Starfleet India Capital Advisors

Our Experience

First-of-their-kind mandates across launch vehicles, satellites, policy and corporate strategy. Open one to see what it covered.

Clients & Credentials

Mandates across our advisory services, from fundraising and fund arranging to bid advisory and market entry.

  • Market Entry & Expansion

    Shapoorji Pallonji Group

    Space-sector market intelligence, entry strategy and strategic fitment for the group’s move into space, alongside advisory on the IN-SPACe launch-complex expression of interest at Kulasekarapattinam.

  • QOSMIC
    Fundraising

    Qosmic

    Fundraising advisory: investor positioning, documentation and management of the round through to close.

  • Fundraising · ISAM

    OrbitAID Aerospace

    Fundraising advisory for an Indian in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing (ISAM) company building satellite-refuelling capability.

  • SingularityVentures
    Fund Arrangers

    Singularity Ventures

    Fund arranger and sector advisor across SpaceTech, DefenceTech and aviation: deal origination, appraisal and due diligence of investee companies.

  • Bid Advisory

    Bharat Forge

    Bid advisory on the expression of interest for the technology transfer of LVM3, India’s heavy-lift launch vehicle.

  • Fundraising & Business Partnerships

    SatSure

    Fundraising and business-partnership advisory for SatSure and its Earth-observation satellite business, KaleidEO.

Relationships

  • Indian Space Association

  • UK Space Agency

Launch Vehicles

  • The payload fairing and upper stage of ISRO’s LVM3-M6 on the pad at Sriharikota.

    Transaction Advisory

    Transaction Advisory: LVM3

    India’s heaviest rocket, primed for private participation.

    • Strategy & Partnership Report Blueprint for private participation in LVM3.
    • Global PPP Benchmarks Risk-sharing models from world-class PPPs.
    • Production Sequencing Activities suited to private-sector efficiency.
    • Revenue Models Revenue-share and annuity-based structures.
    • RFQ & Procurement Support Documentation and route-to-market.

Satellites

  • A constellation of Earth-observation satellites in orbit over India.

    IN-SPACe · Strategy to Concession

    India’s first Earth Observation PPP

    We led the transaction for IN-SPACe from strategy to concession, creating a first-of-its-kind model in India.

    • Transaction lead for IN-SPACe From strategy through to concession.
    • First-of-its-kind model A PPP structure new to India’s space sector.
    • Awarded to a Pixxel-led consortium With SatSure, Dhruva Space and PierSight — all innovative start-ups.
  • A communication satellite in orbit above the Earth.

    Communication Satellites

    Fair Market Valuation of 10 GSAT Satellites

    Department of Space → NewSpace India Limited.

    • Due diligence Contracts and approvals.
    • Transaction structuring And valuation of the ten satellites.
    • Definitive documents Drafted through to signature.
    • Stakeholder management Managed to close.

Policy

  • A satellite with solar arrays deployed above the Earth.

    IN-SPACe Scheme

    Technology Adoption Fund (TAF)

    Catalysing innovation across India’s space sector.

    • Financial support For Indian companies developing and commercialising space technologies.
    • Early- and growth-stage focus Start-ups, MSMEs and industry.
    • Partial funding support Typically up to 60–70% of project cost.
    • Indigenous capability Reduces import dependence.
    • Private-sector participation And global competitiveness.

Corporate Strategy