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Funding and backers

Total raised
$12.5M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$10M
Series A · Feb 2023 · 3 yr ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Backers
3
500 Global, Entrepreneur First
The money's age
Long since its last round
43 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
15/100
in the news
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jul 6 Partnership Transcelestial and Warpspace partner on interoperability for LEO satellite communications · transcelestial.com Feb 16, 2023 Raised a round Series A $10M · led by Airbus Ventures · YahooFinance Sep 21, 2018 Raised a round Seed $2.5M · led by Wavemaker Partners · The Straits Times 2016 Founded
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top 2%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Series A Feb 2023 $10M Airbus Ventures lead YahooFinance
Seed Sep 2018 $2.5M Wavemaker Partners lead The Straits Times
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Overview

Transcelestial builds laser communication devices that deliver fibre like bandwidth without laying cable. Its terminals link buildings and towers using narrow optical beams over kilometres. The company works with telecom operators deploying networks in dense cities.

News

News YahooFinance 25 days ago
Transcelestial CEO Rohit Jha on Unlocking Superfast Global Internet Distribution
Transcelestial CEO Rohit Jha joins Kristen Scholer on NYSE Live to discuss Unlocking Superfast Global Internet Distribution
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Blog 1 month ago
Transcelestial and Telkominfra deploy laser links to close Indonesia's 5G network expansion gap
The partnership addresses a timing problem in Indonesia's 5G build-out: operators have committed to coverage targets on a five-year clock, and sites are going up faster than fiber can be built to reach them. INDONESIA, 8 SEPTEMBER 2026: Telkominfra and Tr
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Blog 2 months ago
LatConnect 60 selects Transcelestial's Space Optical Network for AUKUS-aligned imaging intelligence
Transcelestial link is designed to move high-volume satellite imagery from orbit into LC60's processing and delivery chain SAN FRANCISCO / PERTH, 20 AUGUST 2026: LatConnect 60 (LC60) has signed a commercial contract with Transcelestial covering an optical
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News SpaceNews 2 months ago
LatConnect 60 selects Transcelestial's Space Optical Network for SWIRSAT imaging constellation
LatConnect 60 selects Transcelestial's Space Optical Network for SWIRSAT imaging constellation
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Blog 3 months ago
UCSC avoided a $150K, five-year fiber lease with a laser link across campus
How UC Santa Cruz connected a new IT research lab in less than a day, without taking on years of leased-line costs. The Challenge UC Santa Cruz (UCSC) worked with Transcelestial and local distributor to bring high-bandwidth connectivity to an IT research
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Blog 3 months ago
Transcelestial and Warpspace partner on interoperability for LEO satellite communications
The efforts by both companies address one of the next commercial and technical hurdles for laser communications in space: proving that systems built by different companies can reliably connect. SAN FRANCISCO, JAPAN, 6 JULY 2026: Transcelestial and Warpspa
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Blog 4 months ago
When Downtime Isn't an Option: How Asian Hospital Looked Beyond Fiber
As hospitals become increasingly dependent on real-time systems, uninterrupted connectivity is no longer just an IT concern, it is operational infrastructure. Asian Hospital and Medical Center needed a stronger backup path between two critical campus buil
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Blog 5 months ago
Antaris and Transcelestial Sign Agreement to Advance Persistent ISR and Optical Communications Architecture in LEO
With flight validation on Antaris' upcoming JANUS-2 mission, the collaboration aims to deliver integrated sensing and high-bandwidth data transport. Antaris, the AI-powered platform for the design, simulation, manufacturing, and operation of satellite con
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Singapore Singapore
HQ
10-50 est. staff

Financials

Total raised
$12.5M
Latest round
Series A
Funding rounds
2
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Series A 2023 $10M Details
Seed 2018 $2.5M Details