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ideaForge is a robotics company founded 2007, based in India, developing 8 robots primarily in the Security category.
India-based drones for defence, public safety, and survey missions
ideaForge designs and manufactures UAVs and drone platforms including Q4i, Q6 V2, NETRA V4 PRO, SWITCH, and NETRA series systems for defence, public safety, surveying, and disaster-response use cases. The company is headquartered in India and has marketed these platforms for operations in India and international markets, including the U.S.
Total funding
US$53.8M
Active products
8
Robo Score
70
A
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Price range
$12.5K – $124K
4 of 8 priced
Top-rated product
AA
Robo Index
SWITCH
Company facts
- HQ
- Mumbai, India
- Founded
- 2007 · 19 yrs
- Employees
- 201
- Website
- www.ideaforgetech.com
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Robo Score
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Trusted by
- Indian Defense Forcesinsideunmannedsystems.com ↗
Milestones
Founded by IIT Bombay alumni Ankit Mehta, Rahul Singh, Ashish Bhat, and Vipul Joshi.
Press coverage
- Qualcomm-Backed ideaForge brings its SWITCH and NETRA V4 UAV platforms to the U.S. market
sUAS News · Aug 2022
- India's ideaForge Launches Netra v4Pro for U.S. ISR and Surveying
Inside Unmanned Systems
Active products by ideaForge
8 shown| # | Category | Key specs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | SWITCH | Security | Payload 7 kg·Top speed 13 m/s | $124K | — | AA |
| 2 |  | ZOLT | Security | Payload 10 kg·Top speed 3.5 m/s | — | 2025 | AA |
| 3 |  | NETRA 5 | Security | Payload 2 kg | — | 2025 | A |
| 4 |  | NETRA V4 PRO | Security | Runtime 1.5 hr | — | 2024 | A |
| 5 |  | Q6 V2 | Drone | Runtime 1.2 hr·Payload 6 kg | $29.7K | 2025 | BBB |
| 6 |  | SWITCH V2 | Security | Payload 7 kg·Top speed 13 m/s | $123.6K | 2022 | BBB |
| 7 |  | Q4i | Security | Top speed 7 m/s·Runtime 0.7 hr | $12.5K | — | BBB |
| 8 |  | Q6 V2 GEO | Drone | Runtime 0.8 hr·Payload 6 kg | — | 2025 | BBB |
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