How this start-up raised 300cr in 3 years? Founder's Talk | Piersight | Manish Purohit x Gaurav Seth

What does it take to leave a prestigious career at ISRO and build a ₹300+ crore SpaceTech startup? 🚀 In this episode, I speak with Gaurav Seth, Founder of PierSight and former ISRO scientist, about his journey from working on Chandrayaan-2, RISAT and NASA-ISRO SAR missions to building India's next-generation Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite constellation. We discuss SAR technology, seeing through clouds and darkness, startup fundraising, India's evolving private space ecosystem, IN-SPACe, and the opportunities awaiting young engineers in SpaceTech. An insightful conversation about ambition, innovation and building India's space future! #isro #space #piersight Chapters: 0:00 Introduction – Meet Gaurav Seth, Founder of PierSight 1:10 From ISRO to Building a SpaceTech Startup 7:14 Building a ₹300–350 Crore SpaceTech Startup in 3 Years 10:08 The Venus Mission Delay That Changed His Career 12:31 From an Idea to Y Combinator and Techstars 16:13 What Do Investors Look for in Early-Stage Founders? 25:06 Story of PierSight's First Space Demonstrator 31:50 How Does Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Actually Work? 35:20 Who Are PierSight's Global Competitors? 36:38 Varuna, Sanjay and Vidura – PierSight's Three Product Lines 41:18 PierSight's Satellite Capabilities and Upcoming Missions 46:54 How Does Startup Fundraising Work? Pre-Seed to Series C 52:18 How India's Space Policy Is Enabling Private Space Companies 54:13 What Skills Do You Need to Build a Career in SpaceTech? 1:01:16 Final Thoughts and Advice for Aspiring Entrepreneurs Want to know more about PierSight? Website: https://piersight.space/ Gaurav's LinkedIn Account:   / gauravseth93   Company's LinkedIn Account:   / piersight-space   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you wish to support our channel, you can send your love to UPI ID : nimbus-education@ybl Book an appointment for one-on-one session : https://meetpro.club/NimbusEducation Basics of Rocket Technology https://nimbus.on-app.in/app/oc/46936... Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics Link: https://nimbus.on-app.in/app/oc/42681... Introduction to Quantum Computing : https://nimbus.on-app.in/app/oc/36300... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @nimbuseducation   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Download "NIMBUS EDUCATION " App Play STORE : https://nimbus.on-app.in/app/oc/36300... "Introduction to Quantum Computing: Certification Course" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Twitter https://X.com/purohitmanish LinkedIN   / manish-purohit-318b4613   Instagram   / purohitishere     / educationnimbus   Telegram https://t.me/nimbuseducation Whatsapp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaA4... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Other channels : NIMBUS JEE NEET Channel : @NimbusJEENEET Space Flight LIVE :    / @spaceflightlive   #bhavyabapna #manishpurohit #nimbuseducation #iitjee #neet #space #universe #cosmos #isro #nasa #spacex #physics #quantum