| Date | Title | Description |
| 30.11.2022 | Portfolio company Iceye discusses first microsatellite launch with CNBC | Michael Sheetz CNBC |
| 30.11.2022 | Spire’s $70m funding round covered in CNBC | A start-up fighting pirates with satellites just raised $70 million |
| 30.11.2022 | Seraphim Space Index Q3 2022 – A Summary of Findings | We always get a lot of questions on our Space Index. Following the release of our Q3 Space Index 22 which you can view here we thought we’d summarise a few of the key points. |
| 30.11.2022 | Seraphim Space Index – October 2016 to September 2017 | We’re pleased to announce we’ve just completed our analysis of the last quarters SpaceTech Venture Capital transactions. Every quarter we carefully monitor the investment in the SpaceTech sector globally over a rolling 12 month period, high... |
| 25.11.2022 | UK supporting bold ambitions for space with record 17% increase in ESA budget. | Every 5 years the European Space Agency (ESA) members meet to agree the overall budget and country level commitments for the 5 years ahead. Considering the macro economic climate this year’s record 16.9bn euro subscription provides clear ev... |
| 17.11.2022 | The Artemis Era: Missions 1-5 Explained | The last time humans stepped on the moon was in 1972 as part of the Apollo 17 mission, and on the 50th anniversary, we go back to the moon (though un-crewed at first). |
| 15.11.2022 | 64 Years of NASA | The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, was founded in July 1958. It was officially opened for business and had its first day of operations on 1 October 1958 – 64 years ago this Saturday. |
| 08.11.2022 | Lift off! Seraphim Space Accelerator & Generation Space Accelerator launches Mission #10 with nine startups from four continents | Seraphim Space Accelerator (UK) & Generation Space Accelerator (USA) launches Mission 10 with nine startups from four continents |
| 04.11.2022 | Seraphim Accelerator Mission #2 Alumni ConstellR raises $10m to prevent water and food shortages | Fantastic news from Seraphim Space Accelerator Mission 2 alumni constellr as they share they they have secured a £10M funding round co-led by Lakestar and Vsquared Ventures. We are excited to be able to support them on their mission to buil... |
| - | Former GeoEye CEO joins Seraphim as Partner | Matt O’Connell former GeoEye CEO is joining the firm as a Partner. Matt is widely recognised as a leading authority on the commercialisation of geospatial data, having led GeoEye, Inc., a global provider of geospatial intelligence solutions... |
| - | Seraphim Space’s $25 million investment into Isotropic Systems | Seraphim Space Investment Trust plc (LSE: SSIT), the world’s first listed fund focused on Space Tech, is pleased to announce an investment of USD $25 million into portfolio company Isotropic Systems (“Isotropic”), a leading developer of tra... |
| - | Seraphim Space Appoints new COO Sarah Shackleton | We are thrilled to finally announce that Sarah Shackleton, will be joining the team at Seraphim Space as Chief Operating Officer. The Space Tech sector is forecast to grow into a trillion-dollar industry this decade. Technological advances ... |
| - | SPACEX Successfully Launches Falcon 9 Including Satellites from 5 Seraphim Portfolio Companies | Today at at 2:27PM ET / 11:27AM PT, Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on a mission called Transporter 5. Minutes after stage separation, the Falcon 9’s reusable first-stage booster made a rar... |
| - | “Cell Towers” in space one step closer through $130m A-series | Kudos to Abel Avellan and his team at AST for closing this incredible round. We are delighted to have supported this team for the past 2 years and consider it to be one of the most exciting companies in the New Space ecosystem. Broadband co... |
| - | ICEYE Releases Images From Its Next Satellite | Seraphim Capital portfolio company ICEYE gave CNBC a look at the first image from its new ICEYE-X2 satellite in orbit. |
| - | Spire Global Features on BBC’s Tomorrows World | See this short excerpt from a BBC program televised on 25 November 2018 on the advances of the space industry finishing with a showcase about Spire Global and its place as a leader in the cubesat market. |
| - | Seraphim Space Tech Map – Update 2019 | Today we announce the update of Seraphim’s Space Tech Map, originally released in March 2018. |
