure. The round also saw participation from\u00a0Rockstud\u00a0Capital, an early-stage fund focused on manufacturing-led companies. The transaction was advised by\u00a0Indorient\u00a0Financial Services Ltd.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Pune-based\u00a0startup\u00a0will use the funds to scale its emission control solutions for diesel generators and crematoriums and expand into new product lines.<\/li>\n<li>The round is led by\u00a0Nithin\u00a0Kamath\u2019s\u00a0Rainmatter, with participation from\u00a0Rockstud\u00a0Capital, an early-stage fund focused on manufacturing-led and sustainability-driven businesses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The fresh capital will be used to scale deployment of its existing solutions, expand its product portfolio to address additional use cases such as emissions reduction in boilers and large industrial facilities, including steel plants, and enable industries to implement on-site carbon capture technologies.<\/p>\n<p>NovorbisItus\u00a0was founded by Harsh\u00a0Neekhra,\u00a0Gagan Tripathi,\u00a0and\u00a0Divyank\u00a0Gupta. The company\u2019s first product was a filter-less Retrofit Emission Control Device (RECD) that can\u00a0be\u00a0retrofitted to existing DG sets, enabling companies to meet emission norms without requiring equipment replacement. This was followed by a product for crematoriums called Crematorium Air Purification System (CAPS).<\/p>\n<p>Harsh, CEO, said, \u201cWe started\u00a0NovorbisItus\u00a0as second year college students in Indore with an idealistic view to fix air pollution at its source and leave clean air for future generations. Over the past few years, we have translated that vision into deployable solutions that are now being used across industrial and commercial settings in India. With this investment, we aim to scale our technology, expand our product portfolio, and accelerate adoption across sectors where emission control has traditionally been limited.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/indianweekend.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PNN-2026-05-02T122613492.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75456\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Abhinav\u00a0Negi, Investment Lead \u2013 Climate and Deep-tech,\u00a0Rainmatter, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cAt\u00a0Rainmatter, we look for problems that are urgent, undeniable, and underserved.\u00a0DG set emissions and crematorium pollution tick all three.\u00a0Novorbis\u00a0is solving both with technology built for Indian conditions, where global solutions have simply not worked. What gives us confidence is not just the product but the team behind it. Harsh\u00a0Neekhra,\u00a0GaganTripathi, and\u00a0Divyank\u00a0Gupta started this in college and have stayed the course through everything that hardware throws at you. That kind of persistence, combined with real deployments and a compliance tailwind that only gets stronger, is why\u00a0we are backing them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Abhishek Agrawal, Founder &amp; Managing Partner,\u00a0Rockstud\u00a0Capital, added:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cAt\u00a0Rockstud\u00a0Capital, we back manufacturing-led businesses solving real-world problems at scale.\u00a0Novorbis\u00a0stands out for building a certified, commercially deployable emission control solution in a segment that is both underserved and structurally inevitable. With tightening emission norms and increasing regulatory enforcement, retrofit solutions like\u00a0Novorbis\u2019 RECD are becoming essential infrastructure. We believe the team is well-positioned to scale across industrial and urban applications.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>About the Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NovorbisItus\u2019 primary product is an ARAI-certified,\u00a0<strong>filter-less Retrofit Emission Control Device (RECD)<\/strong>, designed to reduce particulate matter and other harmful emissions from DG sets. India is estimated to have over 20 lakh DG sets in operation, contributing significantly to particulate emissions, particularly in urban centres such as Delhi-NCR and Mumbai\u00a0that have witnessed sustained periods of poor air quality in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>The patented system combines electrostatic precipitation (ESP) with an automated cleaning system, delivering high efficiency and minimal maintenance requirements, making it suitable\u00a0for retrofit applications. The solution enables operators of existing diesel generator sets across industrial and commercial environments to meet CPCB emission norms, including CPCB IV+ standards, without requiring full equipment replacement.<\/p>\n<p>For crematoriums, the\u00a0startup\u00a0offers a unique\u00a0<strong>Crematorium Air Purification System (CAPS)<\/strong>\u00a0that offers a 90-95% reduction in air pollution, as certified by IIT Bombay. The\u00a0startup\u2019s\u00a0Founder and CEO, Harsh\u00a0Neekhra,\u00a0said, <em>\u201cEight million tonnes of carbon emissions occur due to ritualistic last rites in crematoriums. This is an India-specific problem and we looked at this as an opportunity to combine our traditions and engineering innovation and came up with the CAPS product. This product enables green crematoriums, and we\u2019re very excited to take the innovation to different parts of the country.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>About\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Novorbis<\/strong><strong>Itus<\/strong><strong>Pvt.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0Ltd.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/novorbisitus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/novorbisitus.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">NovorbisItusPvt.\u00a0Ltd.<\/a><\/strong> is a Pune-based\u00a0cleantech\u00a0company focused on emission control and air purification technologies. Founded in 2019 by Harsh\u00a0Neekhra\u00a0(CEO),\u00a0GaganTripathi\u00a0(CTO), and\u00a0Divyank\u00a0Gupta (Director of Sales), the company develops filter-less, retrofit solutions to reduce emissions from decentralised pollution sources such as diesel generator sets and crematorium systems. Its flagship product, an ARAI-certified Retrofit Emission Control Device (RECD), enables industrial and commercial operators to meet CPCB emission norms through cost-effective upgrades.<\/p>\n<p>Novorbis\u00a0traces its origins to Indore, where the founding team began building solutions\u00a0with the mission to eliminate pollution. The company commenced commercial sales of its RECD\u00a0product in 2022. Today, Pune serves as the company\u2019s primary base for production, R&amp;D, and distribution as it scales deployments across India.<\/p>\n<p><em>If you object to the content of this press release, please notify us at pr.error.rectification@gmail.com. We will respond and rectify the situation within 24 hours.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pune (Maharashtra) [India], May 2: NovorbisItusPvt.\u00a0Ltd., a Pune-based\u00a0cleantech startup, has raised \u20b913.35 crore in a seed funding round led by\u00a0Rainmatter, the investment initiative of\u00a0Zerodha. The company develops emission control and air purification systems for decentralised pollution sources such as diesel generator (DG) sets and crematoriums, including retrofit solutions for existing infrastructure. 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