InspeCity raised ₹100 crore ($10.5 million) in a pre-Series A co-led by Speciale Invest and Ashish Kacholia, with Antler and Shastra VC participating and no valuation disclosed.
The capital funds flight qualification and four planned in-orbit missions over 12 to 18 months, taking total funding to roughly ₹150 crore.
Founded in 2022 by IIT-Bombay professor Arindrajit Chowdhury and Tausif Shaikh, the company builds ISAM technology to extend satellite lifespans and remove debris via its VEDA platform.
The modular approach de-risks a long development path, but four in-orbit missions in under two years is a compressed, costly schedule in a category where hardware failures reset roadmaps.
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