Sumantra Chowdhury: Co-Founder, Climatech
My path to ClimaTech runs through Silicon Valley and Arizona - where I spent years working alongside some of the world's most innovative companies, absorbing a culture that relentlessly prioritized the end user above everything else.
What struck me most living in the United States was not the technology itself - it was the invisibility of comfort. HVAC systems worked so seamlessly, so reliably, that people never had to think about them. Homes, offices, hospitals, and retail spaces were engineered to feel effortless. That standard of living was not accidental. It was the result of an industry that had matured, professionalized, and put the customer first.
When I returned to India, I saw a tremendous opportunity.
India is growing rapidly. Cities are expanding, commercial spaces are becoming more sophisticated, and people's expectations around comfort, indoor air quality, and energy efficiency are rising every year. Yet the experience for many customers remains frustrating. Finding the right solution can be confusing, installation quality is often inconsistent, and service support frequently becomes an afterthought once a project is completed. The Indian HVAC industry is dominated by a handful of legacy players whose priorities lie more in protecting market share than in serving the diverse and evolving needs of Indian customers. Solutions are designed for pan India climates, repriced with little meaningful local adaptation. Energy efficiency is compromised. Serviceability in tier-2 and tier-3 cities is an afterthought. Installation quality is inconsistent. After-sales service is notoriously unreliable. And the unorganized sector - which handles the bulk of residential servicing - operates with zero standardization, creating real safety risks and unnecessarily high lifecycle costs for everyday consumers.
Meanwhile, India’s climate commitments and the Bureau of Energy Efficiency’s tightening star-rating norms demand a new generation of systems optimized for tropical conditions, erratic power supply, and India-specific load patterns — challenges that incumbents have been slow to address.
That gap - between what Indian customers deserve and what the market currently delivers - is the simple genesis of ClimaTech.
A customer first company which prioritizes comfort and engineered for life. A new, India-first player that combines locally engineered solutions, a tech-enabled service network, transparent AMC models, and a strong focus on energy efficiency could not only capture significant market share but also raise the bar for an industry that is long overdue for disruption.
Soham Banerjee: Co - Founder, ClimaTech
ClimaTech was founded with a simple belief: comfort, efficiency, and reliability should be at the heart of every built environment.
My career has taken me from engineering curriculums through the boardrooms of strategy consulting and investment banking. I have spent my career analyzing businesses, stress-testing investments, and solving complex operational challenges across industries. And across all of it, one pattern kept repeating itself: The systems that keep buildings running - Critical infrastructure systems are often treated as a commodity rather than as a long-term investment in performance, productivity, and quality of life.
That gap is exactly where ClimaTech was born - India is urbanizing at an unprecedented pace. Expectations around indoor comfort, energy efficiency, and air quality are rising sharply. And yet the HVAC industry remains fragmented - full of operators who show up, install, and disappear. Clients are left with systems that underperform, contracts that go unserviced, and no single partner they can genuinely rely on.
The HVAC industry has experienced players. What it has lacked is a new generation of operators who combine deep technical knowledge with genuine project discipline, energy efficiency thinking, and a long-term commitment to the clients they serve.
ClimaTech exists to be that partner - ClimaTech was established to address these challenges by combining engineering-led thinking with disciplined business practices and a customer-first approach. Our vision for ClimaTech is to build a trusted climate solutions company that goes beyond equipment installation.
We offer end-to-end turnkey HVAC solutions - from concept and design through engineering, installation, testing, commissioning, and ongoing maintenance. We work across the full spectrum of demanding environments: hospitals and clinics, pharmaceutical and clean room facilities, shopping malls, hotels, IT campuses, retail showrooms, offices, and large-scale commercial developments.
Every project we take on is treated as a long-term investment - in your facility, your people, and your performance. We aim to become a long-term partner for our clients by delivering thoughtfully engineered HVAC systems, reliable project execution, proactive maintenance, and responsive service support.
We partner with best-in-class equipment brands and build teams of qualified engineers and technicians who understand both the systems they install and the businesses they serve. Our after-sales and AMC support is not an afterthought - it is central to who we are.
We are committed to building an organization that prioritizes operational excellence, transparency, and long-term value creation. At ClimaTech, success will not be measured solely by the number of systems installed, but by the lasting relationships we build, the comfort we create, and the confidence our clients place in us year after year.
Comfort, built to last. Engineered for life.