WATER raises $2.5 million seed round led by Endiya Partners

Bio physical AI company WATER has raised $2.5 million in a seed funding round led by early-stage venture capital firm Endiya Partners. The round also saw participation from Pullela Gopichand, Rohit Chennamaneni, Nandan Reddy and other angel investors.

WATER said the fresh capital will be used for technical validation as it develops an intelligence layer for adaptive surfaces. The company sees potential applications across automotive, aviation and other sectors.

Founded in 2024 by Teja Vinukollu and Haneesh Mourya Desu, WATER develops adaptive surfaces that respond to the human body in real time. Its products include the FLOW chair and CAMA bed, powered by VORTEX, which the company describes as its foundational model for understanding how the human body interacts with the physical environment.

The Hyderabad-based startup says its systems combine sensing, decision-making and physical actuation. FLOW focuses on posture, movement and load during seated interaction, while CAMA focuses on sleep, recovery and respiration.

WATER plans to extend its underlying technology beyond chairs and beds to other physical environments. The core idea is to make surfaces and systems adapt to individual needs rather than remain static.

The adaptive intelligent surfaces segment is still at an early stage in India, according to the report. That makes technical validation a key milestone for WATER as it works to prove how its intelligence layer can function across different use cases.

The broader Physical AI and deeptech ecosystem is seeing growing investor interest. Recent examples cited include Invisel raising Rs 4 crore led by IAN Angel Fund and Bengaluru-based Mowito securing $3 million in pre-seed funding to develop Physical AI foundation models for industrial robots.

Other recent rounds include Flo Mobility raising $2.5 million in a pre-Series A round to scale Physical AI-powered autonomous solutions for construction. Yaanendriya also secured Rs 15 crore to develop sensing, navigation and autonomous-control technologies for robotics and aerospace.