# Karan Kunjur

> Karan Kunjur is the co-founder and CEO of K2 Space, the Torrance company he started with his brother Neel in 2022. After a decade at Boston Consulting Group and an operating role at Text IQ, he backed a countertrend in spacecraft design: large, powerful satellites made more affordably and at scale. K2 launched its full-size Gravitas satellite in March 2026 and announced a $500 million Series D in July 2026.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO, K2 Space
- **Organizations:** K2 Space, Text IQ, Boston Consulting Group
- **Education:** BA, economics, international studies and mathematical methods in the social sciences, Northwestern University, MBA, INSEAD
- **Known for:** Co-founded K2 Space with Neel Kunjur in 2022., Helped build Text IQ’s commercial business before its 2021 sale., Led K2 through its Heritage and Gravitas launches.

## Career timeline

- **2008** — Interned at Boston Consulting Group after his junior year of college.
- **2009** — Joined BCG as an associate; later worked in Chicago and São Paulo.
- **2018** — Left BCG and joined the machine learning company Text IQ, where he built its commercial business.
- **2021** — Text IQ was sold.
- **2022** — Co-founded K2 Space with his brother Neel.
- **2025** — K2 launched the Heritage component demonstration mission.
- **2026-03** — K2 launched its full-size Gravitas satellite.
- **2026-07** — K2 announced a $500 million Series D at a $6.8 billion valuation.

## Achievements

- Co-founded K2 Space with Neel Kunjur in 2022.
- Helped build Text IQ’s commercial business before its 2021 sale.
- Led K2 through its Heritage and Gravitas launches.
- K2 was selected to provide an initial 28 satellite platforms for SES’s planned meoSphere network.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — K2 announced a $500 million Series D at a $6.8 billion valuation.
- **2026-06** — K2 marked four years since founding; Karan reported over $1 billion in signed contracts and the launch of its first full-size satellite.
- **2026-03** — Gravitas launched and K2 later listed the spacecraft as operational on orbit.

## Links

- Website: https://www.k2space.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karan-kunjur
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/KaranKunjur

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Last updated: 2026-09-29