69 Best Satellite Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Satellite Startups

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There are 145 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $4.3b. The average funding per company in this subset is $62.4m.

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

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$74.3m

Money raised

Pachama is a company estimating carbon storage in forests and predicting future deforestation or potential for forest restoration with the use of satellite images.

11

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$46.4m

Money raised

Cropin, also known as Cropin Technology solutions, is a company that offers an intelligent and self-evolving system that delivers farming solutions to the agricultural sector.

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4

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$408.0m

Money raised

Space-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) for global air traffic surveillance.

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2

Funding Rounds

$12.1m

Money raised

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

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7

Funding Rounds

$81.3m

Money raised

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

1

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$13.0m

Money raised

Blue Origin is an American, privately-funded, aerospace developer and manufacturer that is interested in lowering the cost of spaceflight in order to explore the solar system

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6

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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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112

Funding Rounds

$55.5m

Money raised

Numerica is a Fort Collins, Colorado-based space, air, and missile defense company

2

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$161.5k

Money raised

Orian Span was a commercial space agency that aimed to become the first company to place luxury hotel in space.

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6

Funding Rounds

$55.9m

Money raised

5G satellite telecom operator for global IoT connectivity.

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9

Funding Rounds

$93.5m

Money raised

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

2

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$365.0m

Money raised

Ligado is developing solutions for reliable and secure 5G mobile private networks.

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$42.0m

Money raised

Starfish Space develops and provides autonomous satellite servicing solutions, such as satellite life extension, recovery, and debris removal.

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4

Funding Rounds

$23.8m

Money raised

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

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3

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$4.0m

Money raised

Skyloom is an Oakland, California-based telecommunications company developing laser communication satellite systems for space-based communications.

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$140.0m

Money raised

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

3

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$4.1m

Money raised

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

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$6.0m

Money raised

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

4

Funding Rounds

$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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2

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$1.8m

Money raised

SAT4m2m develops a forefront IoT platform at the convergence of Space IoT and LPWA devices for disruptive and interoperable services for Industrial IoT.

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3

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$11.2m

Money raised

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

Funding Rounds

$72.5m

Money raised

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

4

Funding Rounds

$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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3

Funding Rounds

$14.4m

Money raised

Satellite network provider for IoT connectivity in remote areas.

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5

Funding Rounds

$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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2

Funding Rounds

$116.0m

Money raised

Skylo Technologies, Inc. is a Palo Alto, California-based telecommunications and satellite IoT company developing solutions for wireless networks for machine data.

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6

Funding Rounds

$24.9m

Money raised

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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4

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

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

3

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$108.5m

Money raised

A manufacturing company that specializes in producing solutions for microsatellite operations. It was founded in 2015 and is located in Berthoud, Colorado.

3

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$560.0k

Money raised

Atomos Nuclear and Space is a space engineering, travel, launching and landing company focused on creating rapid, cost-effective propulsion and landing for last-mile delivery in space.

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4

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$95.0m

Money raised

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

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$6.8m

Money raised

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

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7

Funding Rounds

$72.7m

Money raised

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

1

Funding Rounds

$276.0k

Money raised

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

2

Funding Rounds

$6.0m

Money raised

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

3

Funding Rounds

$33.4m

Money raised

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

2

Funding Rounds

$2.6m

Money raised

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

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1

Funding Rounds

$120.0k

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Albedo is a company capturing high-resolution satellite imagery.

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1

Funding Rounds

$121.8m

Money raised

Kinéis is a French satellite operator and global connection provider.

3

Funding Rounds

$64.7m

Money raised

Gilmour Space Technologies is a company that develops hybrid launch vehicles and space rockets

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5

Funding Rounds

$243.4m

Money raised

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

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9

Funding Rounds

$313.2m

Money raised

Safe and sustainable development of space for the benefit of future generations

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3

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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.

1

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$150.0k

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Geosite is a company that develops enterprise service-as-software platform for satellite imagery.

1

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$18.7m

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

1

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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.

2

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$17.6m

Money raised

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

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2

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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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2

Funding Rounds

$20.4m

Money raised

A company providing the digital infrastructure for distributing earth observation data and derived intelligence.

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

3

Funding Rounds

$64.0m

Money raised

UK-based company providing satellite platforms for space missions.

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$1.9m

Money raised

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.

1

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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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10

Funding Rounds

$172.8m

Money raised

Vector Launch is a company in Tucson, Arizona.

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8

Funding Rounds

$32.0m

Money raised

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

1

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$2.6m

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

7

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$59.3m

Money raised

Apollo Agriculture is a company in Kenya.

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3

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$1.9m

Money raised

Nebula Compute is a Newport Beach, California-based cloud computing company developing cloud computing systems for space.

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3

Funding Rounds

$5.3m

Money raised

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

3

Funding Rounds

$20.3m

Money raised

Roofr is a Toronto-based company developing sales tools for roofers.

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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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$143.7m

Money raised

Manufacturer of small and medium-sized rockets and orbital service provider.

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2

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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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3

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$85.0m

Money raised

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

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$87.4m

Money raised

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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