Bengaluru based revolutionary Spacetech startup Pixxel has recently appointed William McCombe as its new chief financial officer (CFO). In this newly joined role he will oversee the company's accounting, financial planning, capital raising, treasury,legal and regulatory functions.

He joins Pixxel with extraordinary experience as a Chief Financial Officer at various space and technology hardware companies like Maxar, the largest US space imaging company and Velo3D, an industry leader in metal 3D printing systems for aerospace, defence and other  industries.

The Founder and CEO of Pixxel Awais Ahmed, expressed his joyous feeling saying “We are delighted to welcome William McCombe to the Pixxel spaceship! His remarkable experience and foundational understanding of space imagery and satellite manufacturing businesses will be pivotal in steering our financial direction and ensuring sustainable growth.”

The new CFO William McCombe expressed his gratitude and said, “I am very excited to join Pixxel as its Chief Financial Officer. With its state-of-the-art hyperspectral satellite constellation, Pixxel will be a game-changer, revolutionizing how we view and understand our planet. Its mission of providing an entirely new level of data and analytics for environmental monitoring will have a far-reaching global impact. I am very much looking forward to working with Pixxel’s highly talented and energetic team.”

In his previous job roles William worked as Chief Financial Officer at Maxar, where he led Maxar’s $3.5Bn merger with Digital Globe. He also served as Chief Financial Officer at Velo3D, where he led the company’s IPO transaction. In addition, he was CFO at HZO, a nano-coating supplier for the electronics industry. Before these roles, he was a Managing Director in Investment Banking at Bank of America and Morgan Stanley.

The startup which was founded by The startup – founded by Awais Ahmed and Kshitij Khandelwal, began its operations in 2019 and last raised $36 million in a funding round in June 2023. Last year in the month June, the company raised $36million in a funding round. The organisation is backed by Google, Lightspeed, Radical Ventures, Relativity's Jordan Noone, Seraphim Capital, Ryan Johnson, Blume Ventures, Sparta LLC and Accenture among others. For more information visit www.pixxel.space or follow Pixxel on Twitter and LinkedIn.