Chennai-based airport operations technology company Blunav has raised $1 million in a seed funding round led by Piper Serica, announced in May 2026. The funds will be used for team expansion, product development, and scaling deployments across India and international markets.
Blunav was co-founded by Suseendar Marimuthu and Cherukuru Sridharan. The company builds a full-stack, cloud-based Airport Operating System that integrates operational, passenger, and enterprise systems into a single unified platform, targeting small and mid-sized airport hubs as its primary market.
The company was built to address a structural problem in the aviation industry: smaller regional airports typically rely on manual processes, mid-sized facilities run fragmented vendor systems, and large hubs deal with siloed operational data with limited interoperability. Blunav’s platform is designed to give teams real-time access to operational data across systems and passenger touchpoints.
Blunav’s first deployment took place at Chennai International Airport under the Airports Authority of India’s Startup India initiative. Following that deployment, the company’s Airside Management software helped the airport achieve a 22% reduction in runway occupancy time during a 20-day study covering more than 3,500 flights.
The startup competes with established global airport technology firms including SITA and Amadeus. With its seed funding secured, Blunav is positioning itself to expand beyond its initial Indian deployment into broader international markets, which may signal growing demand for modernised airport operations technology among smaller and mid-tier hubs globally.
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