CategorySpace
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Overview
Indian space-tech company building green propulsion systems and satellite collision avoidance technology. Founded by Iit bombay alumni Tushar Jadhav and Ashtesh Kumar in 2016. Raised USD 6.71M total including a USD 3M Series A extension in 2025. Developing non-toxic propulsion alternatives to hydrazine for satellite maneuverability.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Focus
Extended Series A (reported, Aug 2025)
Use of funds (reported, Aug 2025)
VYOM 2U orbital demo (reported)
Data & sources
Web sources
3
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Models (1)
View all models →Manastu Space on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Dec 2024. Explore where Manastu Space's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Manastu Space deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Tushar Jadhav CEO & Co-foundersecondary-verified
- Ashtesh Kumar CTO & Co-foundersecondary-verified
Founders (2)
- Tushar Jadhavcofounderfounded 2017-01-01
- Ashtesh Kumarcofounderfounded 2017-01-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for Manastu Space.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Manastu Space1 deployment
Recent coverage
Manastu Space in third-party press
Peers
56 peers across 1 segment. Every Manastu Space competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
space(56)
36 companies in this segment · low_concentration (HHI 1188.742650389188) · leader K2 Space at 2172%
- Aetherfluxdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Agile Space Industriesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Airbusdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Albedo Spacedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Astrobotic Technologydirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Astroscaledirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Mentioned on (2)
Registry pages whose text names Manastu Space.
People (2)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $10.0M
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Funding rounds (1)
- Series A2025-08-12
Investors: Capital-A (lead), Capital 2B (follow), Indian Angel Network (follow), BIG Capital (follow), E2MC (follow)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Manastu Space’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2025-08-12Series A
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedDec 30, 2024
Green Propulsion Collision Avoidance System at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India (Satish Dhawan Space Centre)
Sources (3)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-10
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-10
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Manastu Space.Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- Blackswan Space3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Manastu Space from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/manastu-space.md
- RSS feed: /companies/manastu-space/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/5bd1d298-5427-4dd4-a009-531d7cacb34b
- Revision history: /companies/manastu-space/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- Blackswan Space3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory3 models
Video
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Meet Shubham Singh, the force behind the Electrical Systems at Manastu Space. From intern to department lead, Shubham shares his exciting 3-year journey in buil
IndustryX - Technologies of the Future Space Technology with Mr. Tushar Jadhav, CEO of Manastu Space. He is an IITB Alumnus and has experience of many years wor
In this episode of the Manastu Space HOD Series, we sit down with Mr. Sajo George, Head of the 'Assembly, Integration & Testing (AIT) Department, at Manastu Spa
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Heat Index
Category contender75/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Manastu Space draws attention at the 18th percentile but verifies reality at the 35th percentile among space robots. Hype Gap -17.4, 27th widest among space robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Nov 7, 2026