Akashalabdhi secures $1.2M to advance expandable space habitats & dual-use tech

Akashalabdhi, a space tech startup, raised $1.2M in pre-seed funding from investors including Uday Chatterjee and Riceberg Ventures. The funds will support ANTARIKSHAB, an expandable space habitat for orbital logistics, microgravity experiments, and defense, along with projects like inflatable solar arrays. Founded by Siddharth Jena and incubated at IISc and IIT Roorkee, the startup develops scalable, dual-use technologies to advance India’s orbital infrastructure and space capabilities.