| - | Array Labs raises $5 million for 3D-imagery constellation | Seraphim Space Investment Trust are thrilled to back Silicon Valley startup Array Labs alongside Agya Ventures (A real estate tech fund) as they raise $5 million in pre-seed funding. Array Labs are an alumni of our Accelerator mission 8, th... |
| - | ArQit lists on NASDAQ | [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” ... |
| - | Dr Maureen Haverty Joins Seraphim as Vice President | Maureen has Joined Seraphim as Vice President following a successful career in the new space industry. Maureen was an early-stage employee and COO at Apollo Fusion, a space startup, that was acquired for $145M by Astra, a NASDAQ-listed spac... |
| - | Space Taxi for Hire | Astrocast and D-Orbit signed an agreement for the launch and deployment of ten Astrocast nanosatellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO), through D-Orbit ‘s InOrbit Now Launch Service – a space taxi for Smallsats. |
| - | Altitude Angel preparing air traffic management for the future | The UK is leading Europe in preparing for major changes in the way air traffic is handled in the future. Our national air traffic service does a fantastic job of keeping our skies safe and accommodating multiple users, including general, co... |
| - | Spire Global’s Series D Funding | We are delighted to confirm Seraphim Space’s participation in Spire’s $40m Series D funding round, bringing on-board a range of new investors, including Itochu and GPO. The funding will be used to support the company’s work in developing ne... |
| - | Seraphim Space Index April 2018 to March 2019 42% Growth | We’re pleased to announce we’ve just completed our analysis of the last quarters Space Tech Venture Capital transactions, amounting to $1.6bn in the period to 31st March 2019. Every quarter we carefully monitor the investment in the Space T... |
| - | Job Opportunity: Investment Associate | Unique opportunity to work at the intersection of venture capital and SpaceTech with a global investment remit covering all stages from pre-seed to pre-IPO! |
| - | Seraphim Space Index – January 2017 to December 2017 | We’re pleased to announce we’ve just completed our analysis of the last quarters SpaceTech Venture Capital transactions. Every quarter we carefully monitor the investment in the SpaceTech sector globally over a rolling 12 month period, high... |
| - | Two Seraphim Space portfolio companies team-up to fight Pirates on the High Seas | The first of endless possibilities combining high temporal satellites (Spire Global >60 satellite constellation) alongside the SAR capability of the Iceye constellation (SAR=view ground in all weather conditions and at night) . Take a lo... |
| - | Altitude Angel successfully demonstrates the most comprehensive drone trial globally | According to the UK’s national air traffic service, NATS, 50% of air proximity events (i.e. an aircraft getting far too close to another for comfort) are the result of drone activity. That calls for immediate action in a world where drones ... |
| - | Amazon CTO announces the 1st AWS Space Accelerator cohort delivered by Seraphim | We have lift off! Werner Vogels VP & CTO Amazon has just announced the 10 startups we selected to take part in the first cohort of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Space Accelerator Seraphim Capital is delivering with AWS. The new accelera... |
| - | Seraphim Space Investment Trust’s $12.5m investment in Astroscale | Seraphim Space Investment Trust plc (LSE: SSIT), the world’s first listed fund focused on SpaceTech, announces that it has made a new $12.5m investment into Astroscale Holdings Inc., the market leader in satellite servicing and long-term or... |
| - | NuQuantum joins Seraphim Space Portfolio | For quantum cryptography and simulation to become real, the technology requires high-performance light-emitting and light-detecting components that operate at the single-photon level and at ambient temperature. One of the few companies oper... |
| - | Announcing our investment in UltraSoC | Seraphim is delighted to announce our recent investment in UltraSoc, a Cambridge based pioneering developer of analytics and monitoring technology at the heart of the systems-on-chip (SoCs) that power today’s electronic products. We partici... |
| - | Bezos finds British ally for blue-sky thinking | Amazon has gone into partnership with a British venture capital firm to launch a space start-up accelerator programme. |
