TerraSpark, a developer of space-based solar energysystems, has raised over €5 million in a pre-seed financing round. Investorsinclude Daphni, better ventures, the Hans(wo)men Group, and a group ofstr…
Spanish space company Arkadia Space has secured €14.5 million in fundingfrom the European Innovation Council Accelerator. The package includes a €2.5million grant, €6 million in equity from the EIC Fu…
PAVE Space, a Swiss spaceinfrastructure company, has raised $40 million in seed funding to develop a newgeneration of spacecraft designed to move satellites rapidly between orbits.The round was led by…
AIRMO, a space techstartup developing advanced greenhouse gas monitoring technology, has announceda €5 million seed round to support its first satellite mission planned for 2027and the expansion of it…
International space transportation company, PLD Space, has closed a €180 million Series C equity funding round led by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. The round included the Spanish Ministry of Scienc…
InSpacePropulsion Technologies (ISPTech), a German space tech company developing propulsionsystems designed to enable fast and agile in-orbit manoeuvring, has raised €5.5million to advance deployment …
SatVu, a UK-based thermal intelligence companythat uses space-based data to analyse operational activity and infrastructureperformance, has closed a £30 million funding round, bringing its total equit…
Shield Space, a defence technology startup developing systems to protect satellitesfrom signal jamming and other threats, has raised £2 million to support itsfirst orbital test flight. The round was l…
Aerospace company SWISSto12 has announced securing €73 million in financial support from European Space Agency (ESA) member states through the HummingSat ARTES partnership project. SWISSto12 is a manu…

In 2025, the European Space Agency turned 50. Founded on 30 May 1975, when the ESA Convention was signed by ten Member States, it has since grown into a pan-European institution spanning 23 Member Sta…