Applications Now Open · Deep Tech Space Accelerator
BUILD
INDIA'S
NEXT
space infrastructure company
$2.5M in funding
$500K
capital on day one
Mentors
who've built it
Network
that usually takes years to access
Deadline: 21 August 2026 ·
- In-Space Applications
- In-Orbit Infrastructure
- Supply Chain & Manufacturing
- Subsystems
- Communication & Navigation
If you’re heads-down on deep tech for the space economy — hardware, systems, infrastructure — you’ve landed in the right space!
Before you apply, a small note from us:
Dear founders,
If you’re reading this, you’re probably running pre-flight checks on a prototype, chasing a test result, or trying to get fifteen more minutes with someone at ISRO who can tell you if your design will actually hold up.
Every mission has a ground crew before it has a launch. People who show up before the cameras do, who provide you the right resources, at the right time.
Not a program that asks you to pause and sit through workshops. We built this to move with you.
We believe the next generation of global space companies will be built in India. If that’s you, we want to be your first call.
–ABYRO CAPITAL
IS THIS YOU?
This is your space if you are/have:
Obsessed with the Problem
You're genuinely passionate about space and solving a real problem with deep domain understanding, not a surface-level pitch.
Something Real, Already Working
You're building at TRL 2–4: past the idea. A prototype, lab validation, or real test data. Pre-revenue works. A slide deck alone does not.
A Team That Can Build and Sell
A technical co-founder who can build it. A commercial co-founder who can sell it. ISRO, DRDO, or IIT experience is a plus — not compulsory.
Thinking Past India
Built in India, but with a real view on how you compete globally: a clear international market thesis, through export, licensing, or a US/European go-to-market.
THIS ORBIT ISN’T FOR YOU
You’re not ready for the lift-off if:
ISRO is your entire commercial strategy A first customer is useful. A single point of dependency is not.
You’re already at TRL 7+ and commercially scaling. Beacon is built for validation, not the growth lap.
The technology exists only in the deck. No prototype, simulation, test data or published research means it is still an idea.
WHAT WE’RE INVESTING IN
If your orbit matches ours
Five layers of the space economy. If your work lives in any of these, we want to hear from you.
01
In-Space Applications
Software, services and hardware that derive value from in-orbit operations — remote sensing analytics, onboard AI, satellite SaaS, and space-based IoT.
02
In-Orbit Infrastructure
Platforms and systems that operate in orbit — in-orbit servicing, refuelling, debris management, orbital platforms, and constellation management.
03
Supply Chain, Logistics & Manufacturing
The industrial base — precision components, CFRP structures, ground support equipment, launch logistics, and additive manufacturing.
04
Subsystems
Propulsion, power systems, avionics, sensors, and thermal management — the core subsystems every spacecraft and launch vehicle depends on.
05
Communication & Navigation
LEO ground terminals, laser comms modems, FPGA-based signal processing, fused PNT systems, and MEO relay architectures — with high adjacency to defence and critical global infrastructure.
More than a cheque, into the orbit
Capital gets you started. Here's what propels you forward.
YOU BELONG HERE IF
01
Guided by People Who've Been to Orbit
Mentorship from founders who've actually built and shipped space tech companies — not advisors who theorise from the sideline
02
Backed By Eyes Who've Seen the Real Thing
Screening and validation from veterans who've sat inside ISRO and DRDO — credibility, backed by insight from people who've lived it.
03
Capital That Compounds
Access to further capital from the mentor council and other strategic spacetech investors
04
Introductions That Open Doors
Warm connects across India's and the world's space industry — to customers, partners, and the global market you're building toward.
05
Investment That Grows With You
Follow-on funding and continued network access for companies that keep delivering after the first cheque.
Expert Support
Validated by the people who built India's space capability
People behind India’s space moment,
now supporting yours
- Taken private launch vehicles from engineering to flight
- Navigated IN-SPACe approvals and regulatory pathways
- Guided defence, dual-use and iDEX market opportunities
- Turned deep-tech engineering into fundable, scalable companies
- Built commercial pathways beyond government contracts
- Guided defence, dual-use and iDEX market opportunities
What They’ll Do
for You
- Spot the startups worth betting on through early validation and screening
- Give selected founders two focused hours every month to challenge the technology, market and next move
- Open the right doors across customers, partners, investors and the wider ecosystem
- Champion the founders in rooms they are not yet in and amplify the opportunity they are building
Program Offerings
What Beacon puts on the table
01
Capital Stack
$500K first cheque. Follow-on capital support for companies that keep executing. Access to investment from the mentor council and strategic space tech investors.
02
Mentor Validation
Space tech founders and industry veterans who've built this before. Initial screening and validation done by domain experts, not analysts.