| - | Seraphim Space Index – April 2017 to March 2018 | We’re pleased to announce we’ve just completed our analysis of the last quarters SpaceTech Venture Capital transactions. Every quarter we carefully monitor the investment in the SpaceTech sector globally over a rolling 12 month period, high... |
| - | Seraphim Space leads HawkEye 360 $145m Series D with $25m investment | Seraphim Space Investment Trust plc (LSE: SSIT), the world’s first listed fund focused on SpaceTech, announces that it has made a new $25 million investment into HawkEye 360 Inc. (“HawkEye 360”) the world’s leading commercial provider of sp... |
| - | Introducing the Seraphim SpaceTech Market Map | As the world’s only Space technology (‘SpaceTech’) focused venture capital fund, over the last 18 months we’ve been in the privileged position of having a panoptic view of all the innovation that is happening within the SpaceTech ecosystem.... |
| - | Altitude Angel wins significant UTM contract with leading European air navigation service provider | We congratulate the Altitude Angel team on winning a contract from LVNL, the Netherlands’ based organisation charged with managing the country’s airpsace and procuring innovative solutions to integrate manned and unmanned traffic. The Altit... |
| - | Portfolio Company Opteran Secures $12 Million to Create a New Standard for Autonomous Machines | We are thrilled to share the news that portfolio company Opteran, has secured $12 million in funding led by Join Capital, with additional funding from IQ Capital, Northern Gritstone, Episode 1, Schauenburg Ventures and with continued suppor... |
| - | ChAI Closes Seed Round Funding to Expand into AI Insurance Services | We were thrilled to lead the investment round into ChAI alongside Insurtech Gateway, Passion Capital, Primo Space Fund, 2050Cap and Portfolio Ventures. |
| - | SpaceTech Investment Trends with James Bruegger – M#7 Investor Showcase | We are joined by James Bruegger, Chief Investment Officer at Seraphim to discuss the latest trends in investment activity within the SpaceTech market. |
| - | Xona Space Systems Successfully raised over $25M in funding to date – including funds from GPS satellite maker Lockheed Martin | Thrilled for Seraphim Space portfolio company and Seraphim Space Camp Accelerator alumni Xona Space Systems as they share their recent funding news. An autonomous future for vehicles, drones, and industry as a whole is reliant on precision,... |
| - | UK Government gives the green light for World’s longest drone ‘superhighway’ | We are excited to share portfolio company Altitude Angel‘s announcement on Project Skyway. Altitude Angel is leading a consortium planning to build the world’s largest and longest network of ‘drone superhighways’ initially linking cities an... |
| - | Edgybees raises $9.5M Series A for its aerial video augmentation service | https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/17/edgybees-raises-9-5m-series-a-for-its-aerial-video-augmentation-service/ |
| - | Seraphim Space Index April 2019 to March 2020- 12 month Venture Funding approaches $5bn mark | We’re pleased to announce we’ve just completed our analysis of the last quarters Space Tech Venture Capital transactions, amounting to $2.1bn in the quarter period to 30th March 2019, $4.7bn for the 12 month period. Every quarter we careful... |
| - | Satellite Vu raises £3.6m (US$5m) for high-resolution thermal satellite insights to support the green industrial revolution | Satellite Vu has raised a £3.6m (US$5m) seed round led by Seraphim Capital to launch the world’s first satellite constellation capable of imaging the thermal footprint of any building on the planet every 1-2 hours. |
| - | 2020 Seraphim SpaceTech Sector Map representing the most promising start-ups in the domain | This map is not meant to be exhaustive, there are thousands of start-ups in this domain, but we only show the leading companies, in our view, based on venture funding raised and/or their potential to be a leader in each category. It’s also ... |
| - | Become an intern for our next Mission! | Programme Intern – Seraphim Space Camp Job Descriptions |
| - | Astroscale U.S. and Orbit Fab Sign First On-Orbit Satellite Fuel Sale Agreement | Portfolio company Astroscale U.S. Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc. and market leader in
