TakeMe2Space raises $5 million, led by Chiratae Ventures

Hyderabad-based spacetech startup TakeMe2Space has raised $5 million in a round led by Chiratae Ventures, with participation from Unicorn India Ventures, Artha Venture Fund, and SeaFund. The startup said it will use the capital to expand its satellite constellation to six spacecraft, scale real-time in-orbit AI inferencing, and accelerate R&D for megawatt-scale compute satellites.

The company said it will also expand its presence across India, the US, and Australia. In the next phase, TakeMe2Space plans to enable optical satellite links between its spacecraft, targeting about 5 kilowatts of in-orbit compute initially.

It aims to build AI-first data centres in space, claiming a 5-8X cost reduction for sectors such as agriculture, mining, logistics, and environmental monitoring


TakeMe2Space’s proprietary OrbitLab platform allows customers such as enterprises, startups, and researchers to upload and run artificial intelligence models directly on low earth orbit satellites, paying only for compute time, the company said in a statement. It is betting that processing data in space rather than downlinking large datasets can cut latency and costs for earth observation use cases.


"2026 has started with the launch of MOI-1, our first major satellite powering OrbitLab. I am excited for the next phase where we will grow from a single satellite based solution to a networked satellite based solution,” said founder Ronak Kumar Samantray. He added that the constellation will help customers receive near real-time compute services from space.

The startup said it has already demonstrated its technology through space missions in collaboration with ISRO's PSLV Orbital Experiment Module (POEM) platform.

In the PSLV mission it demonstrated the ability to uplink large AI models from a ground station, execute external code on a satellite, and securely downlink encrypted results. It has also extended the operational life of its satellites using standard electronic components.

Ranjith Menon, managing director, Chiratae Ventures, said "TakeMe2Space is fundamentally reimagining things by turning satellites into shared, programmable infrastructure, and we have immense conviction in Ronak and the team’s ability to execute this vision’’. He added that the company’s unique fractional ownership model and in-space processing capabilities make space-native compute broadly accessible.