69 Best Space Industry Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Space Industry Startups

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There are 201 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $6.0b. The average funding per company in this subset is $87.2m.

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$250.0m

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Firefly Aerospace is an end-to-end space transportation company developing technology for launching, landing, and operating space missions.

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Company developing space manufacturing technologies to support exploration, national security, and sustainable space settlement.

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Amentum is a technical and engineering services partner working with the United States defense, security, intelligence, energy, and environmental programs.

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$408.0m

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

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$12.1m

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

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$48.6m

Money raised

World View is a Tucson, Arizona-based developer and manufacturer of near-space exploration technology for remote sensing for scientific, commercial, economic, and military purposes and stratospheric tourism.

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$81.3m

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

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Hypergiant Industries is a machine learning and artificial intelligence company offering client-focused services and research and development in various fields. The company was founded by Ben Lamm and John Fremont in 2018.

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$314.2m

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HawkEye 360 is a Herndon, Virginia-based data analytics company developing radio frequency mapping technologies for use in space.

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$269.4m

Money raised

Stoke Space is a company manufacturing space vehicle components and performing scientific and technological services associated with the space industry.

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$13.0m

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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

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

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2

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$161.5k

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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

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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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$42.0m

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

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$127.8m

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Reaction Engines Ltd is a company working on hypersonic and space access propulsion.

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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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$140.0m

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

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$1.8m

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XPRIZE Foundation is an artificial intelligence company that manages public competitions for technological developments

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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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$91.0m

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Skyroot Aerospace is a company developing space launch vehicles for cost-effective space access.

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$186.2m

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Loft Orbital is a space infrastructure-as-a-service platform founded in 2017 by Pierre-Damien Vaujour, Antoine de Chassy and Alex Greenberg.

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$14.5m

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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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$4.6m

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SA Photonics specializes in the design and development of advanced photonic systems for military and commercial customers.

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$166.0m

Money raised

Axiom Space is a company that is primarily interested in providing human spaceflight services

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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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$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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$50.0k

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Spectrabotics is a company developing a data collection and analytics platform.

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$72.5m

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

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$270.0m

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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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$96.0m

Money raised

Varda Space is a space startup focused on manufacturing specialized products in space.

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$1.3b

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Relativity Space is a company that develops the process of building and flying rockets.

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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

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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$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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$18.2m

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Xplore is a spacecraft development company focused on launching space missions to Mars, Venus, the Moon, and asteroids.

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$17.7m

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A space technology company making customizable 2 stage launch vehicles.

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$108.5m

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

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$65.5m

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Moon Express is a privately-held American company that develops robotic spacecraft and is planning the first commercial voyage to the moon.

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$560.0k

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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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$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

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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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$33.4m

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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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$120.0k

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Albedo is a company capturing high-resolution satellite imagery.

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$121.8m

Money raised

Kinéis is a French satellite operator and global connection provider.

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$64.7m

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

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$243.4m

Money raised

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

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$2.5m

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Corvid Technologies is a Mooresville, North Carolina-based supercomputer company founded in 2004.

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$19.2m

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XCOR Aerospace is an American private rocket engine and spaceflight development company

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A privately held global holding company acquiring and operating companies in the space exploration industry

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$150.0k

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HelicitySpace is a fusion propulsion and power company, developing technology for spacecraft.

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9

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$313.2m

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

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$49.3m

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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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$28.5m

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MicroLink devices is a Niles, Illinois-based semiconductor manufacturing company

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$20.0m

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Zeno Power Systems is an Arlington, Virginia-based developer of a radioisotope power system intended to convert heat from recycled nuclear waste into electricity.

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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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$35.0m

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Kairos Aerospace is an aerospace company that is interested in researching and engineering alternatives to traditional aerospace solutions

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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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$1.0m

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AstronetX public benefit corporation (PBC) is a US company offering space-based observational and database services to the astrophysics, planetary defense, earth science, planetary science, and national security industries.

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$3.4m

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Exos Aerospace Systems & Technologies is a company that is interested in conducting scientific research in space related industries

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$29.8m

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Orbion develops and manufactures plasma propulsion systems for small satellites.

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