Focus: Startups

The incoming administration of President-elect Trump is likely to propose a ramping up of commercial space to serve national security needs, according to a new paper from the National Security […]

Hyperspectral imaging startup Pixxel secured $24 million in a Series B extension round, adding new investors M&G Catalyst and Glade Brook Capital Partners. The investment announced Monday brings Pixxel’s total […]

A new remote sensing startup Matter Intelligence emerged from stealth mode on Wednesday with $12 million in seed funding. The startup aims to capture hyperspectral data of “all matter on […]

Baiju Bhatt, one of the co-founders of investing app Robinhood, is launching a space solar power company called Aetherflux. Bhatt announced the concept of Aetherflux to commercialize space solar power […]

Scottish satellite data startup Space Intelligence completed a Series A funding round led by new investors AzurX Space Ventures (ASV) with participation from Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. Dr. Murray Collins, co-founder […]

French startup Skynopy, which hopes to make connectivity-as-a-service a commercial reality, could close a number of deals this year ahead of expectations. The company, which is led by CEO Pierre […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Satellite developer and manufacturer Apex on Wednesday said it has closed a $95 million funding round that will allow it to begin to scale production and expand its suite of standardized and […]

Satellite navigation startup Xona has raised $19 million in a Series A funding round, the company announced Wednesday. Future Ventures and Seraphim Space led the round, which also included new […]

Seraphim Space closed a new venture fund, Seraphim Space Ventures II LP, with backing from satellite operator Eutelsat Communications, Japanese telco NEC and Japanese satellite operator SKY Perfect JSAT. Seraphim […]

Dhruva Space, a  space engineering solutions provider based in Hyderabad, India, marked the final close of its Series A funding at 123 Indian crores ($15 million). The funding will go […]

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is going to bring further financial assistance to U.K- based space startups. It is launching a 8 million pound ($9.95 million) Space Portfolio within the […]

SpaceX launched 53 payloads in the Falcon 9 Transporter-10 smallsat rideshare mission, SpaceX’s first rideshare mission of 2024. The mission launched from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force […]

Unseenlabs, a France-based detection and geolocation company that specializes in maritime surveillance, closed on its latest financing round of 85 million euros ($92 million), the company announced Tuesday. New investors […]

Direct-to-device satellite connectivity company Skylo Technologies has raised $37 million in funding, co-led by Intel Capital and Innovation Endeavors. New investors BMW i Ventures, Next47, Samsung Catalyst Fund, and Seraphim […]

LeoLabs secured an additional $29 million in funding for its catalog of Low-Earth Orbit objects (LEO). The company said this latest financing will enable LeoLabs to scale up its insight […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is starting a new Space Accelerator, a mentorship opportunity designed to foster India-based startups focused on space technology. AWS announced the program on Wednesday and said […]

Satellite network management startup Quindar raised an additional $6 million in seed extension rounds from FUSE with the continued investment from Y-Combinator and Funders Club, the company announced in late […]

Aldoria has secured a further 10 million euros ($10.87 million) in funding after closing a series A funding round. The space situational awareness (SSA) company has now raised 22 million […]

Albedo raised a $35 million Series A-1 financing round announced on Tuesday, to launch the company’s first operational satellite to collect ultra-high resolution imagery. These funds bring Albedo’s total funding […]

Japanese satellite company Axelspace raised $44 million in a Series D funding round, the company announced Dec. 20. Axelspace, based in Tokyo, has an Earth observation (EO) business and manufactures […]

Kayhan Space raised $7 million in a seed extension round to advance the development of its Pathfinder spaceflight safety platform. Venture capital firms Space Capital and EVE Atlas funded the […]

Satellite startup Hubble Network recently announced a $20 million Series A funding round, along with its plans to launch a satellite constellation for Bluetooth device connectivity. Describing the company as “Starlink […]