Orbital Velocity: Charting Indian Spacetech’s New Era
Spacetech in India has seen incredible momentum since the groundbreaking reforms of 2020, with the number of space startups going from a handful to 200+ today. With India’s commercial space market projected to expand from $8 billion to $44 billion within this decade, we're at a pivotal moment for innovation and development.
At Elevation’s Frontier Tech practice, we've been active investors in the sector, including our early investment in PierSight. We've detailed our thesis on India's spacetech opportunity in this deck and discussed the seismic shifts underway in India's space economy, along with untapped opportunity areas in this SummitUp podcast episode.
Join us as we bring together the key players shaping India's space future – founders at various stages of their journey and building across the spacetech value chain, industry professionals, policymakers, and investors. Through focused panel discussions, we'll explore the challenges of early-stage development, strategies for scaling operations, and the intricacies of commercializing spacetech products.
Agenda:
Welcome Note
The India Spacetech Opportunity by Manish Advani (Vice President, Elevation Capital)
Panel Discussion 1:
From Zero to Orbit
Dive deep into the founder's journey of building groundbreaking space technologies, from building a team to raising capital, with:
Arindrajit Chowdhury, Co-founder, Inspecity
Gaurav Seth, Co-founder, PierSight
Mayank Khanduja (Partner, Elevation Capital)
Panel Discussion 2:
Commercializing the Cosmos
Discover how the pioneers have turned ambitious space projects into commercial ventures and the key lessons they’ve learned along the way, with:
Prateep Basu, Co-founder, Satsure
Kshitij Khandelwal, Co-founder, Pixxel
Srinath Ravichandran, Co-founder, Agnikul Cosmos
Manish Singhal, Founding Partner pi Ventures
Early-stage founders will have the opportunity to learn from those who have successfully scaled their ventures, while established players can connect with fresh talent and ideas. With representatives from government agencies like ISRO and IN-SPACe joining us, we'll also examine the evolving policy landscape crucial to our sector's growth.
The sessions will be followed by networking over dinner and drinks!
For queries, contact akhil.andasu@elevationcapital.com
About Spacetech at Elevation Capital
At Elevation, spacetech is a prime focus area for our Frontier Tech practice. We've been active investors in the sector, including our early investment in PierSight. We've detailed our thesis on India's spacetech opportunity in this deck and discussed the seismic shifts underway in India's space economy, along with untapped opportunity areas where innovators can drive disproportionate value creation, in this SummitUp podcast episode.
About Spacetech at pi Ventures
At pi Ventures, spacetech has always been one of our key focus areas, reflected through our seed stage investment in Agnikul, which recently made history with the world's first 3D-printed rocket engine launch. We are keenly looking at deep tech innovations across the entire spacetech spectrum, from launch to communications to in-orbit services & in-space manufacturing & are looking to back disruptive innovations that will propel the space economy ahead.