Focus: Startups
July 19, 2024
The way more non-traditional defense companies will grow their business with the Defense Department is for more of them to be successful in doing so, which will provide more courage for acquisition organizations within the department to accept the risk of working with startups, the head of the DoD unit focused on accelerating the use…
July 12, 2024
Booz Allen Ventures invested in Quindar, an early-stage startup focused on automating satellite operations. Quindar has built a virtualized platform that the company says improves the ability to command cooperative fleets of spacecraft using non-proprietary technologies. The mission management platform currently operates multiple customers and assets in space. Quindar previously raised $8.5 million seed funding. …
July 11, 2024
European venture capital firm Alpine Space Ventures closed its first fund with 170 million euros ($185 million) in capital to target space startups. The fund is targeting Series A funding rounds of companies in the space sector, primarily in Europe but also in the U.S. and beyond. The fund has a special focus on companies…
June 25, 2024
LiveEO has raised 25 million euros ($27 million) in a Series B funding round led by NordicNinja and DeepTech & Climate Fonds (DTCF). The Berlin-based company said the investment will accelerate the development of its solutions that turn satellite data into actionable insights. Investor NordicNinja is the largest Japanese-backed VC in Europe and it is…