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Co-Founder, CEO - @catalyxspace | HF0 W25 | F Inc | Ph.D. Dropout | April 2026: https://t.co/Ybo1FSy8GX

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We have built a re-entry capsule. And we’re doing a mid-air drop test to demonstrate our dynamics and landing capabilities, a key test before we launch it into space within next 12 months. RSVP to watch us live from Mission Control. We’re creating the OpenAI moment for space, where anyone can develop solutions in space faster and cheaper.

We have built a re-entry capsule. And we’re doing a mid-air drop test to demonstrate our dynamics and landing capabilities, a key test before we launch it into space within next 12 months. RSVP to watch us live from Mission Control. We’re creating the OpenAI moment for space, where anyone can develop solutions in space faster and cheaper.

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Funding Announcement: catalyx space has raised a $5.4M seed round to build the complete back-end infrastructure for space — enabling both upmass and downmass for the next era of orbital logistics. This brings our total funding to $7.1 million. Exactly one year ago, my friend saqib hussain and I left everything behind in India and arrived at LAX, hoping to build our new space company in the U.S. Meanwhile, our friends Clinton D Antony and Keerthan Chand Aluvala focused on developing spacecraft hardware back home in India. We joined the Techstars space accelerator and later HFØ , raising a $1.7M pre-seed round in December 2024 from HF0 and Founders Inc, before moving to San Francisco — the city I love most. The entire team relocated to SF in January for HF0. Since then, we’ve 5X’d our revenue, built a re-entry capsule, launched our first spacecraft, and completed our drop and landing tests. We’ve grown to a 20-person team and begun constructing a new spacecraft manufacturing facility in India. Today, we’re thrilled to announce our $5.4M seed round, led by Outlander VC , with participation from Arka Venture Labs, Lex Reddy, KDX, Together, Higher Life Ventures, Nivesha Ventures, Pranatech, Bria, HFØ and Techstars. Thanks to the Almighty for everything and everyone who has believed in us. This round will help us demonstrate our next-generation re-entry and landing technology, scale our GTM, and execute upcoming missions. Multiple missions are already lined up — each bringing us closer to making orbital logistics as seamless as air cargo. We’re not just launching satellites — we’re building the operating system for space logistics. Time to get back to building, testing, and launching. The future of space isn’t one-way. Upmass. Downmass. Infinite possibilities.

Funding Announcement: catalyx space has raised a $5.4M seed round to build the complete back-end infrastructure for space — enabling both upmass and downmass for the next era of orbital logistics. This brings our total funding to $7.1 million. Exactly one year ago, my friend saqib hussain and I left everything behind in India and arrived at LAX, hoping to build our new space company in the U.S. Meanwhile, our friends Clinton D Antony and Keerthan Chand Aluvala focused on developing spacecraft hardware back home in India. We joined the Techstars space accelerator and later HFØ , raising a $1.7M pre-seed round in December 2024 from HF0 and Founders Inc, before moving to San Francisco — the city I love most. The entire team relocated to SF in January for HF0. Since then, we’ve 5X’d our revenue, built a re-entry capsule, launched our first spacecraft, and completed our drop and landing tests. We’ve grown to a 20-person team and begun constructing a new spacecraft manufacturing facility in India. Today, we’re thrilled to announce our $5.4M seed round, led by Outlander VC , with participation from Arka Venture Labs, Lex Reddy, KDX, Together, Higher Life Ventures, Nivesha Ventures, Pranatech, Bria, HFØ and Techstars. Thanks to the Almighty for everything and everyone who has believed in us. This round will help us demonstrate our next-generation re-entry and landing technology, scale our GTM, and execute upcoming missions. Multiple missions are already lined up — each bringing us closer to making orbital logistics as seamless as air cargo. We’re not just launching satellites — we’re building the operating system for space logistics. Time to get back to building, testing, and launching. The future of space isn’t one-way. Upmass. Downmass. Infinite possibilities.

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We did it! catalyx space has successfully completed our capsule drop and landing test from 16,000 ft in Nevada. Our re-entry capsule, Rex, nailed the landing, proving our critical subsystems. It was fully vertically manufactured. Next up: on-orbit demo in next 12 months. Watch Rex in action 👇🚀

We did it! catalyx space has successfully completed our capsule drop and landing test from 16,000 ft in Nevada. Our re-entry capsule, Rex, nailed the landing, proving our critical subsystems. It was fully vertically manufactured. Next up: on-orbit demo in next 12 months. Watch Rex in action 👇🚀

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