DPIIT / Startup India
Government startup recognition
DPIIT Startup recognition
Investor overview
Building the infrastructure for more predictable mud crab production.
Crabionics is at the transition from prototype and funded R&D to controlled field validation. The next capital should turn technical and biological work into repeatable production evidence.
Market
Mud crab is a high-value seafood category with a fragmented production base and a need for more consistent supply.
Technology
Crabionics combines controlled habitat, sensing, edge control and production software in one stack.
Validation
Funded R&D is running alongside pond production and a 600-box controlled-finishing programme.
Business
The long-term model combines production infrastructure with software, service and supply-chain relationships.
Institutional backing
Evidence that the company has moved beyond an idea.
These are institutional relationships and recognitions that support the company's R&D and technology journey.
BIRAC BIG
Biotechnology Ignition Grant
24th call · 2026
DST NIDHI PRAYAS
Department of Science & Technology
Innovation support
KIIT-TBI
Technology Business Incubator
Incubation and ecosystem support
Capital pathway
Different capital answers different questions.
BIRAC / IHMS
Funded R&D and technical development under the approved programme.
Company validation capital
Pond, 600-box infrastructure, biomass, working capital and non-BIRAC field validation.
Strategic capital
Potential deployment or commercial partnerships where the partner has a direct economic stake.
Scale capital
Larger deployment capital after technical, biological, economic and commercial evidence is established.
Interested in the next validation gate?
We can share the current company, technology and validation picture with investors and strategic partners.