Ten startups will compete at the 2024 Startup Space Entrepreneur Pitch Contest at SATELLITE, judged by investors from Stellar Ventures, Seraphim Capital, Toyota Ventures, MaC Venture Capital, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Starbridge, Promus, OpAmp, DCVC, E2MC, and AIN Ventures.
UNIO Enterprise (Germany, CEO Katrin Bacic) — LEO satellite constellation for connected vehicle connectivity, backed by Isar Aerospace, Reflex Aerospace, Mynaric, and SES. First demo mission planned 2025.
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PlaneWave Inc. (USA, CEO Keyvan Bahadori) — RF front-end and antenna subsystems for satcom, IoT, and GNSS, founded by former SpaceX antenna engineers.
Arkisys (CEO David Barnhart, former DARPA senior space PM) — Robotic orbital infrastructure platform “The Port” for in-space assembly, manufacturing, and payload hosting.
Aldoria (France, VP Sales Mylène Bosio) — SSA company (formerly Share My Space), six optical ground telescopes tracking orbital debris and collision risks.
SPAICE (CEO Matteo Cuccorese) — AI-based software for autonomous in-orbit satellite servicing using generative AI frameworks, delivered via a robotic kit.
In Orbit Aerospace (CEO Ryan Elliott) — On-orbit hosting and cargo storage with re-entry capability; targets biotech, pharma, and researchers. First mission planned 2025.
Pale Blue (Japan, Naoki Funahashi) — Returning winner from World Satellite Business Week 2023; water-based spacecraft propulsion using miniaturized ECR technology.
Little Place Labs (CEO Bosco Lai) — Machine-learning software deployed on satellites for on-board Earth observation analytics; actionable alerts in under seven minutes.
TrustPoint (CEO Patrick Shannon) — Secure GNSS service for autonomous vehicles and drones; first satellite launched April 2023.
Obruta Space Solutions (Canada, CEO Kevin Stadnyk) — Turnkey RPOD kit (rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking) enabling autonomous satellite servicing for external customers. VS
