RD

Raghu Das

Co-Founder/CEO @ Almagest Space | Space Investment (E2MC) | KickSky Accelerator

Gaithersburg, Maryland

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Co-Founder/CEO

    2023

    Unleashing power of E-band and Free Space Optical to build a ultra high-throughput data relay network.

  • Partner

    2021

    Seed/Early stage investment in the space economy. Founding partner of @Kicksky accelerator in India.

2017

  • Investor/Advisor

    2017

    Astrome is developing advanced millimeter-wave (E/W-band) terrestrial and ultra-high-throughput satellite communications.

  • Director

    2010

    Established a successful business consulting and systems solution practice in the satellite and ground services. Founder and interim CEO to new space start-ups transforming ideas into successful businesses. Interim assignment to lead Ramaspace, a Luxembourg based space-mining business. Mentor, strategic advisor and investor to Astrome, a deep-tech space startup pioneering millimeter wave technology for 5G, Rural Broadband and space applications.

2016 - 2019

  • Co-founder/COO

    2016 - 2019

    HeliosWire & its Australian subsidiary Sirion Global provides satellite based IOT and M2M services. Acquired by EchoStar on October 2019.

2016 - 2017

  • Co-Founder & CEO

    2016 - 2017

    Space mining and exploration company developing technologies and solutions for the final frontier.

2004 - 2010

  • Co-Founder and SVP Sales & Marketing

    2004 - 2010

    Owner & operator of two GEO stationary satellites with 54 high-powered Ku-band transponders (plus S and C band) built for DTH markets in South and South East Asia. Responsible for securing a number of end-of-life bulk-capacity contracts with leading DTH and telecom operators in India, Indonesia and Philippines. Protostar 1 was sold to Intelsat and ProtoStar 2 to SES.

1994 - 2004

  • Vice President, Managing Director, General Manager

    1994 - 2004

    June 2003 – March 2004, Managing Director, Loral Skynet Europe, Middle East & Africa, London, August 2000 – May 2003,Vice President and General Manager, Loral CyberStar, Indian Ocean Region, Bangalore October 1998 – July 2000 Vice President - Sales, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Loral Orion

  • Director of Technology

    1994 - 1998

    Developed a suits of products, including ‘internet over satellite’ that connected millions in eastern Europe and Asia in early days of Internet.

1992 - 1994

  • Principal Engineer

    1992 - 1994

    Architect for Aeronautical Data Network Services(ADNS) that connected Major US airlines.