03
Industry Connects
Market access support to customers, partners, and experts. Direct access through the mentor network.
04
Investor Access
Beyond Abyro's capital, founders gain access to investment from strategic space tech investors. Follow-on capital and connects for those that keep executing.
05
Academic Depth
For research and technical validation across materials, photonics, and adjacent disciplines and for faculty mentorship, and co-development in robotics, RF, and embedded systems.
06
Global Market Access
India-built technology with a global market thesis. Warm introductions to export, licensing, and US/European go-to-market paths.
Infrastructure that usually takes years.
Backed by Abyro Capital and T-Hub, with regulatory, industry, and academic partners that put real doors within reach — from day one.
Eligibility
Who should apply
YOU BELONG HERE IF
- You’re building at TRL 2–4. Past the idea. Before the easy part.
- At least one technical co-founder is in the room. ISRO, DRDO or IIT experience is a plus. Not compulsory.
- Your team can build and commercialise. Deep technical capability needs commercial ownership beside it. A commercial co-founder alongside the technical lead
- Global use case and vision — India-built technology with a clear international market thesis
- Open to full-time commitment to the programme
THIS ORBIT ISN’T FOR YOU
- ISRO is your entire commercial strategy. A first customer is useful. A single point of dependency is not.
- You’re already at TRL 7+ and commercially scaling. Beacon is built for validation, not the growth lap.
- The technology exists only in the deck. No prototype, simulation, test data or published research means it is still an idea.
Application Process
Ready to launch? Do it in 4 steps
01
Apply Online
Fill this short-form application, via this link
Skip the backstory. Tell us what you’re building, and why it matters.
02
Mentor Screen
The top 20 teams will complete a detailed questionnaire, followed by evaluation pitches with technical experts.
03
IC & Due Diligence
Our Investment Committee of Abyro founders, mentors, and partners reviews the finalists. Technical, legal, and financial due diligence follows
04
Liftoff
Your first $500K cheque is released once the paperwork is complete. No slow ramp. 8 weeks of focused acceleration, hands-on mentorship, market access, and a platform to put your company in front of the right people.
Applications
Close Aug 21.
Every great journey starts with a leap into the unknown. If you’re not sure, take the leap. We’d rather have the chance to meet you than wonder who we might have missed
Your technology has probably survived harder things than an application form.
IS THIS YOU
Who should apply
Obsessed with the problem
Deep domain understanding of a real space-economy problem, not a surface level pitch.
Pedigree helps, it's not everything
ISRO alumni, IIT/IISc grad, or defence scientist is great. Cofounder completeness matters more than any one resume
Something real, already working
TRL 3 to 4. A prototype, lab validation, or real test data. Pre-revenue is fine, a slide deck alone is not
Something real, already working
TRL 3 to 4. A prototype, lab validation, or real test data. Pre-revenue is fine, a slide deck alone is not
WE'RE LOOKING FOR
Technology at TRL 3–4 at time of application
At least one technical co-founder
(ISRO/DRDO/IIT background preferred, not
required)
Cofounder completeness, a commercial co
founder alongside the technical lead
Global use case and vision, India-built technology with an international market thesis
Open to full-time commitment to the
programme
WE'RE LOOKING FOR
Sole dependency on ISRO contracts with no
commercial pivot plan
TRL 7+, already commercialised. This is not agrowth-stage programme
Idea-stage without any prototype, simulation, or published research
More than a cheque, into the orbit
Capital gets you started. Here's what propels you forward.
YOU BELONG HERE IF
- Guided by People Who've Been to Orbit Mentorship from founders who've actually built and shipped space tech companies — not advisors who theorise from the sideline
- Backed by Eyes That Don't Miss Much Screened and validated by Satish Reddy (ex-DRDO), Ananth Technologies, and an ex-ISRO scientist — credibility, backed by insight from people who've lived it
- Capital That Compounds Access to further capital from the mentor council and other strategic spacetech investors
- Introductions That Open Doors Warm connects across India's and the world's space industry — to customers, partners, and the global market you're building toward.
- Investment That Grows With You Follow-on funding and continued network access for companies that keep delivering after the first cheque.
Expert Support
Validated by the people who built India's space capability
PC
Pawan Kumar Chandana
Co-founder & CEO, Skyroot Aerospace India's First Private Rocket · Hyderabad
Led the first private Indian rocket launch (Vikram-S, 2022). Walked the entire IN-SPACe authorisation path from scratch — mentor for launch vehicle and scaling deep tech founders.
📍 Hyderabad
RK
Sanjay Nekkanti
Founder & CEO, Dhruva Space Satellite Platforms & Operations
Built one of India’s leading satellite platforms companies from the ground up. Mentor for satellite hardware and operations teams — commercial pathways and platform architecture.
