Seed Round

Karmic Winds

Rooftop wind energy recovery for commercial vehicles

Founder: Shubham Kumar Sharma | ₹1.5 Cr Seed Ask
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The Problem

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Millions of vehicles

Buses, trucks, and commercial vehicles move across India daily, carrying the blood supply of the economy.

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Continuous energy waste

While moving, they fight air resistance. That airflow hits the windshield, rises, becomes turbulence, and disappears.

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Thin margins

Fuel eats a major part of operating cost. Alternators add mechanical load. Every inefficiency compounds across lakhs of kilometres.

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Our question was simple:

"Can we recover a small part of that already-disturbed airflow and convert it into usable electricity?"
→ That question became Karmic Winds
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The Solution

A rooftop wind energy recovery panel for commercial vehicles.

Not a conventional wind turbine. Not dependent on natural wind, sunlight, or braking. It works when the vehicle is moving.

1 Captures windshield-deflected airflow
2 Guides through ducted aerodynamic panel
3 Spins low-torque turbine-generator
4 Stores electricity for auxiliaries
Karmic Winds rooftop wind energy recovery panel installed on commercial bus
KARMIC WINDS Rooftop Energy Recovery System
Dimensions 60" × 50" × 13"
Mount Front rooftop zone
Tech Ducting + Venturi + Smart electronics
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The Value Proposition

Brutally practical:

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Reduce parasitic electrical load

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Recover wasted motion energy

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Improve vehicle operating economics

Even a small improvement per vehicle becomes massive when repeated across lakhs of kilometres and thousands of vehicles.

India's logistics network is our starting point — commercial fleets run continuously and face fuel pressure, emission pressure, and cost pressure together.

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The Reality Check

Important

We are not claiming free energy. Physics has a habit of punching founders in the face, usually during testing.

Karmic Winds is about energy recovery, not magic.

The Engineering Challenge

Generate meaningful power while keeping additional drag low enough that the net benefit remains positive.

Next Milestone: Real-World Validation

Controlled highway pilots testing empty roof vs AC roof vs luggage vs Karmic Winds panel. Measuring speed, fuel, alternator load, RPM, torque, drag impact, cabin power, noise, vibration, and net energy output.

No spreadsheet fantasy. Real kilometres, real vehicles, real numbers.

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Business Model

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Hardware Sales

Rooftop panel units

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Annual Service & Maintenance

Recurring revenue stream

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Fleet Diagnostics & Optimization

Electrium SaaS platform

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Carbon & Energy Data Revenue

Once validated at scale

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Market & The Ask

Why This Market?

  • India and the world will not become fully electric overnight
  • ICE vehicles will remain on roads for years
  • EV buses and trucks also need better auxiliary energy systems
  • Karmic Winds serves both worlds

Improving today's vehicles while preparing for tomorrow's electric fleets.

Seed Round ₹1.5 Crore
Advanced prototyping Aerodynamic testing Production tooling Fleet integration Working capital
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Traction & Recognition

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IIT-related competitions

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Climate innovation platforms

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Concept validation complete

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Moving toward road-grade engineering

Currently transitioning from concept validation to road-grade engineering

Every kilometre should count.

If a vehicle is already moving, already cutting through air, already producing turbulence — then some of that wasted energy should come back to the operator.

For fleet owners Lower operating cost
For drivers Better auxiliary power, no behaviour change
For India Cleaner logistics
For investors Hardware-plus-data opportunity in one of the world's largest moving energy markets

Karmic Winds turns transportation from a pure energy consumer into a moving energy recovery platform.

The wind is already there. The motion is already there. The waste is already there.

We are building the system that finally takes it back.

Thank you.

Shubham Kumar Sharma | Founder, Karmic Winds