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Manu Nair
Ethereal Exploration Guild · Commercial Space Launch & Satellite Tech
Manu J. Nair co-founded Bangalore-based space startup Ethereal Exploration Guild in 2022, developing fully reusable launch vehicles. A mechanical engineer who worked on propulsion at ISRO’s Human Spaceflight Centre, Nair raised $20.5 million in Series A funding led by TDK Ventures.
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