BENGALURU, Jan. 30 -- Dealmaking in spacetech startups accelerated in 2025 as investors responded to signs that early entrants are hitting key milestones, beginning to loosen capital for a sector long viewed as high-risk and slow to mature.

Data from Venture Intelligence shows that venture capital poured in $276 million across 33 deals in 2025, compared with a total of $262 million across 28 deals in 2023 and 2024 cumulatively. New entrants into the ecosystem received cheques alongside mature companies raising larger rounds.

"Early incumbents in the sector have been able to raise capital, which in turn has created confidence in the entrepreneurial community that the investing ecosystem is there to support them," said Pratik Aggarwal, pa...