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# Inbound Aerospace

Inbound Aerospace is an Indian private space company, based in Chennai. Develops an autonomous, reusable re-entry spacecraft for microgravity research and for returning payloads from orbit.

- Total raised (tracked rounds)1 round; amounts as reported
- Last roundNot yet confirmed23 Jul 2025 · Pre-seed
- Investors21 as lead

## Timeline

- 23 Jul 2025Raised Not yet confirmed (Pre-seed), led by Speciale Invest. [outlookbusiness.com](https://www.outlookbusiness.com/corporate/iit-madras-incubated-start-up-inbound-aerospace-bags-1-mn-from-speciale-invest)
- 2025Founded. [respark.iitm.ac.in](https://respark.iitm.ac.in/company-details?id=7)

## Funding rounds

| Date | Amount | Stage | Lead investors | Other investors | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 23 Jul 2025 | Not yet confirmed | Pre-seed | Speciale Invest | Piper Serica | [outlookbusiness.com](https://www.outlookbusiness.com/corporate/iit-madras-incubated-start-up-inbound-aerospace-bags-1-mn-from-speciale-invest) |

## Investors

- Speciale Invest Lead
- Piper Serica

## Facts

- **Status**: Active
- **Headquarters**: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- **Founded**: 2025
- **Founders**: Aravind I B, Vishal Reddy, Abhijit Bhutey
- **Website**: [inboundaerospace.com](https://inboundaerospace.com)
- **IN-SPACe**: Not on the government list of authorised startups (13 Aug 2026)

Full profile: 7 sourced facts so far. Last verified 21 Oct 2026.

## Sources

- [respark.iitm.ac.in](https://respark.iitm.ac.in/company-details?id=7)
- [cxotoday.com](https://cxotoday.com/media-coverage/inbound-aerospace-raises-1m-pre-seed-round-led-by-speciale-invest-to-build-autonomous-re-entry-spacecraft/)
- [outlookbusiness.com](https://www.outlookbusiness.com/corporate/iit-madras-incubated-start-up-inbound-aerospace-bags-1-mn-from-speciale-invest)
- [indiandefensenews.in](https://www.indiandefensenews.in/2026/02/inbound-aerospace-commits-100-crores-to.html)
- [aboutamazon.in](https://www.aboutamazon.in/news/aws/aws-indias-first-ever-space-accelerator)

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