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Ultraviolette
India's high-performance electric motorcycle company
India's high-performance electric motorcycle company
Founded
2016
Headquarters
Bangalore, India
Invested
Sep 2026
Milestones
Company founded in Bengaluru
Narayan Subramaniam and Niraj Rajmohan start Ultraviolette Automotive to build high-performance electric motorcycles on an in-house battery, powertrain and electronics platform.
F77 electric sportbike launched
Ultraviolette's first motorcycle goes on sale in India as the country's first high-performance electric sportbike, after drawing tens of thousands of pre-launch bookings from around the world.
Tesseract and Shockwave unveiled
The Tesseract electric scooter and Shockwave enduro motorcycle mark the move into the mass market. The Tesseract passes 50,000 pre-bookings within two weeks of its unveiling.
X-47 Crossover launched
The X-47 crossover joins the F77 on the second-generation platform, widening the performance line-up beyond sportbikes.
$85M round co-led by Yali Capital and TDK Ventures
Lip-Bu Tan and existing investors join the round, which funds the production ramp at the new Hosur plant, next-generation platforms and a US market entry targeted for 2027. Ultraviolette already sells in India and 20 European countries.
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