PC
Raunak
Founder, Take Me To Space In-Space Applications & Access
Founder mentor for in-space applications and access. Brings first-hand experience navigating India’s emerging in-space services market and building commercial use cases.
BA
Bellatrix Aerospace
Founders Propulsion & Subsystems
Led the first private Indian rocket launch (Vikram-S, 2022). Walked the entire IN-SPACe authorisation path from scratch — mentor for launch vehicle and scaling deep tech founders.
📍 Hyderabad
RK
Ananth Technologies
Industry Veterans Manufacturing & Systems Integration
One of India’s leading space system integrators with a decades-long ISRO supply chain. Mentor for manufacturing, systems integration, and production-readiness.
SR
Satish Reddy
Former Scientist, DRDO Defence & Dual-Use Pathways
WHAT YOU GET
The early-stage capital gap
In early R&D, capital alone isn’t enough. It’s capital paired with the right direction, the
judgment of people who have built this before, that decides which ideas survive
01
Mentor validation
Space tech founders and industry veterans who've built this before. Initial 02 Industry connects Market access support to customers, partners and experts, through the mentor screening and validation done by domain experts, not analysts
02
Industry connects
Market access support to customers, partners and experts, through the mentor council's networks.
03
Regulatory support
IN-SPACe as regulatory and policy infrastructure partner, for licensing, classification and facility access from day one
04
Follow-on capital
upport and connects for companies that keep executing, plus access to strategic space tech investors beyond Abyro's own cheque.
05
Academic depth
IISc for research and technical validation across materials, photonics and adjacent disciplines. IIIT Hyderabad for faculty mentorship in robotics, RF and embedded systems
06
Global market access
India-built technology with a global market thesis, and warm introductions to export, licensing and US/European go-to market paths
WHAT YOU GET
The early-stage capital gap
In early R&D, capital alone isn’t enough. It’s capital paired with the right direction, the
judgment of people who have built this before, that decides which ideas survive
01
Apply online
Short-form application, pitch deck plus a 3-minute video. No 40-page decks.
02
Mentor screen
Shortlisted teams are screened by domain experts, not junior analysts, against TRL, focus area and founder profile
03
IC & diligence
Abyro's Investment Committee, made up of founders, mentors and partners, selects finalists and runs technical, legal and financial diligence.
04
Funds wired
Capital released on completion of paperwork, alongside mentoring, market access and a platform to showcase what you've built.
WHERE YOU COME IN
Beyond the capital
Beacon convenes the people and institutions a deep-tech founder needs around the
table from day one.
Mentors
Senior industry leaders and veterans from ISRO and DRDO
Institutiona
Support from IN-SPACe, SIA and TIFR.
Ecosystem
Anchored by T-Hub.
Expert advisory network
Pawan Kumar Chandan
Co-founder & CEO, Skyroot Aerospace
Led India’s first private rocket launch (Vikram-S, 2022) and the IN-SPACe authorisation path from scratch. Mentors launch vehicle and scaling-stage founders.
Raunak
Founder, Take Me To Space
Mentors on in-space applications and access, with first-hand experience navigating India’s emerging in-space services market
Bellatrix Aerospace
Founders, Propulsion & Subsystems
Pioneers of green propulsion in India. Mentor propulsion and subsystem teams from prototype to flight-ready hardware.
Ananth Technologies
Industry Veterans, Manufacturing & Systems Integration
ne of India’s leading space system integrators, with a decades-long ISRO supply chain. Mentors on manufacturing and production-readiness.
Satish Reddy
Former Scientist, DRDO
Guidance and validation for cohort companies pursuing defence adjacent and dual-use applications, including iDEX and DRDO pathways.
Mentor network
Gnanagandhi
Vasudevan Ex-ISRO, Startup advisor
Sanjay Nekkanti
Founder, Dhruva Space
Ronak Kumar
Samantray Founder, TM2Space
Anand Rajagopalan
Founder, TM2Space
Uttam Kumar
Dharmapuri Founder, BluJ
Amar Sri Vatsavaya
ounder, Blu
THE ASK
What we ask of mentors
Join the initiative to support founders building the next frontier in space, and help build the ecosystem ground up.
Help validate selected startups: the use case, the technology, and the potential.
Guide and mentor in defined areas, about two hours a month.
Be an advocate for the startups and their founders.
Open industry connections where you see fit
WE'RE LOOKING FOR
What you receive
First right to invest
A preferential position in the startups you help shape
Honorarium
Recognition for your time and your association with the program.
Early access
A first look at founders building in space, well before the rest of the market.
TRACK RECORD
Founders solving real problems with hard technology, across the enterprise and deep-tech frontier.
The frontier is open. The early capital is not.
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