securing long-term orbital sustainability has today joined in a new partnership that should break new ground for sustainable orbita... |
| - | Seraphim Space Camp launches Mission 8 | We are excited to reveal the startups joining the latest edition of the Seraphim Space Camp accelerator! |
| - | Seraphim Space Camp Launches Mission 4 | London, Thursday 10 October 2019 – Seraphim Capital today reveals the startups that are participating in Mission 4 of the Seraphim Space Camp programme, the UK’s first dedicated accelerator for global startups in the SpaceTech industry. Fea... |
| - | Goodbye, Michael Jones | http://https-www-geospatialworld-net-blogs-goodbye-michael-jones-the-man-who-gave-the-power-of-maps-in-our-hands |
| - | Seraphim Space Camp Reveals Mission 7 Cohort | Space Camp adds new partner with NSSIF and welcomes space companies from around the globe |
| - | D-Orbit Announces an Important Step in its Quest to Create Sustainable Space Logistics Infrastructure | Portfolio company D-Orbit announces an important step in its quest to create sustainable space logistics infrastructure; it has entered into a business combination agreement with Breeze Holdings Acquisition Corp to become a public company. |
| - | Astroscale Announces Arrival of Nick Shave as Managing Director | Portfolio company Astroscale announced that Nick Shave will succeed John Auburn as Managing Director of Astroscale Ltd. |
| - | Air traffic controllers partner with Altitude Angel to integrate drones safely in UK skies March 5, 2018 | Air traffic controllers partner with Altitude Angel to integrate drones safely in UK skies |
| - | Spire Global starts trading on the NYSE | Today Spire had their first day of trading as a public company on the New York Stock Exchange (Nasdaq: SPIR). Founded in 2012 by Peter Platzer, Jeroen Cappaert and Joel Spark, the company was an early pioneer in the cubesats market, proving... |
| - | ICEYE Series B and constellation roll out covered by CNBC | Finnish startup ICEYE is building the world’s largest constellation of tiny satellites to see through clouds |
| - | Portfolio Company Satellite Vu strikes deal with Landmark to provide climate change data to the UK land & property market sectors | Portfolio company Satellite Vu have secured a deal to provide data from their thermal, infrared satellites to Landmark, a leading provider of data to the UK land and property sector. Buildings contribute some 40 per cent to the world’s tota... |
| - | Spire Global lands deal with ESA for predictive weather data | Read the full article from CNBC here |
| - | Seraphim Space Camp Cohort #1 announced in Techcrunch | Back in March we covered the launch of Seraphim Capital’s new “Space Camp Accelerator”. This is the UK’s first dedicated accelerator programme for startups in the spacetech industry. |
| - | Satellites will act as thermometers in the sky | Awesome to see portfolio company Satellite Vu featured on BBC News sharing its plans to fly a network of spacecraft to map heat signatures across the planet. Such observations have long been made, but not at the resolution (3-4m) and freque... |
| - | Seraphim Global Space Index – 29% Year on Year Growth – January 2018 To December 2018 | The latest Seraphim Space index demonstrates the growing appetite for space tech by VC investors globally. Total investment grew by 29% during 2018 expanding from $2.5bn to $3.25bn. Whilst SpaceX generates most of the press coverage it acco... |
| - | Seraphim Space Camp launch Mission 9 | Lift Off! |
| - | Xona Space Systems Fully Funded for First LEO Satellite Navigation Mission | Xona Space readies for launch of first ever commercial PNT satellite |
| - | Seraphim Global Space Index July 2017 to June 2018 | [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” ... |
| - | Seraphim Capital Appoints Candace Johnson as New Venture Partner and Chair of Advisory Board | The world’s leading space-dedicated venture firm Seraphim Capital has today announced that serial space entrepreneur Candace Johnson will join as partner. Ms. Johnson has a long and distinguished career as founder/co-founder of such space v... |
| - | Announcing Seraphim Smallsat Constellation Market Map | We are pleased to announce that building on the success of our Seraphim SpaceTech Ecosystem Map we are launching a new market map focused on smallsat constellations to showcase the incredible richness of the miniature satellites (smallsat) ... |
