B2B manufacturing startup Frigate raises $1.5 million

CHENNAI: Manufacturing startup Frigate has raised a seed round of $1.5 million led by Arali Ventures with participation from Capital-A, Java Capital and other angel investors.

With the new round, Trichy and Chennai-based Frigate will expand its digital manufacturing ecosystem to cater to its global customer base.

Founded in 2021 by Tamizhinian Vasanthan, Karthikeyan Prakash, Chandrasekar C and Iniyavan Vasanthan, Frigate offers a suite of manufacturing services to medium and large-scale companies. Frigate specializes in executing projects within the new energy & power, infrastructure, EV sectors, and automotive industries with a focus on heavy fabrication, sheet metal, castings, forgings, and injection molding.