Open Cosmos Raises $50M Series B
Open Cosmos, a UK company that builds and supports satellites working on climate change and humanitarian initiatives, has raised a $50M Series B to support the company’s push into an international market.
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Antaris Raises $3.5M In Seed Funding
Antaris is hoping to bring enterprise tech concepts to space—and now it has additional seed funding to try to make that a reality. Antaris, a SaaS platform for space, announced Wednesday that it raised $3.5M in seed funding. Streamlined Ventures, which specializes in early-stage investments, led the round, which brings Antaris’s total funding to $10M. […]
Manastu Space Closes $3M Pre-Series A
India’s space industry got an energizing shock from its lunar landing two weeks ago, and so far, the flurry of investment activity isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. Manastu Space, an Indian collision avoidance and green propulsion startup, announced Tuesday that it closed a $3M pre-Series A led by Capital 2B, BIG Capital, and […]
Axiom Nabs $350M Series C
Axiom Space raised a $350M Series C round to support growth, the company announced yesterday. The round takes Axiom’s total funding to more than $505M, the company said in a statement. “We are building on the legacy of the International Space Station, leveraging the pillars that were constructed in low-Earth orbit more than two decades […]
Integrate Space Raises $3.4M Seed Round
Seattle-based Integrate Space has closed a $3.4M seed round that will help expand its team and grow its customer roster, the company announced yesterday. The round for the program management software company was led by Hyperplane and included participation from Riot Ventures, Ravelin Capital, and John Capodilupo. Integrate 101: Space industry veteran John Conafay, formerly […]
Benchmark Clinches $33M, Launches Autopilot for Satellites
Benchmark Space Systems, the Burlington, VT-based propulsion systems provider, is keeping busy. This week, the company announced a $33M Series B funding round, unveiled new digs, and debuted a brand-new satellite autopilot product called SmartAIM. Benchmark’s Series B Benchmark announced this morning that it’s closed a $33M Series B to speed up the process of […]
Space DOTS Raises $1.5M Pre-Seed
Space DOTS, a UK-based advanced materials testing startup, wants to revolutionize the way the aerospace industry qualifies new materials for use in space. The company announced the closing of a $1.5M pre-seed round this morning to build out its mini on-orbit laboratory tech. Boost VC, Sie Ventures, 7Percent Ventures, Blue Wire Capital, and angel investors […]
Exclusive: Leaf Space Closes €20M Series B
Leaf Space, an Italian ground-segment-as-a-service provider, has closed a €20M ($22.1M) Series B as well as an additional €15M ($16.6M) in venture debt through a European Investment Bank loan. Leaf Space 101 CEO Jonata Puglia and CSO Giovanni Pandolfi founded the company in 2014 to provide an end-to-end, easy-to-use solution for satellite operators to send […]
Seraphim Releases Space Index
Seraphim, a leading space VC firm HQ’d in the UK, has released its yearly index on funding and acquisition activity across the space industry. Seraphim’s tracking data shows signs that investment activity is bouncing back from the economic woes and restrained capital markets of last year. Deals, deals, deals: The trailing twelve months (TTM) analysis […]
Exclusive: Talde Private Equity Leaps Into Space With AVS Investment
A small engineering firm from the Basque region of Spain nabbed an investment from Talde as it quietly lays the groundwork for a global space business empire. Added Value Solutions (AVS) develops complex equipment for industries such as fusion, particle accelerators, and space. On the heels of a significant investment in the firm, CEO Miguel […]
Euroconsult’s new space investment tracker
Euroconsult, a strategy and market intelligence firm specializing in the space sector, has launched a new space investment tracker tool: its Financing & Transactions Database. The subscription-based platform offers a detailed monthly dashboard, providing up-to-date financial insights on private space investment activities. These include publicly disclosed funding operations like equity investments, debt operations, IPOs, SPAC […]
Fleet Raises $33M to Expand its Mineral Exploration Tech
Fleet raked in $33M in a Series C round yesterday to build out its satellite-enabled mineral exploration solution. Blackbird led the funding round, which valued the startup at $229M. Down Undah: Headquartered in South Australia, Fleet is hyper-focused on serving one of the region’s largest economies, resource mining. The company leverages its seven-nanosatellite LEO constellation […]