| - | Seraphim Global Space Index – October 2017 to September 2018- $3.2bn In Venture Funding | - |
| - | Sky News interview with Arqit Chairman and CEO | David Williams, Arqit Chairman and CEO talks to Sky news’ Ian King |
| - | Seraphim Space Investment Trust Raises £180m in Oversubscribed IPO | https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/market-news/results-of-the-issue/15053822 |
| - | Seraphim Space Camp Reveals Mission 5 Cohort | London, 14 May 2020 – Seraphim Capital today reveals the startups that are participating in Mission 5 of Space Camp, the UK’s first dedicated accelerator for global startups in the SpaceTech industry. Featuring seven new startups, the accel... |
| - | Announcing our Investment in Space Camp alum Xona Space Systems | Xona Space Systems raises $1M pre-seed round from 1517, Seraphim Capital, Trucks Venture Capital and Stellar Solutions |
| - | Seraphim Space Camp mission 8 alumni Ubotica Technologies Raised $4.2million Seed Round | We were thrilled to play a part in Ubotica Technologies over subscribed seed round with a global syndicate led by Atlantic Bridge. Ubotica is the leading provider of smarts for smart satellites, addressing major challenges by providing real... |
| - | QuadSAT announces collaboration with ESA | QuadSAT, a Seraphim Space portfolio company, recently announced a collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a new, standards compliant, innovative satellite antenna testing service. |
| - | UK and European space agencies, and space industry giants, back Space Camp Accelerator to nurture best-of-breed startups | Capital is today launching Space Camp Accelerator, the UK’s first dedicated accelerator programme for startups in the spacetech industry. Backed by both the UK and European space agencies, as well as by corporate partners including Rolls Ro... |
| - | Seraphim Space Index July 2018 to June 2019 – Total funding up $1bn on last year | We’re pleased to announce we’ve just completed our analysis of the last quarters Space Tech Venture Capital transactions, amounting to $1.3bn in the period to 30th June 2019. $4.3bn for the 12 month period. Every quarter we carefully monito... |
| - | Seraphim Space Index October 2018 to September 2019 – 37% Year on Year Growth to $4.4bn | We’re pleased to announce we’ve just completed our analysis of the last quarters Space Tech Venture Capital transactions, amounting to $0.7bn in the period to 30th September 2019. $4.4bn for the 12 month period. Every quarter we carefully m... |
| - | Seraphim Space Portfolio Company Iceye Achieves World First | We are delighted to report that Seraphim portfolio company Iceye has successfully launched its first satellite. |
| - | Rogue drones cause Gatwick to close | This problem is only going in one direction until the regulation around air traffic control for drones becomes a reality. |
| - | Iceye Raises $87m Series C to Continue Conquering Boundaries in Radar Satellite Imaging | Seraphim portfolio company Iceye – the world’s leading synthetic aperture radar (SAR) smallsat constellation – has today announced a recording breaking $87m Series C funding round. |
| - | Seraphim Space Fund backs new forms of intelligence, adding Opteran to the portfolio | A UK startup called Opteran is forging a paradigm shift in intelligence that is not based on today’s Deep Learning AI, which is simply sophisticated deterministic pattern matching. |
| - | Former Virgin Group Senior Partner Patrick McCall joins Seraphim’s Investment Team | Patrick joins the team at Seraphim as a Venture Partner following a long and distinguished career in the space, communication and transport sector, He worked for two decades in the senior team driving the expansion of the Virgin Group and a... |
| - | Seraphim launches ESG Monitoring tool for Space sector | We are delighted to announce the launch of our new ESG Investment monitoring tool which will enhance the# SeraphimSpace Investment Trusts ESG credentials by ensuring all of the Trusts existing and future portfolio company investments not on... |
| - | Altitude Angel secures $4.5m Series A funding led by Seraphim Space Fund to boost autonomous drone flight | Altitude Angel, the drone management platform and airspace integration start-up, has today announced a USD $4.5m Series A funding round led by the Seraphim Space Fund, with participation from ADV and Frequentis AG. |
