The LinkedIn Message That Sparked A Billion-Dollar Rocket Startup
The angel, the rocket and the billion dollar dream. In India's technology and start-up ecosystem, few stories capture the spirit of mentorship better than the remarkable journey of Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace and the man who first believed in its founders when almost no one else did. It began not in a boardroom, not at an investor summit and not in a government office. It began with a cold LinkedIn inbox message. In 2018, two young engineers working at ISRO's Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Thiruvananthapuram reached out to entrepreneur and investor Mukesh Bansal. Their message was simple and audacious. They wanted to build a private rocket company in India.
