Starpath Robotics cofounders Mihir Gondhalekar and Saurav Shroff
Starpath Robotics cofounders Mihir Gondhalekar and Saurav Shroff
  • Starpath Robotics, a startup founded by former SpaceX engineers, has raised $12 million in seed funding.
  • The startup aims to produce rocket propellant from lunar ice for spacecraft.
  • The funding will support a new facility, R&D, and hiring, its CEO said.

Starpath Robotics, a startup founded by former SpaceX engineers who want to make lunar spacecraft reusable, has raised $12 million in seed funding.

Founded in 2022, Starpath plans to mine lunar craters for ice-containing water to help make rocket propellant so spacecraft can refuel and return to Earth.