Gaurav Seth
CEO
Seth spent nine years at ISRO on SAR applications for EO and interplanetary missions
PierSight Space
Maritime Domain Awareness / Earth Observation
ISFC-2026-00010Earth Observationactiveprivate
TECH-DEMO FLOWN; defence traction on drone SAR
About
Overview
TECH-DEMO FLOWN; defence traction on drone SAR
Technology
Products — Varuna — SAR CubeSat in-orbit demonstrator (flown)
Products — Varuna 2.0 — first commercial SAR + AIS (VDES-enabled) satellite
Products — MATSYA — maritime analytics platform
Products — Vidura — drone-mounted foliage-penetrating SAR
Constellation: 32 satellites, ~30-minute global ocean revisit, targeted complete by 2028
Vidura: P, L and X-band configurations, wide-swath, drone-agnostic across UAV platforms — deliberately not tied to a single manufacturer
Funding
Total raised: $8 million (seed + extension)
Stage: Series A in progress mid-2026
Investors — Sustainable Ocean Alliance
Investors — CE-Ventures (Crescent Enterprises)
Investors — IDFC Parampara
Investors — Inflection Point Ventures
Future plans
Next milestone: First commercial SAR + AIS satellite launch, mid-2026 target — VERIFY whether this has slipped
Import provenance
Imported from IFSC Archive dataset v5.0, research snapshot 2026-08-16.
People
Vinit Bansal
CTO
Seth spent nine years at ISRO on SAR applications for EO and interplanetary missions
Timeline
Varuna 2.0 reflectarray antenna completed testing at ISRO's Compact Antenna Test Facility, Ahmedabad
test
Varuna 2.0 reflectarray antenna completed testing at ISRO's Compact Antenna Test Facility, Ahmedabad — gain, beamwidth and sidelobe suppression validated. Reflectarray uses planar PCB fabrication, produced locally.
Vidura secured an armed forces deal; operational trials began
test
Source date: 2026-mid
Varuna launched on PSLV-C60 via POEM
launch
Varuna launched on PSLV-C60 via POEM — India's first private SAR demonstration, targeting TRL 9 for subsystems
PierSight Space founded
founding