2x founder

Ashwin Iyer

Founder @ INSTINCT | YC W25 | MPhil in Industrial systems, manufacturing and management at the University of Cambridge | BEng in mechanical engineering at QMUL

Founder

Instinct Space· Winter 2025 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom

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2024Founder· Instinct

Founder · since 2022

Company

Instinct

Role

Founder and co-CEO

current

Stage

—

no public source

Raised

—

no public source

Based

San Francisco, California, United States

current

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Instinct Space

Building lunar landers

Winter 2025

Experience

Career

Instinct
Founder
Founder and co-CEO · San Francisco, California, United States · 2024 – Present
2024
Early-stage venture capital firm
Market Research Analyst · London Area, United Kingdom · 2024
2024
Ultrawise
Strategy Consultant · Cambridge, England, United Kingdom · 2024
2024
Booth Industries International
Manufacturing Lead · Salford, England, United Kingdom · 2023 – 2024
2023
Universal Wolf
Procurement Analyst · Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom · 2023
2023
The Aurora Initiative
Founder
Founder/President · London · 2022 – 2023
2022
Queen Mary Formula Student
Head of finance · London · 2021 – 2022
2021

Bio

Building rideshare compatible lunar landers. Ashwin is the co-founder and co-CEO of Instinct. He studied mechanical engineering at QMUL in London and holds a Master in Industrial Systems, Manufacturing and Management from the University of Cambridge. Ashwin has also worked at Imperial College London, researching Rolls Royce jet engines as well as undertaken consulting projects as part of a team at Cambridge across a variety of industries including Venture capital, Metalworking and Electronics.