Where does Jacob Portukalian work?

Jacob Portukalian is Founder of Cascade Space.

What companies did Jacob Portukalian found?

Jacob Portukalian founded Cascade Space, Cascade Space.

Where did Jacob Portukalian go to school?

Jacob Portukalian studied at Y Combinator; UCLA (Degree: BS Electrical Engineering, Microwave Circuits and Antennas); Pasadena City College.

Jacob Portukalian

Founder

Founder at Cascade Space

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedCascade Space · YC Cascade Space

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707 people in our graph share verified history with Jacob — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Paul FieldingunlockedJacob: together at UCLA (2008)

Jacob: together at UCLA

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About

Jacob Portukalian has worked as a communications systems architect at SpaceX, Tyvak, and Astra. He founded Cascade Space to develop communications infrastructure for space exploration.

Founder at Cascade Space YC X25

Intro paths

Jacob went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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 Cascade Space's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Jacob can intro founders to Cascade Space's investors below.

Cascade Space's investors · 5

HAWKTAILSan Francisco Night CapitalCapitola TRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)San Francisco · $250K – $2M checks Undeterred CapitalLos Angeles · $500K – $1M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Cascade Space

Arlen AbrahamFounder

Founder at Cascade Space

Intro paths

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In turn, Jacob can intro founders to Cascade Space's investors below.

Cascade Space's investors · 6

Aurelia FoundryWellesley HAWKTAILSan Francisco MGV.VCSan Francisco · $500K checks TRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)San Francisco · $250K – $2M checks Undeterred CapitalLos Angeles · $500K – $1M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks

Experience

Cascade SpaceCo-Founder / CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Mateo, California, United States
ZooxStaff Engineer2020 — 2025Foster City, California, United States
AstraRadio Systems Manager2018 — 2020Alameda, California, United States
ZooxSoftware Contractor2017 — 2018
Form Lifting IncCo-Founder2015 — 2017Los Angeles, California, United States
Tyvak, a Terran Orbital CompanyLead RF Engineer2015 — 2017
Sky Wave Design, LLCBusiness Owner2014 — 2015
SpaceXLead RF Engineer2011 — 2014Hawthorne, California, United States
Topanga TechnologiesLead RF Engineer2010 — 2011Canoga Park, CA

Frequently asked questions

Who is Jacob Portukalian?: Jacob Portukalian has worked as a communications systems architect at SpaceX, Tyvak, and Astra. He founded Cascade Space to develop communications infrastructure for space exploration.
Where does Jacob Portukalian work?: Jacob Portukalian is Founder of Cascade Space.
What companies did Jacob Portukalian found?: Jacob Portukalian founded Cascade Space, Cascade Space.
Where did Jacob Portukalian go to school?: Jacob Portukalian studied at Y Combinator; UCLA (Degree: BS Electrical Engineering, Microwave Circuits and Antennas); Pasadena City College.