India, Dec. 16 -- Climatetech startup Aurassure has bagged INR 25 Cr ($2.8 Mn) in a pre-series A round led by Zerodha's VC arm Rainmatter and existing investor Unicorn India Ventures. The round also saw participation from listed Manganese alloys manufacturer, Maithan Alloys.

Founded in 2022 by Akanksha Priyadarshini and Vamsi Krishna, the Bhubaneswar-based startup develops sensor-based monitoring, analysis, reporting, and tracking (SMART) devices to collect and analyse real-time data across parameters like air quality, weather, and floods.

The data collected from the devices allows the startup to predict short-range and long-range forecasts, enabling urban heat island mapping as well as setting up flood risk alerts, among other environm...