In a seed round of funding, JITO Angel Network, Anicut Capital, Speciale Invest, and Rocketship contributed $2.3 million to the deep-tech startup Uravu Labs. Vesta, Spectrum Impact, ZNL Growth Fund, VERSO, Echo River Capital, and wealthy individual investors were also participants in the investment round.

Founded by Pardeep Garg, Swapnil Shrivastav, Venkatesh RY, and Govinda Balaji in 2020, Uravu Labs is a Bengaluru-based startup that has developed a renewable water technology that utilizes atmospheric moisture to produce high-quality drinking water.

The Bengaluru-based startup uses liquid desiccants to absorb moisture and then recovers the absorbed moisture to create freshwater using only renewable energy sources such as biomass, solar energy, or waste heat.

The Bengaluru-based startup is expanding its reach globally and is planning its first international pilot project in Japan. As per the startup, this pilot project will serve as the first reference point for Uravu Labs in Japan and open many doors for the company in the country.