# Ram Shriram, one of the first investors in Google, is leading a $60 million funding round in Skyroot Aerospace.

*aerospace · news · 2026-05-07 · Outlook Business*

## Key points

- Skyroot Aerospace will become India's first space-tech unicorn with a $1.1 billion valuation.
- Ram Shriram is leading a $60 million funding round in Skyroot Aerospace through Sherpalo Investments.
- Other major investors include GIC, BlackRock, Greenko founders, Arkam Ventures, and the Shanghvi Family Office.
- Skyroot conducted India's first private rocket launch, Vikram-S, a suborbital rocket, in 2022.

**Companies:** Skyroot Aerospace, Greenko Group
**Countries:** India, Singapore, United States

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