{"id":5717,"date":"2025-04-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5717"},"modified":"2025-04-02T13:03:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T05:03:44","slug":"from-starry-eyed-dream-to-a-spacetech-startup-alienas-engines-keep-space-junk-out-to-leave-the-cosmos-clean-for-future-generations-markup-1172","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5717","title":{"rendered":"From starry-eyed dream to a spacetech startup: Aliena\u2019s engines keep space junk out to leave the cosmos clean for future generations | Markup #1172"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXeSX_ajGPB-1RINZol67QCcm_vcqyiFG7RPIvLLH-XlBFbLxlOQqYcGpta85tiAtT0vdkI7Ok1dtSFvIvs9rNIgqStepd3YN0PHIwpZnQKOlhq-kHg39Jdvj3pWNolEyJiNHBLc-Q?key=_8O3y1DMcOy66bPcct2RtSw1\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:569px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo credit: Libertatea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>From a space-eye view&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It all began with a childhood dream in Romania, fueled by a comet sighting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/georgepotrivitu\/\">George-Cristian Potrivitu<\/a>\u2019s starry-eyed goals manifested into co-founding 500-backed spacetech startup <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aliena.sg\/\">Aliena<\/a> in Singapore.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Driven by passion, dedication, and years of research, Aliena developed miniaturized electric propulsion engines that offer up to 3x higher fuel efficiency at just a tenth of the original power required.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What\u2019s more, their propulsion engines enable satellites to deorbit at the end of their lives, reducing space debris and leaving behind a clean space for future generations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They also facilitate gathering higher-quality data from space for applications like environmental monitoring and resource management to disaster response.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Despite the challenges of securing funding and finding skilled talent for their niche technology, the team successfully raised a US$5.6M Series A in 2024, and went on to commission a new facility featuring a production line and a larger R&amp;D space.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Read Co-founder &amp; CTO George-Cristian\u2019s full interview on <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/440nNr5\">e27<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From a space-eye view&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[322],"tags":[405],"class_list":["post-5717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily","tag-aliena"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - 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