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Atishi Pradhan is Mogae Media chief strategist
MUMBAI: Mogae Media has appointed Atishi Pradhan as chief strategist. Based in Delhi, Pradhan is joining in from Contract Advertising where she was working as senior vice president and executive planning director.
Pradhan brings in over 24 years of experience. She has also worked with JWT for around 20 years in account planning.
Mogae Group executive director Tanya Goyal said, “These are exciting times for us at Mogae as we build a bright and resourceful team with some of the finest talent in the business. Atishi is a well known name in strategy circles. She has worked on brands, both big and small. Sandeep (Goyal) and she worked together on Horlicks many moons ago and to date Sandeep admires Atishi‘s insights and consumer understanding will bring conventional marketing wisdom to a business that has few precedents.”
Pradhan added, “Mobile devices are a natural fit for personalisation and hence direct hits: phones are emotionally more ‘personal‘ than PCs. They are something you carry with you, something that connects you to your social circle, and unlike PCs, something that you rarely if ever share.”
Mogae Media is the new venture launched by Sandeep Goyal focused on mobile monetisation.
Recently, Mogae Media has announced other senior level hires too. Pavan Chandra joined Mogae from VivaKi Nerve Centre India as chief intelligence officer while Tushar Dhingra (former Big Cinemas COO) joined the Mogae team as chief delights officer.
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SatLeo Labs raises $5.5m seed funding led by Unicorn India Ventures
Fresh capital to power thermal satellite mission and AI data platform
MUMBAI: SatLeo Labs has raised $2.2 million in a fresh seed round led by Unicorn India Ventures, taking its total funding to $5.5 million as it steps up efforts to scale its space-based thermal intelligence platform.
The funding round also saw participation from existing backers including Merak Ventures, Java Capital, IIMA-CIIE and deep-tech investor Manish Gandhi.
The capital will be used to accelerate SatLeo’s flagship thermal satellite mission and further develop its AI-powered platform designed to deliver high-resolution thermal and visible data from low Earth orbit. The company aims to turn this data into actionable insights for sectors ranging from climate monitoring to urban planning.
Over the past year, SatLeo has scaled rapidly, growing its team from 8 to 30 specialists across satellite engineering, thermal sensing and AI-led geospatial analytics. It has also achieved a key milestone with the development of its first experimental payload, TAPAS-1, which reached near flight-ready status within six months and is now positioned for launch.
On the ground, the startup has begun translating its technology into real-world use cases. Pilot projects in cities such as Ahmedabad and Tumakuru have focused on monitoring urban heat islands and air pollution, impacting over 400,000 citizens. At the same time, its commercial pipeline has expanded sharply, with letters of intent rising from around $15 million to over $42 million within a year.
SatLeo Labs co-founder and CEO Shravan Bhati said, “Sustainability has become imperative amid accelerating climate change and rapid urbanisation. This fundraise represents a critical milestone as we move into the execution phase of our next mission.”
He added that the company is focused on scaling its satellite constellation and enhancing payload performance to deliver thermal intelligence at a global level.
Backing the startup, Unicorn India Ventures managing partner Bhaskar Majumdar said, “Space is an arena where the next wave of technological innovation will emerge. SatLeo’s ability to combine thermal and visible satellite data into real-time insights positions it strongly for long-term growth.”
Looking ahead, SatLeo plans to focus on launch readiness, expanding commercial deployments and scaling its technology stack over the next 12 months.
As demand for climate and environmental intelligence grows, SatLeo’s latest fundraise signals rising investor confidence in space-tech solutions that bring data from orbit down to everyday decision-making.
