Building the emerging
space economy.
We partner with visionary founders to launch daring space companies — backed by our world-renowned technical team, and our unique access to capital.
Mandala Space Ventures aims to build out the emerging space economy by partnering with visionary founders and entrepreneurs, harnessing the expertise of the world-renowned technical team and leveraging our strategic access to capital.
We consist of a venture studio and venture fund to build and invest in daring space technologies. Our decades of experience building and launching state-of-the-art technologies for the brutal space environment allows us to take risk and succeed in ideas where most in the industry won't.
A team forged by the brutal environment of space.
Founded by veteran operators and technologists, Mandala brings together experience from leading space organizations to back the next generation of founders shaping orbit and beyond.
Over 400 years of combined spaceflight experience across the team.
Three pillars. One studio engine.
Incubation
We build companies from the ground up: assembling founding teams around breakthrough IPs from Caltech, JPL, and leading research institutions. From lab concept to launch-ready, fundable company.
Advisory & Technical Services
We provide full-stack support from technical consulting to strategic planning, including mission architecture, systems engineering, business strategy, and go-to-market.
Acceleration
We mentor and connect early stage space companies with investors, customers, government agencies, and national laboratories across the world.
Built and backed by Mandala.
Sophia Space
Space-based data centers delivering low-latency computing capabilities sustainably and responsibly.
Visit siteSpecter Aerospace
Developing a scramjet engine for hypersonic systems to improve performance, range, reliability, and payload size.
Visit siteViridian Space Corporation
Propulsion technology enabling operations in unprecedented very low earth orbit, crucial for national security.
Visit siteNew Lunar Economy Venture
More information to come in Fall 2026.
Coming Soon- June 30, 2026Leon Alkalai Selected by LA Times as a 2026 Defense & Aerospace Industry Visionary
- June 29, 2026Sophia Space Selects Apex to Power Real-Time Computing in Orbit
- May 28, 2026Mandala and Opal AI Announce Strategic Partnership
- May 9, 2026Sophia Space Receives Investment from EverGreen, the NVIDIA Alumni Investment Network
- April 14, 2026Sophia and Kepler Announce Strategic Partnership
- March 3, 2026SNC, Specter Aerospace Announce MOU on Next-Gen Supersonic Aerial Launched Effects
- February 26, 2026Mandala Portfolio Company Sophia Space Closes $10M Seed Round to Advance Orbital Edge Computing
- September 12, 2025Mandala Portfolio Company Sophia Space Announces Strategic Partnership with Armada