{
  "id": 6103876,
  "title": "Pixxel Bags $100 Mn To Ramp Up Satellite Manufacturing, Imaging",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/pixxel-bags-100-mn-to-ramp-up-satellite-manufacturing-imaging",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-07T04:13:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Inc42",
    "slug": "inc42",
    "url": "https://inc42.com/buzz/pixxel-bags-100-mn-to-ramp-up-satellite-manufacturing-imaging/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Google-backed spacetech startup Pixxel has raised $100 million in its Series C funding round led by Temasek and Seraphim. The startup, founded in 2019 by BITS Pilani alumni Awais Ahmed and Kshitij Khandelwal, will use the capital to expand its hyperspectral imaging capabilities, develop its Earth intelligence platform, and increase satellite manufacturing. Pixxel said the round is the largest funding round for a spacetech company in India, though it did not reveal the company's valuation. The Bengaluru-based firm currently operates six Firefly hyperspectral satellites and plans to launch a new constellation called Honeybee featuring high-resolution optical imaging satellites. Pixxel's mission is to build \"planetary infrastructure\" through hyperspectral imaging, which captures light across narrow wavelength bands to identify materials and changes on Earth's surface.",
  "summary": "Google-backed spacetech startup Pixxel has raised $100 Mn (about ₹945 Cr) in its Series C funding round co-led by Singapore’s…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}