Serendipity Space
Pharmaceutical compound processing in microgravity for drug development.
| Date | Investors | Amount | Round |
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* | N/A | Seed | |
| Total Funding | 000k | ||
Serendipity Space is a space-tech company founded in 2024 by Antariksh Parichha, Jivitesh Debata, and Dr. Monica Ekal. The company, headquartered in Bhubaneswar, India, focuses on pharmaceutical manufacturing in microgravity to overcome the limitations of terrestrial drug development. The founding team combines expertise in physics, computer science, and space robotics, with Dr. Ekal bringing experience from the German Aerospace Center and NASA. CEO Antariksh Parichha's interest was partly inspired by observing the effectiveness of microgravity-produced drugs like Keytruda in cancer treatment.
The company's core business involves processing pharmaceutical compounds in the microgravity environment of space and returning them to Earth. This process is designed to produce higher-quality protein and drug crystals by avoiding gravity-induced defects that occur on Earth, potentially leading to medicines with better stability and effectiveness. Serendipity Space is developing reusable satellites with re-entry capability and a proprietary autonomous module named 'Alchemy' to facilitate this in-orbit manufacturing. The primary clients are pharmaceutical firms seeking to improve drug discovery and formulation. The business model is centered on providing an end-to-end solution for orbital drug production, positioning it within the space manufacturing market, which is projected to exceed $10 billion by 2030.
In July 2025, the company secured an undisclosed amount of pre-seed funding from Campus Fund, which will be used to validate its core systems. The company has already built and tested several functional pharmaceutical modules on the ground. As of May 2025, Serendipity Space had a post-money valuation of ₹22.5Cr.
Keywords: space-based manufacturing, microgravity, pharmaceutical crystallization, drug development, space robotics, reusable satellites, orbital production, protein crystallization, drug formulation, space-tech, LEO industrialization, pharmaceutical processing, advanced materials, drug discovery, biotechnology, deep-tech, aerospace engineering, autonomous modules, in-orbit manufacturing, life sciences