68 Best Nanosatellite Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Nanosatellite Startups

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There are 114 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $2.6b. The average funding per company in this subset is $38.8m.

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$12.1m

Money raised

Sky and Space Global is an Australian nanosatellite company focused on IoT networks.

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$81.3m

Money raised

Kepler Communications is a company that has a focus on satellite production and communication networks.

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$37.3m

Money raised

Pixxel is a Bengalore and El Segundo, California-based developer of hyperspectral satellite imagery for the capture of geospatial data.

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$55.9m

Money raised

5G satellite telecom operator for global IoT connectivity.

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$93.5m

Money raised

Hiber is an Amsterdam-based satellite IoT network provider offering global connectivity through the company's Hiberband network.

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$23.8m

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Astrocast is an end-to-end satellite IoT network provider, manufacturer, and operator.

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Funding Rounds

$140.0m

Money raised

Omnispace offers hybrid connectivity solutions based on satellite and terrestrial networks for a variety of industries.

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$4.1m

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Analytical Space is a satellite communications company making satellites equipped with RD-laser communications technology.

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$6.0m

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Orbit Fab is a space industry startup developing in-space refueling services founded in 2018 by Daniel Faber.

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$14.5m

Money raised

GalaxySpace is a Beijing-based commercial micro-satellites developer and provider of satellite-based communications and internet systems.

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$9.3m

Money raised

NSLComm is an Israel-based satellite manufacturing company designing fabric-like, flexible dish antennas that expand in space to offer high throughput communications for small satellites.

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3

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$11.2m

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Fleet Space Technologies is an Adelaide-based satellite communications company developing satellites for low-bandwidth connectivity for machine-to-machine communication, data exchange, and IoT sensor networks.

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4

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$212.0m

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Astrobotic Technology is a company that looks to offer affordable space robotic technology as well as work towards planetary missions.

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7

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$72.5m

Money raised

Accion Systems is a company that provides in-space propulsion systems for satellites

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$270.0m

Money raised

ICEYE provides commercial access to Earth observation data. The ICEYE SAR Satellite Constellation captures images of any location on Earth every three hours, day and night, regardless of cloud cover.

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$14.4m

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Satellite network provider for IoT connectivity in remote areas.

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5

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$177.0m

Money raised

Capella Space is building a commercial radar satellite constellation. Its headquarters are located in San Francisco, California and it was founded in 2011.

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6

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$24.9m

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Transcelestial Technologies is a communications company that is creating a space laser network for communication purposes. It is located in Singapore and was founded in 2016.

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$10.0m

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Lynk is a Falls Church, Virginia-based telecommunications and satellite communications company offering connectivity for cell phone users globally.

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$95.0m

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LeoLabs is a a company that is interested in protecting satellites that are in low-Earth orbit

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$6.8m

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Alba Orbital Limited is a Glasgow-based company that builds and designs small commercial satellite platforms.

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$72.7m

Money raised

AxelSpace is a company that is developing technology for private microsatellites.

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$276.0k

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Maverick Space Systems is an aerospace company that provides satellite deployment software, mission integration, and launch brokering services.

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$6.0m

Money raised

Helios Wire was a Vancouver-based satellite-enabled machine to machine and internet of things connectivity developer.

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$33.4m

Money raised

Astro Digital is a company that provides global imaging and analysis from satellite imagery

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$2.6m

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Kleos Space is a company that provides geo-locational intelligence data services

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$121.8m

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Kinéis is a French satellite operator and global connection provider.

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$243.4m

Money raised

Satellite launch, mission management services, and satellite imagery company.

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$49.3m

Money raised

Myriota is an Adelaide, Australia-based provider of direct-to-orbit satellite connectivity for the Internet of Things, without need for ground stations.

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$18.7m

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A Golden, Colorado based company that aims to launch satellites for weather tracking.

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$169.0k

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SpaceFab.US is a Laguna Niguel, California-based designer and manufacturer of general access satellites for Earth observation and space telescope customers.

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$17.6m

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A company designing and manufacturing satellites, satellite parts, and materials for satellites.

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$29.8m

Money raised

Orbion develops and manufactures plasma propulsion systems for small satellites.

