Albedo is developing low-flying satellites that will capture visible and thermal imagery at the highest resolution commercially available. By making aerial quality imagery globally available, easy to purchase, and transparent to task, we aim to catalyze market growth and spur new applications.
The world is rapidly changing and a new level of visibility and transparency is required to solve some of our largest problems. Albedo’s 10cm visible and 4m thermal imagery will fuel insights for industries such as mapping, insurance, utilities, solar, agriculture, carbon offsets, infrastructure sustainability, national security, and much more.
The world is rapidly changing and a new level of visibility and transparency is required to solve some of our largest problems. Albedo’s 10cm visible and 4m thermal imagery will fuel insights for industries such as mapping, insurance, utilities, solar, agriculture, carbon offsets, infrastructure sustainability, national security, and much more.
Location: United States, Texas, Austin
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $93M
Founded date: 2020
Investors 10
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 23.01.2024 | Series A | $35M | - |
| 07.09.2022 | Series A | $58M | Shield Cap... |
Mentions in press and media 10
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| 22.07.2025 | Booz Allen: Venture Capital Commitment Tripled To $300 Million | Advanced technology firm Booz Allen Hamilton announced it is tripling its venture capital investment from $100 million to $300 million. Booz Allen Ventures plans to utilize this funding to support American innovation and develop new solutio... |
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| 01.05.2024 | NASA orders studies from private space companies on Mars mission support roles | Mars exploration has always been the exclusive purview of national space agencies, but NASA is trying to change that, awarding a dozen research tasks to private companies as a prelude to commercial support for future missions to the Red Pla... |
| 26.02.2024 | Стартап Albedo запустит спутник с опцией распознавания лиц | Американский стартап Albedo в 2025 году планирует запустить в космос спутник, который сможет разглядеть человека и распознать его по лицу. В связи с этим возникли опасения во вмешательстве в частную жизнь граждан. Albedo начал свою работу н... |
| 23.01.2024 | Albedo Raises $35M in Series A-1 Funding | This sample 10 cm/pixel visible image, with an example 2 meters/pixel thermal snapshot, depicts a natural gas compression site, demonstrating the level of detail and clarity of Albedo satellite imagery. Scene content, such as vehicles prese... |
| 23.01.2024 | Albedo closes $35M at boosted valuation to build satellites that orbit very, very close to Earth | Satellite startup Albedo aims to provide commercial orbital imagery so detailed that the military kept its own version under wraps — until it was leaked a few years ago by Donald Trump. In 2019, then-President Trump tweeted a detailed image... |
| 09.08.2023 | Albedo selects Aerospacelab products for its very-low Earth Observation (VLEO) satellite | Albedo, the first company to offer aerial-quality imagery from space, has signed with Aerospacelab to acquire their product suite for their first VLEO satellite. Logan, Utah, United States, 9 August 2023 – 16:30 CET – Aerospacelab, a fast-g... |
| 07.07.2023 | The A-List Investors: Top Celebrities Diving into the World of Startups | USA ~ Company: Remember when Captain America (played by Chris Evans) challenged Iron Man (played by Robert Downey Jr.) in the Avengers movie (2012), saying, “Big man in a suit of armor. Take that off, what are you?” Tony Stark, without miss... |
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| 07.09.2022 | Albedo Raises $48M in Series A Funding | Albedo, an Austin, TX-based company developing low-flying satellites that will deliver ultra high resolution images, raised $48M in Series A financing. The round, which brought total funding to $58M, was co-led by Breakthrough Energy Ventur... |