Back the validation inflection of an operationally-experienced team
An operationally-experienced team entering its first controlled-validation phase — capital to turn real operating experience into provable industrial causality. Backed by KIIT-TBI, DST NIDHI PRAYAS, and BIRAC BIG (24th call).
Why Crabionics, Why Now
A top-value export crustacean, held back by structurally unstable production. We're building the infrastructure layer that makes precision production possible.
Infrastructure-first Approach
Modular RAS, isolation, and controlled water — solving biological instability instead of expanding ponds.
Operational Intelligence Layer
AquaOS is being built to turn telemetry into decisions, building a dataset that's hard to replicate.
High-value Species Focus
Mud crab is a premium export species in structural undersupply, today met by volatile wild catch.
Modular Scalability
Units replicate without redesign — clusters scale by adding boxes, not rebuilding.
Closed-loop Systems
RAS improves water reuse and environmental control, cutting the per-cycle variability that breaks pond economics.
Long-term Defensibility
The moat is the production dataset — biological intelligence no incumbent holds.
The model, stated cleanly: a distributed production network — centralized biological intelligence (nursery + finishing) plus decentralized farmer biomass growth, with the processor as the customer taking guaranteed export-spec live and soft-shell supply.
From pilot validation to platform infrastructure
Sequenced, not simultaneous — revenue mix and risk shift with each step.
Phase A · 2026
Pilot + Validation
600-box RAS at KIIT-TBI. Prove survival and unit economics. Validate SOPs at controlled scale.
No commercial revenue — by design.
Phase B · 2027
Deployment Services
Deploy for progressive farms. Cluster partnerships under an asset-light model. First recurring revenue.
Setup fees + monitoring contracts.
Phase C · 2027–28
Productization
CrabPod™ unit sales. AquaOS™ SaaS per farm. Hatchery module licensing. Franchise deployment templates.
Hardware + recurring SaaS.
Phase D · 2028+
Intelligence Network
CIN predictive models across farms. Supply forecasting, mortality prediction, and carbon traceability.
Platform licensing + data network.
Capital-efficient modular deployment
Design targets the 600-box pilot is built to validate — not yet-achieved results. Each unit proves economics before the next scale step.
600-box module
~1 tonne / yr
Single deployable unit. Validates economics before next step.
Cluster (5 modules / 3,000 boxes)
~5 tonnes / yr
Standard SOP-driven deployment. Replicable, franchisable.
India target — 10% share
~452 tonnes / yr
≈ 90 clusters. Hardware bootstraps SaaS.
Live export-grade price
₹1,200–1,600 / kg
For 500g+ crab. Soft-shell carries a 3× premium.
A premium export category that cannot supply itself
The bottleneck isn't demand — it's supply architecture.
$51/unit
Europe price
+230% YoY — supply-starved
$35/unit
USA price
+146% YoY
4,500 t
India annual export
Surging demand, capped supply
50–70%
Traditional mortality
Every cycle, every farm
Shrimp has Aquabyte and Benchmark; salmon has full industrial infrastructure. Mud crab production architecture is unclaimed — and we have a 2+ year field head start.
Pre-seed capital to execute validation
Already de-risked: R&D operating experience, an established buyer network, documented grade-uplift economics, and incubation + grant backing. What the capital unlocks: the pilot dataset plus 1-hectare farmer linkage — the proof points for cluster economics.
Seeking pre-seed
Milestone-gated pre-seed
18-month runway · Pre-validation stage · BIRAC co-funded
Structure
Flexible — CCD structure available
Round size and valuation are shared in the data room. Terms align to strategic fit and validation milestones.
18-month outcome
TRL-6 IHMS, validated through the 600-box RAS pilot
First 600-box production dataset
AquaOS running on the pilot cluster
4 patent families filed
Clear inflection point for a milestone-gated Seed round.
Use of funds — 18 months
35%
600-Box Pilot
Hardware + RAS
25%
IHMS Prototype
Hatchery layer
20%
AquaOS + Data Infra
Software stack
15%
IP Filing
4 families · under filing
5%
Ops & Contingency
Buffer
Continuity, Credibility, Execution Readiness
DPIIT · Startup India
Government of India — Recognised Startup
DPIIT recognition issued May 2026 (Certificate No. DIPP261048). Agriculture / Fisheries sector.
KIIT-TBI
Technology Business Incubator
Active incubation, operational infrastructure access, and commercialization support.
DST NIDHI PRAYAS
Government of India — Department of Science & Technology
Innovation ecosystem support for deep-tech aquaculture infrastructure development.
BIRAC BIG
Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council
Biotechnology Ignition Grant — 24th call. Awarded 2026.
Built Through Field Execution, Not Slideware
Each milestone is a real infrastructure or institutional outcome — not a forecast.
2023
Modular RAS Development
Vertical mud crab production architecture with individual isolation systems and operational SOPs developed.
2024
NIDHI PRAYAS Support
Supported under the DST NIDHI PRAYAS innovation ecosystem for deep-tech aquaculture infrastructure development.
2024
KIIT-TBI Incubation
Incubated under KIIT Technology Business Incubator to accelerate infrastructure and commercialization strategy.
2025
AquaOS + CIN Development
Telemetry infrastructure, biological intelligence systems, and distributed operational architecture under active development.
2025
Pilot Infrastructure Scaling
Expansion toward multi-system production architecture: hatchery, nursery, soft-shell, and RAS finishing systems.
Nov 2025
Crabionics Aquaculture Pvt. Ltd. Incorporated
Incorporated as a Private Limited Company on 19 November 2025.
2026
BIRAC BIG Grant — 24th Call
Awarded under BIRAC's Biotechnology Ignition Grant (24th call) — 2026.
May 2026
DPIIT Startup Recognition
Recognised by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Government of India — Agriculture / Fisheries sector (Certificate No. DIPP261048).
Investor Access
For Deck Requests, Diligence Access, and Pilot Collaboration
We work with strategic capital and grant-aligned partners — founder-level conversations preferred.