| - | Her Majesty the Queen and HRH The Princess Royal Visit Spire’s Glasgow Facility | Her Majesty The Queen and Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal today visited the Glasgow facility of Spire Global, a leading provider of space-based data, analytics and space services. The visit was part of a series of engagements carried ... |
| - | Altitude Angel partners with DJI to provide enhanced airspace data | Read the full article here. |
| - | 3 Seraphim Portfolio Companies Make the Fast Company most Innovative | We are thrilled that three Seraphim Portfolio companies have made this years Fast Company annual ranking of businesses that are making an outsize impact. |
| - | Iceye raises $34m Series B | 24 May 2018 ICEYE Raises $34M in Series B Financing and Confirms Nine Satellite Launches by End of 2019 |
| - | Altitude Angel announces its drone de-confliction service | We all love announcements about new features and products that make drone products and services better. But this one today from our portfolio company, Altitude Angel, is a step above the rest given its significance and impact on making our ... |
| - | Seraphim portfolio company acquired by Siemens | We backed UltraSoC a year ago to support it on its quest to make in-life, real-time analytics an integral part of every electronic device and every autonomous system. |
| - | British Satellite scale-up raises £15m in oversubscribed Series A funding | London, October 2021: British satellite scale-up Satellite Vu, founded in 2016, has successfully raised £15 million ($20.7 million), as it looks to ramp up its plans to launch seven thermal and infrared imaging satellites into space that wi... |
| - | ICEYE unveils SAR Video | ICEYE made headlines last week, previewing their new product, SAR Video. Seraphim portfolio company, ICEYE, is the World’s first small SAR satellite constellation. Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is capable of imaging through clouds, in the ... |
| - | The Seraphim Global Space Index shows 21% Year on Year Growth – January 2019 To December 2019 | Last year was a record year for the space industry with the Seraphim Space Index showing continued momentum from global venture investors who increased their investment in the sector by 21%. Total VC investment soared to $4.1bn during the y... |
| - | Seraphim Space Camp announces latest cohort of cutting-edge SpaceTech startups | We are thrilled to announce Seraphim Space Camp’s latest cohort of 7 leading SpaceTech startups! Joining us virtually from across the UK, US and Canada the Mission 6 cohort utilising New Space technologies to solve on-Earth problems, with m... |
| - | Seraphim Space Investment Trust invests into LeoLabs | Seraphim Space Investment Trust (LSE: SSIT), the world’s first listed fund focused on Space Tech, is pleased to announce an investment of $3 million into US-based space mapping company LeoLabs as part of a $65m Series B round. |
| - | Leolabs launches it’s next generation space radar | Space debris is a growing problem in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). This debris is mostly made up of defunct/non-operational satellites, used upper stages of launch vehicles and collisions between satellites, coming in all shapes and sizes. The iss... |
| - | LeoLabs raises $65M Series B for its satellite monitoring and collision detection service | LeoLabs raises $65M Series B for its satellite monitoring and collision detection service | TechCrunch |
| - | Seraphim announces investments into two further transformative UK space tech companies ahead of its planned IPO | Seraphim Capital, the world’s leading specialist investment group focused on the Space sector, has recently invested £2 million into two UK companies – Isotropic Systems (“Isotropic”) and Commodities AI (“ChAI”). |
| - | Spire unveils its GNSS reflectometry service | Seraphim portfolio company Spire Global has made headlines in the last week, showcasing its new service of GNSS reflectometry. Spire is one of the leading NewSpace companies, operating a constellation of over 80 cubesats with a variety of s... |
| - | Isotropic Systems has rebranded to ALL.SPACE | This transformation marks a new phase in the company’s progression as the creators of the 5th generation smart satellite terminal; the world’s only platform for total communications convergence. |
