Startup Profile

AstroGate Labs

Legal entity: AstroGate Labs Private Limited

Laser communication terminals for satellites and high-speed space data downlink.

ManufacturingSeedHardware / IoT· Bengaluru, Karnataka· Est. 2017Website ↗
Astrogate Labs is a Bengaluru-based spacetech startup founded in 2017 that builds laser-based optical communication terminals for satellites. Its systems are designed to move large volumes of data from small satellites to the ground at high speed, as an alternative to traditional radio-frequency downlinks. The company also targets terrestrial and airborne communication applications and works with
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Employees

Founders

  • Nitish Singh

    Co-founder and CEO of Astrogate Labs. IIT Kharagpur graduate who previously led mission planning and operations at Team Indus during its Google Lunar X Prize campaign, where he identified the satellite data downlink bottleneck that the company was built to solve.

  • Aditya Kedlaya

    Co-founder of Astrogate Labs, described as an IIT alumnus and former Team Indus engineer.

  • Yogeshwaran J

    Co-founder of Astrogate Labs, listed among the founding team in 2025 funding coverage.

  • Subhajit Chakraborty

    Co-founder of Astrogate Labs, listed among the founding team in 2025 funding coverage.

Funding rounds

  1. Pre-Series2025-02-27₹10.79 CrLed by Piper Serica Angel Fund
  2. Pre-Series A2020-11-24Led by Speciale Invest

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Timeline

  1. 2025-02-27USD 1.3 million pre-Series round led by Piper SericaRaised USD 1.3 million in a pre-Series funding round led by Piper Serica Angel Fund to accelerate development of laser communication terminals for space, terrestrial and airborne applications and to scale partnerships with space agencies and defence organisations.
  2. 2023Graduated Seraphim Space Accelerator APAC programmeAstrogate Labs graduated from the Seraphim Space Accelerator APAC programme and was recognised under the DRDO Dare to Dream 4.0 initiative.
  3. 2020-11-24Pre-Series-A round led by Speciale InvestRaised a pre-Series-A round led by Speciale Invest with Anicut Angel Fund, SuprValue.vc and FirstCheque; total funding to date reported at about USD 750,000 (roughly INR 5.5 crore). Management cited a target of USD 60-70 million in revenue over five years.
  4. 2017Company founded in BengaluruAstrogate Labs founded by Nitish Singh and co-founders to build laser-based optical communication terminals for satellites, addressing the data downlink bottleneck Singh encountered at Team Indus.

Data sources

  • seed-list · last fetched 2026-05-28
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  • Inc42 · last fetched 2026-06-01
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  • Indian Startup News · last fetched 2026-06-01
  • Speciale Invest · last fetched 2026-06-01
Updated 2026-06-01