September 2019
Winners of SAN-Sadhan Hackathon
SAN-Sadhan Hackathon Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, NITI Aayog, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and 91springboard Inviting innovations to create composite and [...]
July 2018
The 24 winners of the first ever Maharashtra Startup Week are set to deploy their innovative solutions in the State
Arcatron Mobility Pvt. Ltd Pune-based Arcatron founded by Ganesh Sonawane, Kunal Kamble, Laxmikant Banjarey and Dewraj Baruah in 2015 aims to bring up the level of safety and comfort for assisted living [...]
January 2018
Arcatron Mobility raises funds from Indian Angel Network
MUMBAI, JULY 12: Arcatron Mobility, which manufactures next-generation devices to make assisted living more dignified and safe, has raised undisclosed funding led by Sudhir Mehta, Harish Mehta and Ketan Dalal from the [...]
September 2017
Wheeling in a New Life
It was a happy moment for four young engineers from NIT Calicut when their design for a shower and commode wheelchair won the top prize at the 'Design for Disabled' competition sponsored [...]
July 2017
MOVING FORCE
How an award-winning design for a wheelchair by a homegrown startup, Arcatron Mobility, is helping paraplegics and disabled in India Stroke survivor Arjan Makhijani is partially paralyzed on his right. The 90-something [...]
January 2017
Wheelchair that lets you take a shower: Mumbai start-ups give tech support to differently-abled
Arcatron, a Pune-based start-up founded by former students of National Institute of Technology Calicut, displayed two innovative wheelchairs designed by their team. The chairs, one of them electric-powered and the other operated [...]
August 2016
These 10 startups from Pune are making a difference
Arcatron Mobility designs smart wheelchairs to assist people with limited mobility. It is launching what it claims to be India’s first shower and commode wheelchair designed to ease the process of using [...]
July 2016
These Indian startups are building products for those with disabilities
Founders: Kunal Kamble, Laxmikant Banjarey, Ganesh Sonawane, and Dewaj Baruah Year & place of founding: June 2015, Pune Funding source and amount: Rs 90 lakh, Anoop Hingorani, and Indian Angel Network What [...]
Disabled get travel wings as start-ups lend a helping hand
Thirty-seven-year-old Rustom Irani's pale legs have turned an angry pinkish-brown. It's as if they are still blushing from his recent trip to Goa when, for the first time in 15 years, the [...]
June 2016
HomeStartups In Conversation With Ganesh Sonawane On Using Technology To Create Independence !
Arcatron is building the next generation of devices to enhance the lives of people with limited mobility and elderly care needs. The motto “Purpose Driven Innovation” steers Arcatron to apply technology for [...]
May 2016
In a funding round led by Vaibhav Kulkarni and Sudhir Mehta from IAN, Arcatron raises $100,000
Arcatron is a startup building mobility devices for individuals with limited mobility and elderly care needs. It designs products to enable consumers for leading more independent and active lifestyles aims to uniquely [...]
Autodesk to fuel hardware start-ups
Autodesk has also selected Arcatron Mobility which is building products like shower wheelchair and smart care robot to improve the lives of elderly and mobility impaired individuals. The firm is using Autodesk's [...]
March 2016
India Funding Roundup: A Smart Wheelchair Maker, Proximity Marketing App, and More
Arcatron Mobility Arcatron Mobility, winner of the best startup award at the recently conducted Surge Conference in Bengaluru has reportedly secured an undisclosed amount in seed funding. Founded by NIT Calicut alumni [...]
February 2016
Funding Galore: Startup Fundings Of The Week [22 February – 27 February]
Arcatron Mobility won the title of SURGE’s best startup. The startup was chosen from a list of 40 startups that pitched during the event. The final three startups which pitched were Locus, [...]
Pune-based Arcatron Mobility wins big at SURGE 2016
BANGALORE, India -- Arcatron Mobility, a Pune-based start-up that manufactures wheelchairs and related products, won the top prize at SURGE 2016, an event that showcased India's booming entrepreneurial ecosystem in the southern [...]