Fundraising Fox

Adi Oltean

2× unicorn founder

Co-Founder & Chief Engineer at Lumen Orbit · Founder at Starcloud

Redmond, Washington, United States

FoundedLumen Orbit$2.3BStarcloud$1.1B · YC

About

Adi Oltean has worked at SpaceX and Microsoft on satellite networks, operating systems, cloud, and machine learning infrastructure. He is now focused on the software, hardware, and engineering design of Starcloud's satellite constellation.

Likely emails· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

Founder at StarcloudYC S24

Intro paths

YC

Adi went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Starcloud's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Adi can intro founders to Starcloud's investors below.

Starcloud's investors · 29

468 CapitalBerlin · since 2024Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checksBenchmarkSan Francisco · $100K – $30M checks · since 2026Dnx VenturesTokyo · $1M – $5M checks · since 2024EQT VenturesLuxembourg · $2M – $50M checks · since 2026FUSEBellevue · $1M – $10M checksGround Up VenturesNew York · $500K – $1.5M checks · since 2024Harpoon VenturesSan Diego · $100K – $5M checksImagination CapitalNew York · $100K – $150K checksIn-Q-TelTysons · $100K – $2.5M checksIntegra GroupeMenlo Park · $100K – $200K checksLink VenturesCambridge · $1M – $8M checksManhattan WestLos Angeles · since 2026Massive Tech VenturesSeattle · since 2024Monte Carlo Capital$350K – $1.5M checksNebularNew York · since 2024NFXSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checks · since 2024NVIDIASanta ClaraOrange CollectiveDanville · since 2024Propeller Inc.Amman · $50K – $3.5M checksSequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checksSeven Seven SixPalm Beach Gardens · $500K – $5M checks · since 2026Soma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K checks · since 2024Starbridge Venture Capital LlcWashingtonSterling RoadSan Francisco · $50K – $150K checks · since 2024Taurus VenturesBangkokThe MBA FundTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)San Francisco · $250K – $2M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Starcloud

PJPhilip Johnston
Philip JohnstonFounder/CEO
EFEzra Feilden
Ezra FeildenFounder

Co-Founder & Chief Engineer at Lumen Orbit

Intro paths

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In turn, Adi can intro founders to Lumen Orbit's investors below.

Lumen Orbit's investors · 10

Ambush CapitalNew York · since 2024Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2024BenchmarkSan Francisco · $100K – $30M checksEQT VenturesLuxembourg · $2M – $50M checksEverywhere VenturesNew York · $250K checks · since 2024NFXSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checks · since 2024Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2024Soma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K checks · since 2024Sterling RoadSan Francisco · $50K – $150K checks · since 2024Taurus VenturesBangkok · since 2024

Co-founders at Lumen Orbit

EFEzra Feilden
Ezra FeildenCo-Founder & CTO
PA
Paul Adrian OlteanExecutive Officer, Director
PJPhilip Johnston
Philip JohnstonCo-Founder & CEO

Experience

  1. Starcloud (YC S24)Co-Founder and Chief Engineercurrent2024 — presentRedmond, Washington, United States
  2. SpaceXPrincipal Software Engineer2022 — 2024Redmond, Washington, United States
  3. SpaceCrane, Inc.CEO, Founder2022Redmond, Washington, United States
  4. Microsoft CorporationPrincipal Software Engineer1998 — 2021Redmond, Washington, United States

Skills & more

Distributed Systems42Algorithms21Software Design29Scalability17Software Development26Software Engineering38Cloud Computing5Object Oriented Design20OOP5Win32 API7Agile Methodologies12Testing3
+10 moreSystem ArchitectureMultithreadingDebuggingObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)C#.NETC++CEnterprise SoftwareXML

From Adi's professional profile.

Podcasts & interviews

featuring Adi Oltean

Inside The Startup Launching AI Into Space

Hard Tech

Frequently asked questions

Who is Adi Oltean?
Adi Oltean has worked at SpaceX and Microsoft on satellite networks, operating systems, cloud, and machine learning infrastructure. He is now focused on the software, hardware, and engineering design of Starcloud's satellite constellation.
Where does Adi Oltean work?
Adi Oltean is Co-Founder & Chief Engineer of Lumen Orbit and Founder at Starcloud.
What companies did Adi Oltean found?
Adi Oltean founded Lumen Orbit, Starcloud.
Where did Adi Oltean go to school?
Adi Oltean studied at University of Bucharest (Bachelor's degree, Mathematics and Computer Science); University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest (Bachelor's degree, Chemistry).
What podcasts and interviews feature Adi Oltean?
Tracked appearances include "Inside The Startup Launching AI Into Space".

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,773

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianYC Summer 2005Founded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded Pursuit +1

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Starcloud mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Scott HartleyInvestorFounded StreamNativeEzra FeildenFounderFounded Lumen Orbit

Lumen Orbit mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Ezra FeildenCo-Founder & CTOFounded Starcloud

University of Bucharest mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Daniel DinesMSFounded UiPath

University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Codrut LemeniBachelor of Engineering - BEFounded Educato +1

Same school

Also attended University of Bucharest12

Daniel DinesCo-founder, CEO & Chairman of UiPathCristian MunteanuManaging Partner at Early Game VenturesDan CalugareanuPartner at Early Game VenturesCristian NegrutiuFounding Partner at Sparking CapitalDelia SabauHead of Portfolio and Risk Management at CKC.FundMatei DumitrescuVenture Partner Romania at FRC FUND MANAGEMENT S.À R.L.

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Also attended University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest9

Dan LupuInvestor at Earlybird Venture CapitalDaria GherghelasPrincipal at SpeedinvestMarius GheneaManaging Partner at Catalyst RomaniaSilviu ApostuPrincipal at Matterwave VenturesRadu GeorgescuFounding Partner at Gecad VenturesBogdan IordacheGeneral Partner at Underline Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Starcloud (YC S24)12

Sai SriramagiriInvestor at EQT VenturesSandra MalmbergInvestor at EQT VenturesBenny LiaoInvestor at Acorn Pacific VenturesMax SamuelPartner at SNÖ VenturesAlexander LangeFounding GP at Inflection.xyzMohamed SolimanCo-Founding & Managing Partner at Ventioneers Capital

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Also worked at SpaceX148

Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesAsanka JayasuriyaPortfolio Support at 8VCJustin RoseInvestment Team at 8VCGarry HillInvestment at Makers FundHelen LiangFounder & General Partner at FoundersX Ventures

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Also worked at Microsoft Corporation1,188

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic

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