Saurav Agarwal

Head of Hivemind India @ Shield.AI | SIERA.AI | 2x Founder, Raised $7M | Helped win 8-figure B2B deals | Strengthening US-INDIA Ties | Angel Investor

📍 United States🔄 Updated August 2026💼 1 investments📅 1 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2025
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Angel Investor
Jan 2025
Armory is a new age defence tech startup building next-generation C-UAS systems to strengthen Indian forces in the modern battlefield. We are born out of a single mission: To build the best counter-drone systems that can detect, defend and destroy rogue drones. Modern conflicts waged remotely demand a radical rethinking of strategy as adversaries deploy inexpensive drones and technology to inflict maximum damage with minimal risk. Our country’s defence systems, conceived in a bygone era, have been outpaced by the rapid advancements in technology, revealing critical gaps that we, at Armory, are poised to bridge. We research, design and develop everything ourselves ensuring we are faster at every stage of development unlike traditional defense contracts which takes years to shape up into a functional technology. We took Surge, our first product which counters every micro-mini drone threat that exists from rough diagrams to a full fledged product in a span of 6 months. What we are building requires effort, tenacity, ownership, creativity and way more man hours than an everyday job. If you are a savant at what you do, love autonomy, have high agency, and genuinely want to impact the future of this country, we want you to start working with us yesterday! Apply on our careers page at https://www.armory.in/careers or send us an email at cuas@armory.in
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2025
Angel Investor
Jan 2025
Armory is a new age defence tech startup building next-generation C-UAS systems to strengthen Indian forces in the modern battlefield. We are born out of a single mission: To build the best counter-drone systems that can detect, defend and destroy rogue drones. Modern conflicts waged remotely demand a radical rethinking of strategy as adversaries deploy inexpensive drones and technology to inflict maximum damage with minimal risk. Our country’s defence systems, conceived in a bygone era, have been outpaced by the rapid advancements in technology, revealing critical gaps that we, at Armory, are poised to bridge. We research, design and develop everything ourselves ensuring we are faster at every stage of development unlike traditional defense contracts which takes years to shape up into a functional technology. We took Surge, our first product which counters every micro-mini drone threat that exists from rough diagrams to a full fledged product in a span of 6 months. What we are building requires effort, tenacity, ownership, creativity and way more man hours than an everyday job. If you are a savant at what you do, love autonomy, have high agency, and genuinely want to impact the future of this country, we want you to start working with us yesterday! Apply on our careers page at https://www.armory.in/careers or send us an email at cuas@armory.in
2023
Startup Mentor
Apr 2023
Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses. Founded in 2006, Techstars is on a mission to invest in startups to enable more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world in order to deliver exceptional returns to our investors. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Our results show why Techstars is Better for Founders than any other global accelerator: On average, 74.5% of Techstars companies will raise money within 3 years of their program; 18.5% of Techstars portfolio companies have exited 5 years after their program and 31.1% after eight years. (PitchBook June 2023)
2017
Founder
Jan 2017
SIERA.AI is a fast-growing venture-backed AI company in Austin, Texas that’s building the future of connected industrial mobility. SIERA.AI’s AI-enabled IoT devices and SaaS platform bring advanced vehicle safety and automation to the manufacturing and warehousing market. Our customers include top Fortune 500 manufacturing, warehousing and distribution centers. We have been recognized as one of 21 Austin startups to watch out for, as well as a finalist for Best New Innovative Product by MHI. You ready to achieve ZERO Forklift Accidents? Let us show you how. Heres a FREE 5-Step Strategy Guide --> https://bit.ly/100Xsafety