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$2.6m

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Commercial space company with a focus on satellite development, deployment, and commercial payload integration.

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Nuspace PTE. Ltd. is a Singapore, Central Region, Singapore-based satellite manufacturer and IoT company founded by Zhen Ning Ng.

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$64.0m

Money raised

UK-based company providing satellite platforms for space missions.

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$1.9m

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SpeQtral is a company that is interested in developing quantum communication technologies

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ArQit is working to provide the world's first global quantum encryption SaaS Business. They will use QKD technology to create unique keys that can be shared between two parties using laser transmissions from a satellite. The company is based in London, England and was founded in 2017.

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$250.0k

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Mission Control Space Services is a company that develops spacecraft operations, onboard autonomy, artificial intelligence, space exploration, and robotics

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8

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$32.0m

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Leaf Space is a company offering ground segment services for microsatellites founded in 2014 by Jonata Puglia, Giovanni Pandolfi, Matteo Boiocchi and Michele Messina.

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$2.6m

Money raised

Space Applications Services is a company that looks to provide systems for aerospace and security industries

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$5.3m

Money raised

A satellite software company improving developer productivity and flight software quality.

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$1.0m

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Roccor is a privately held aerospace systems provider focusing on advanced deployable structures, thermal management systems and combat casualty products. The company was acquired by Redwire in 2020.

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$27.9m

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OroraTech is an AI-powered wildfire detection platform founded in 2018 by Thomas Grübler, Martin Langer, Rupert Amann and Florian Mauracher .

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$13.0m

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Deep Space Industries is a company founded in 2012 by Jim Luebke, Christopher Cassell, Rick Tumlinson and Bryan Versteeg.

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$87.4m

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CesiumAstro engineers and manufactures communications modules, payloads, and satellites for space and airborne applications founded in 2017 and headquartered in Austin, Texas.

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$10.0m

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Apollo Fusion is a company that looks to provide satellite propulsion technologies

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$7.7m

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ConstellR is a space data and services company leading the way in delivering daily, global land surface temperature maps for the Agritech industry.

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$13.0m

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EnduroSat is a Sofia-based designer and developer of spacecraft, including nanosats and cubesats, for business applications and space exploration missions.

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$33.2m

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Xona Space Systems builds navigation solutions to supports safety-critical operations, centimeter positioning, and cybersecurity.

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$35.4m

Money raised

Hydrosat is a company founded in 2017.

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$38.5m

Money raised

Spacety Ltd. is a Jiangsu, China-based company in the aviation & aerospace industry.

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$5.9m

Money raised

Cognitive Space is a company founded in 2018 by Guy de Carufel.

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Funding Rounds

$4.6m

Money raised

Parabilis Space Technologies, Inc. is a San Marcos, California-based space technologies company founded in 2014

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$3.3m

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Mynaric is a company that is interested in building laser communications for aerospace communications and satellite constellations

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$13.4m

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Company building 3d printed rocket engines for small spacecraft

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$82.6m

Money raised

Nanoramic Laboratories is a materials solutions innovator and energy storage technology company.

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$17.3m

Money raised

Benchmark Space Systems is a company founded in 2017 by Matthew Shea.

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$2.5m

Money raised

Bluefield Technologies is a company that develops proprietary optical sensors.

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$2.4m

Money raised

Picosats is a company that foresees a new generation of telecommunication systems that are used for space application developments.

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$24.0m

Money raised

unseenlabs is a maritime surveillance platform founded in 2015.

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$992.4k

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Saber Astronautics is a Chippendale, New South Wales-based software company providing space operations solutions

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$30.0m

Money raised

Morpheus Space is a space technology company developing next-generation spacecraft propulsion founded in 2018.

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Funding Rounds

$44.7m

Money raised

Phase Four is a company founded in 2015.

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Orbit Logic specializes in mission planning, scheduling, and space situational awareness

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$28.7m

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Developer of sustainable propulsion systems for the aerospace industry.

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$17.7m

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Epsilon3 is a Los Angeles, California-based company developing a software platform for spacecraft and operations management.

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$17.5m

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Ramon.Space builds space-resilient super-computer systems that bring cloud computing to space.

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