The Company was incorporated as "ideaForge Technology Private Limited" on February 8, 2007, as a private limited company under the Companies Act, 1956, pursuant to a certificate of incorporation dated February 8, 2007 issued by the RoC. Subsequently, upon the conversion of the Company into a public limited company, pursuant to a resolution passed by the Shareholders' on December 20, 2022, the name of the Company was changed to "ideaForge Technology Limited" and a fresh certificate of incorporation dated January 2, 2023 was issued by the RoC.
Major events and milestones of the Company :
2007 - Incorporation of the Company - Incubation at Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Bombay
2009 - First angel investment by Sujata Vemuri in consultation with Ravi Bhagavatula - Demonstrated NETRA, exhibiting the product launch of India's first quadcopter drone at DefExpo - Early prototype of the VTOL UAV (quadrotor helicopter) was featured in a popular Bollywood movie - Developed one of the world's smallest and lightest autopilots
2010 - Sale of the first drone to a state police department - Developed NETRA UAV in partnership with a Government of India entity
2014 - Received Rs. 388.10 million capital contract from Government of India entities
2015 - Angel Investment by Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM- Ahmedabad)
2016 - Developed the first hybrid VTOL drone with fixed wings in India, known as the SWITCH UAV
2017 - First round of institutional investment by Celesta Capital II Mauritius, Celesta Capital II-B Mauritius, Qualcomm Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. and Infosys Limited
2019 - First company to participate in the demonstration of 5G enabled UAVs at Indian Mobile Congress
2020 - Bagged contract for SWITCH 1.0 UAVs for approximately US$ 18.27M
2022 - Won the largest mini-VTOL UAV contract against global competitors from Russia, Israel, France, Ukraine, and other countries - Second round of institutional investment by Florintree Enterprise LLP, Infina Finance Private Limited and Export Import Bank of India in addition to first round of institutional investors - Incorporated a Subsidiary in USA, ideaForge Technology Inc.
2023 - Launched Netra V4 Pro in USA
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