# Nicholas Callegari

> Nicholas Callegari is the founder, chief engineer, and CEO of Verustruct, a New Haven climate-tech startup building gantry-less 3D printing robots that print entire load-bearing walls - plumbing, wiring, and insulation included. A former SpaceX structures engineer who helped design the Polaris Dawn spacewalk hardware on the Dragon spacecraft, he traded orbit for the housing crisis, betting that the same first-principles engineering used for spacecraft can cut home construction costs in half. He is a 2026 Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree in Manufacturing & Industry and a Yale School of Management MBA.

- **Role:** Founder, Chief Engineer & CEO at Verustruct
- **Organizations:** Verustruct, SpaceX (former), ClimateHaven
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Undergraduate studies, Princeton University, Master of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, MBA, Yale School of Management
- **Known for:** Founder, Chief Engineer & CEO of Verustruct, a public benefit corporation, Named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, Manufacturing & Industry, 2026, Helped design the Polaris Dawn EVA structure on SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft

## Career timeline

- **pre-2024** — Mechanical design engineer at SpaceX, designing structures for the Dragon spacecraft including the Polaris Dawn EVA (spacewalk) structure
- **2024** — Conceives the idea during Tsai CITY's Climate Innovation Intensive at Yale; founds the startup as Impact3D; wins the Selby Family Entrepreneurship Innovation Award
- **2025** — Rebrands to Verustruct; wins Startup Yale Audience Choice Award and runner-up ($15,000); earns Yale MBA; named to VentureWell E-Team program
- **2025-09** — Closes $2.4M seed round
- **2026** — Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in Manufacturing & Industry

## Achievements

- Founder, Chief Engineer & CEO of Verustruct, a public benefit corporation
- Named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, Manufacturing & Industry, 2026
- Helped design the Polaris Dawn EVA structure on SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft
- Closed a $2.4M seed round for Verustruct (Sept 2025)
- Won the Startup Yale Audience Choice Award and runner-up prize ($15,000), 2025
- Sobotka Seed Prize for Sustainable Ventures; Tsai CITY fellowship; Selby Family Entrepreneurship Innovation Award
- TEDxYale speaker: 'Coming Back to Earth - From SpaceX to Social Impact'
- QuestBridge scholar

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in Manufacturing & Industry for 2026.
- **2025-09** — Verustruct closed a $2.4M seed round.

## Links

- Website: https://verustruct.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickcallegari/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtf5UhVeAVw
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicholas.callegari/

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Last updated: 2026-06-21