Founder · GalaxEye

Kishan Thakkar

Co-founder of GalaxEye, a saas & tech company based in Bengaluru.

Co-founderBengaluruSaaS & Tech
Founded
2021
Bengaluru, India
Latest round
Series A extension
₹44.2 crore · Mar 2026

About

Kishan Thakkar is Co-founder of GalaxEye, a saas & tech company based in Bengaluru, founded in 2021. GalaxEye's most recent disclosed round was a funding round of ₹44.2 crore in Mar 2026.

Compiled from StartupFox records · updates as coverage is published

Company

Est. 2021
GalaxEye
SaaS & Tech · Bengaluru

Bengaluru space-tech company building OptoSAR, a satellite imaging system that synchronises optical and synthetic aperture radar sensors at the system level to capture spatially and temporally aligned Earth observation data through cloud and darkness. It holds patents on the technology in India and the United States.

Funding
Mar 2026Series A extension₹44.2 croreMounttech Growth Fund, Rainmatter, Mela Ventures, Speciale Invest, Anicut Capital, Navam Venture Fund, Faad Capital, LV Angel Fund, Eraya Capital
Jul 2024Series A$6.5MMela Ventures and Speciale Invest (co-led), ideaForge, Rainmatter Capital, Navam Capital, Faad Capital, Anicut Capital
2022Seed$3.5MSpeciale Invest, Artha India Ventures
Company profile →3 rounds on record

Journey with GalaxEye

3 milestones
  1. May 2026Milestone

    Launches Mission Drishti on 3 May, the first satellite to combine multispectral imaging and SAR on a single platform. At about 190 kg it was India's largest privately built Earth observation satellite at the time. It was reported lost roughly two months later following a geomagnetic storm.

  2. Aug 2026Milestone

    Acquires Bengaluru spacecraft engineering firm StarOps to strengthen in-house spacecraft engineering and satellite systems capability.

  3. Sep 2026Milestone

    Granted a United States patent covering the architecture that synchronises optical and microwave sensors for simultaneous, spatially and temporally matched data acquisition, having already patented the foundational technology in India.

Also building GalaxEye

SSSuyash SinghCo-founder and Chief Executive Officer→DCDenil ChawdaCo-founder→PMPranit MehtaCo-founder→RBRakshit BhattCo-founder→

Coverage

1 story
SaaS & Tech · 9 Sept 2026 · 4 min read
GalaxEye Has Won A US Patent For OptoSAR, Months After Losing The Satellite That Proved It