Founder · Kepler Aerospace

Kiran V. Sharma

Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer of Kepler Aerospace, a spacetech company based in Bengaluru.

Co-founder · Chief Strategy OfficerBengaluruSpacetech
Founded
2018
Bengaluru, India
Raised to date
$8M
1 round on record
Latest round
Seed
$8M · September 2026

About

Kiran V. Sharma is Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer of Kepler Aerospace, a spacetech company based in Bengaluru, founded in 2018. Kepler Aerospace's most recent disclosed round was a Seed of $8M in September 2026.

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Company

Est. 2018
Kepler Aerospace
Spacetech · Bengaluru · Active

Kepler Aerospace builds and operates infrastructure across the satellite mission lifecycle for strategic, defence and commercial customers. Its catalogue spans satellite avionics and subsystems — onboard computers, reaction wheels, MEMS inertial measurement units, positioning sensors and S-band transceivers — alongside a network of more than 70 ground stations providing tracking, telemetry and command, plus mission operations and space-based intelligence. Founded on 11 July 2018 by Navneet Singh and Kiran V. Sharma, who met working in India's space programme at ISRO, the DPIIT-recognised Benga

Funding
September 2026Seed$8MBlue Ashva Capital (lead), Finvolve, India Accelerator
Company profile →1 round on record

Journey with Kepler Aerospace

2 milestones
  1. Jul 2018Founded

    Founded in Bengaluru by Navneet Singh and Kiran V. Sharma, who met while working in India's space programme at ISRO.

  2. Jul 2025Milestone

    Awarded an iDEX Prime contract worth about $4 million by the Ministry of Defence, with the Defence Space Agency and HQ Integrated Defence Staff, to build a six-satellite autonomous swarming ISR constellation.

Also building Kepler Aerospace

NSNavneet SinghCo-founder · CEO→

Coverage

1 story
Funding · 1 Sept 2026 · 5 min read
Kepler Aerospace Raises Its First $8M Eight Years In, With a Satellite Swarm to Build

Quick answers

Who is Kiran V. Sharma?

Kiran V. Sharma is a Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer of Kepler Aerospace, a spacetech company based in Bengaluru, founded in 2018.

Who founded Kepler Aerospace?

Kepler Aerospace's founders and leadership on record at StartupFox are Navneet Singh and Kiran V. Sharma.

How much funding has Kepler Aerospace raised?

Kepler Aerospace has raised $8M across 1 disclosed round on record. The latest was a Seed of $8M in September 2026, with Blue Ashva Capital (lead), Finvolve, India Accelerator.

Where is Kepler Aerospace based?

Kepler Aerospace is headquartered in Bengaluru, India.

What has StartupFox reported about Kiran V. Sharma?

StartupFox has published 1 story naming Kiran V. Sharma; the most recent is “Kepler Aerospace Raises Its First $8M Eight Years In, With a Satellite Swarm to Build”.

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