Skyroot Aerospace

SpaceTech · Hyderabad, IN · skyroot.in

Developer of the Vikram modular space launch vehicles for small satellites.

Founders

Pawan Kumar Chandana (India · ♂) — An IIT Kharagpur mechanical engineer who spent five years building launch vehicles at ISRO, he left to co-found Skyroot in 2018 and bring private, commercially competitive rockets to India.
Naga Bharath Daka (India · ♂) — A former ISRO engineer with an IIT Madras VLSI background who co-founded Skyroot to commercialize small-satellite launch vehicles.

Shares the most investors with (number = shared investors):

Date	Round	Amount
May 2026	Growth Skyroot Aerospace raised $60M co-led by Sherpalo Ventures and GIC, with BlackRock, becoming India's first spacetech unicorn (pre-money $1.1B).	$60M
Oct 2023	Series C Skyroot Aerospace raised a $27.5M Pre-Series C from Temasek.	$27.5M
Sep 2022	Series B Skyroot Aerospace, an Indian small-satellite launch startup, raised $51M Series B led by GIC, the largest round in Indian spacetech to date.	$51M
Jan 2022	Bridge Spacetech startup Skyroot Aerospace raised $4.5M in a bridge round led by Sherpalo Ventures and Wami Capital.	$4.5M
May 2021	Series A Spacetech startup Skyroot Aerospace raised an $11M Series A led by Greenko Group founders Anil Chalamalasetty and Mahesh Kolli.	$11M

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