QOSMIC

Building the Optical Highway to the Cosmos

[AIM @Analyticsindiam]

🚀 BIG BET: Three founders returned to India, started QOSMIC in 2025, and have now raised $3.33 million to build the future of satellite communications.

Their vision: replace radio-frequency links with laser-based optical communications that are faster, more secure, and built for the next generation of space infrastructure.

@QOSMIC__Space @AccelIndia @Prosus_Ventures @southpkcommons @artparkindia
#QOSMIC #SpaceTech #DeepTechIndia #OpticalCommunications #Startups

[Inc42 @Inc42]

🚀 India’s spacetech race is getting faster 👇

Spacetech startup @QOSMIC__Space has raised $3.3 Mn (₹31 Cr) in a seed round led by Accel and Prosus, with participation from South Park Commons, ARTPARK and Manish Jain.

Founded in 2025, QOSMIC is building laser-based communication systems that could replace traditional radio-frequency satellite networks, enabling satellites to transmit significantly larger volumes of data.

The startup plans to use the fresh capital to deploy optical ground stations, satellite communication terminals and prepare for its first commercial deployments.

❓If laser-based communication becomes the norm, could India emerge as a global leader in space infrastructure?

🔗 Read the article in detail here: https://t.co/VbyeJxW0mH

#news #Funding #Spacetech #Accel #AIEconomy

[Aloke Kumar @aalokelab]

We @QOSMIC__Space have raised $3.3 Million to build the Optical highway to the Cosmos. The round ded by @AccelIndia and @Prosus_Ventures and supported by @southpkcommons , @artparkindia and Shri Manish Jain is a shot in the arm 4 Indian deep-tech, specially in the space sector

[QOSMIC @QOSMIC__Space]

We raised $3.33 million to build the Optical highway to the Cosmos. Led by @AccelIndia and @Prosus_Ventures and given foundational and early support by @southpkcommons , @artparkindia and Manish Jain.

[Shrey Jain @Jain_Shrey_]

We've raised $3.33 Million to build the Optical highway to the Cosmos. Led by @AccelIndia and @Prosus_Ventures and given foundational and early support by @southpkcommons, @artparkindia and Manish Jain.

Space is going from an endeavor to an economy.

The world is racing to build the satellites of tomorrow, but still using the infrastructure of yesterday to talk to them. At @QOSMIC__Space our goal is to fundamentally solve this problem from an infrastructural lens, and build the backbone of communication for humanity's final frontier.

A decade ago this company gets built in the US or Europe. We built it in Bangalore. All three of us left careers abroad to come back, because India now has the capital, the manufacturing depth, and the institutions to build world-class space infrastructure. We came back because this is now the right place to build it, and we will not be the last founders to make that choice.

Building this with @RohitKR79 and @aalokelab .
We are just getting started.
Onwards and Upwards.

@ACCEL @spc_india @prateekmehta42 @ankitcc @adityaag @akhi_agarwal @nayankote @_pagarwal @artparkindia @iiscbangalore @JPBrebner

[Accel in India @AccelIndia]

Modern satellites generate a lot of data every day. But getting that data back to Earth is becoming a bottleneck.

Satellites still mostly talk to the ground over radio. But radio has limits: only so much spectrum to go around, too much traffic competing for it, and short windows to send during each pass. The result is a growing backlog of valuable data waiting to come down.

QOSMIC (@QOSMIC__Space) is building the answer. The company is replacing traditional radio links with laser-based optical communications, enabling satellites to transmit data back to Earth at significantly higher speeds and capacities. By developing both optical ground stations and optical communication terminals for satellites, they are building a complete end-to-end optical communications stack.

In under a year, founders Shreyaans Jain (@Jain_Shrey_), Rohit Ramakrishnan (@RohitKR79), and Aloke Kumar (@aalokelab) proved their optical communications stack over a 10-kilometre link on the ground. They showed the full chain working outside the lab: pointing the beam, locking on, tracking the target, and moving data at high speed.

@mbaccel • @_pagarwal • #AccelFamily

[Rohit Ramakrishnan @RohitKR79]

Space has a data bottleneck.

At @QOSMIC__Space, we're building optical communication infrastructure to help connect the rapidly growing space economy to Earth.

Today, we're announcing a $3.33M seed round backed by @Accel, @Prosus_Ventures, @southpkcommons, and @artparkindia.

[boundless ventures @theboundlessvc]

what gets built after satellites reach orbit, and what does space look like in the next few years?

this fireside is where we unpack that.

what is actually getting built, and how the space economy starts to take shape from here.

@GauravSeth93, @piersightspace. building a maritime intelligence constellation in orbit.

jay panchal, @AuleSpace. autonomous docking and servicing for satellites.

shreyaans jain, @QOSMIC__Space. the optical ground stations that replace rf.

yogeshwaran jayaraman, @AstrogateLabs. the laser terminals that connect satellites in orbit.

four founders. four layers of what comes next.

this is where some of the answers start to emerge.

if you are building or operating in in-orbit space, apply.

application link in comments.

[Rethik @Rethik_D]

That same laser will be used for communication by @QOSMIC__Space !!!
This has huge potential in Military Comms !

[Accel Atoms @AccelAtoms]

Introducing @QOSMIC__Space, founded by @Jain_Shrey_, @RohitKR79 and @aalokelab.

• The Leap: Always-on connectivity between Earth and orbit. 100x faster than traditional RF systems at a fraction of the cost.

• The Mission: With thousands of satellites launching this decade and drowning in their own data, Qosmic is building the first vertically integrated optical communication platform.

[Shrey Jain @Jain_Shrey_]

QOSMIC is the only Optical ground station player than can deliver high throughput system < $150k @elonmusk

[Aditya Agarwal @adityaag]

Playgrounds where it’s India’s time to win: hard tech and deep tech.

India has the right native strengths —comfort building in chaos & constraint in non-linear problem spaces, stamina, & engineering intuition.

All of that + timing + talent = opportunity

In our own portfolio, companies like @QOSMIC__Space & @arctusaerospace are shooting for the stars in frontier domains.

[QOSMIC @QOSMIC__Space]

Optical Ground stations that are 100x faster, inherently secure, and operate in unlimited optical spectrum.

Our first station goes live soon 🚀

[Shrey Jain @Jain_Shrey_]

We're catching lasers from space to radically change space-based communication and @southpkcommons just bet on us to make it happen.

Let's build the Optical Highway to the Cosmos 🚀

[Shrey Jain @Jain_Shrey_]

Emerging Startup award at #QIB2025 to @QOSMIC__Space

[QOSMIC @QOSMIC__Space]

Excited to announce that QOSMIC will be exhibiting at QIB 2025!

We’re building India’s space-based quantum communication infrastructure. If you're curious about the convergence of quantum tech, space, and security, come find us at our booth.

#QIB2025

[Rohit Ramakrishnan @RohitKR79]

Grateful for the opportunity to speak at the Quantum and Optical Research Initiative (@QuORI_UK) Symposium, hosted by @UlsterUni. Thanks to the organisers for the warm welcome.

#QuantumInternet #QuORI2025 #IISc

[QOSMIC @QOSMIC__Space]

QOSMIC is out to the Cosmos.

We are building the Optical Highway to the Cosmos.

@Jain_Shrey_ @aalokelab @RohitKR79