Solinas Integrity Raises $5.5 Million to Scale Underground‑Pipeline Robotics

Overview

• Solinas closed a $5.5 million Series A1 on Thursday that was co‑led by Hero Enterprise Partner Ventures and Mela Ventures with participation from Luthra Group, SBI Ventures, Rainmatter and 8X Ventures.
• The Chennai startup will use the capital to ramp manufacturing, expand commercial deployments across Indian municipal corporations and grow sales to enterprise customers.
• Solinas plans to accelerate development of its robotic crawlers and AI asset‑management software that inspect, clean and digitize underground water and wastewater networks.
• The company is targeting new revenue streams in oil and gas and defence and aims for a Rs 100 crore revenue target by FY28 as it deepens footprints in the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
• The raise reflects rising public and private demand for mechanized inspection and cleaning under programs such as AMRUT and Jal Jeevan Mission and broader investor interest in climate deeptech robotics.