22 Best Satellite Imagery Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Satellite Imagery Startups

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There are 22 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $1.1b. The average funding per company in this subset is $51.4m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Pixxel logo

Pixxel

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

6

Funding Rounds

$37.3m

Money raised

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Ursa Space Systems

Ursa Space Systems is a U.S.-based satellite intelligence company that provides business and government decision-makers access to on-demand analytic solutions. Through its radar satellite network and data fusion expertise, Ursa detects real-time changes in the physical world to expand transparency.

10

Funding Rounds

$100.3m

Money raised

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ICEYE

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.

4

Funding Rounds

$270.0m

Money raised

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Capella Space

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

5

Funding Rounds

$177.0m

Money raised

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AxelSpace

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

7

Funding Rounds

$72.7m

Money raised

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Orbital Insight

Orbital Insight is a U.S-based company developing geospatial analytics software.

5

Funding Rounds

$128.7m

Money raised

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Descartes Labs

Global-Scale Predictive Intelligence providing access to science-ready imagery and intelligence from multiple data sources

6

Funding Rounds

$78.5m

Money raised

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Farmers Edge

Farmers Edge is a Winnipeg-based company founded in 2005 by Wade Barnes.

1

Funding Rounds

$437.5k

Money raised

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Apollo Agriculture

Apollo Agriculture is a company in Kenya.

7

Funding Rounds

$59.3m

Money raised

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CrowdAI

CrowdAI is a company providing scalable and high-quality image annotation founded in 2016 by Pablo Garcia, Nicolas Borensztein and Devaki Raj.

4

Funding Rounds

$8.4m

Money raised

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GHGSat

GHGSat is a Montreal-based company developing sensors to monitor industrial emissions.

3

Funding Rounds

$85.0m

Money raised

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SpaceKnow

SpaceKnow is a New York-based technology company using an AI-powered analytics engine combined with a comprehensive collection of earth observation imagery to provide large-scale planetary analysis.

2

Funding Rounds

$5.2m

Money raised

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AiDash

AiDash is an AI-first vertical SaaS company. AiDash is a SaaS company that enables satellite-powered operations and maintenance for utility, energy, and other core industries.

2

Funding Rounds

$33.0m

Money raised

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Data Sutram

Data Sutram is an AI-based Location Intelligence Enterprise that helps business leverage location based insight.

8

Funding Rounds

$2.3m

Money raised

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Orbital Sidekick

Orbital Sidekick is a company founded in 2016.

4

Funding Rounds

$36.8m

Money raised

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Orbit logic

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

1

Funding Rounds

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Astraea

Astraea is a Charlottesville, Virginia-based company founded in 2016 by Brendan Richardson.

3

Funding Rounds

$18.0m

Money raised

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Geospark Analytics

Geospark Analytics is a company founded in 2017.

2

Funding Rounds

$3.7m

Money raised

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Muon Space

Muon Space offers multi-modal satellite remote sensing systems.

1

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

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Earth Observant

Earth Observant is based in Half Moon Bay, California, Earth Observant's low flying satellites offer affordable ultra high resolution earth imagery to customers in the defense, intelligence, civil government and commercial industries.

1

Funding Rounds

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KERMAP

Geographic analysis and data visualization service for land use planning and environmental protection.

$1.6m

Money raised

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Danti

Danti is an Atlanta-based company.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.8m

Money raised