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Finnish space tech firm ReOrbit eyes India expansion, set to hire local talent

Finnish space tech firm ReOrbit eyes India expansion, set to hire local talentThe development comes after ReOrbit bagged €45 million in the largest all-equity Series A round in FinlandPublished on: Dec 08, 2025 5:14 PM ISTBy Snehal FernandesShare viaCopy link Helsinki: The European space technology firm, ReOrbit, founded by India-born Swedish citizen Sethu Saveda Suvanam, is all set to scale up its operations globally with one key expansion region being India, the company said. The development comes after ReOrbit bagged €45 million in the largest all-equity Series A round in Finland. ReOrbit founder and CEO Sethu Saveda Suvanam. ReOrbit manufactures sovereign satellites and connected systems to provide nations with independent communications, intelligence capabilities, and full command of critical assets. The company designs next-generation Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) small satellites. Speaking to HT from ReOrbit’s headquarters at Henry Fordin Katu (or Henry Ford street), Hernesaari, in Helsinki, Suvanam said the company has taken “a very conscious decision” to have a significant number of their workforce in India as the country has “a very dynamic (space) ecosystem that is already established”. An engineering graduate from Anna University, Chennai, he said the company will also be looking at attracting talent from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), and the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).“Hirings have already begun.

ReOrbit founder and CEO Sethu Saveda Suvanam

ReOrbit founder and CEO Sethu Saveda Suvanam

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Key Highlights

  • We have potentially one person, a pretty well-known, big name, who will lead our India office,” he said, adding that at present, the firm has an Indian entity in Hyderabad, his home city. Suvanam also noted that easy access to new markets will be an added advantage for ReOrbit in India.
  • “ While Finland’s proximity to NATO countries works to ReOrbit’s advantage, India will be the start-up’s gateway to the broader Asian market,” he said. Suvanam, who holds a PhD from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, and completed postdoctoral research on solar cell materials for space exploration from Uppsala University, further said that India has never exported space per se.
  • “Even the several space companies in India are very focused on local entities.
  • So, one of the key ideas for us to come to India is to take India out.
  • It’s not about selling to India, but it’s about using the technologies in India to globally sell,” he said.“The world, in the last four years, has seen seven to eight minor and major conflicts - be it India-Pakistan or Ukraine-Russia.
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