To boldly go where no network has gone before, Pan Galactic is building the internet for the stars.
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Tech Award Nominee
In recognition of the inventors that are boldly going where no startup has gone before to create new, groundbreaking technologies.
Founders: Flow Collingwood and Jamie Del GrossoYear founded: 2022
Website:pangalactic.io
Pan Galactic started with a simple but unsettling realisation: humanity is building rockets faster than it is building secure digital infrastructure.
Flow Collingwood and Jamie Del Grosso founded the company in 2022 after asking a deceptively basic question. If satellites, space stations and future lunar missions all rely on data, who is making sure that data is secure, verifiable and future-proof?
Most orbital systems today still rely on traditional cryptography and centralised networks. Meanwhile, quantum computing is advancing rapidly, raising concerns that the encryption protecting critical systems today may not hold tomorrow. For industries on Earth that depend on space data, from navigation and telecoms to logistics and finance, the stakes are significant.
Pan Galactic is building the digital infrastructure layer for the next era of space and defence. Its technology includes a secure operating system for mission-critical environments and a quantum-safe distributed architecture designed to remove single points of failure and protect long-lived data.
What began in Hull as an ambitious business idea has grown into one of the UK’s most recognised space technology ventures. The team is already working with NASA, UK Space Agency and NATO.
Pan Galactic was named UK SpaceTech Startup of the Year in 2024 and selected for the Seraphim Space Accelerator, placing it among the top 1% of space companies globally. Today, the company works with prime contractors across the sector and has been appointed as a NATO Innovator and contractor within allied defence networks.
As space becomes more commercial, more autonomous and more strategically important, Pan Galactic is focused on ensuring the digital foundations of this new economy are built to last.
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