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| 17.03.2026 | Космос-2055: как будет выглядеть космонавтика через 30 лет? | Утро 17 марта 2055 года. На высоте четырехсот километров над планетой смену принимает экипаж коммерческой станции, принадлежащей компании Axiom Space. Через несколько часов сюда причалит грузовой корабль с оборудованием для нового фармацевт... |
| 01.07.2025 | Swiss AI start-ups selected by WEF, Microsoft and VentureBeat |
EthonAI has been selected for the World Economic Forum’s MINDS programme. The programme was launched to spotlight AI applications already delivering real impact across critical sectors like healthcare, energy and financial services. The MI... |
| 18.09.2024 | Swiss spacetech startups help enhance satellite operations |
Leanspace, a ground segment solutions provider, has secured €10.5 million in funding from the French government's France 2030 "UMBRELLA" Project in which Swiss startup Cysec and Constellation Technologies & Operations (CTO) a... |
| 17.04.2024 | Lakestar's $600M Investment in Europe's Tech Future | Lakestar, the investment firm, recently closed two funds totaling $600 million to fuel the growth of European startups in key sectors like AI, digitalization, healthcare, and fintech. These funds aim to strengthen Europe's innovation ecosys... |
| 11.04.2024 | Lakestar raises $600 million |
Both new funds will focus their investments across geographies, with a focus on Europe in sectors such as AI, digitalisation, deep tech, healthcare, and fintech. The funds are aligned with Lakestar’s commitment to invest in technology adva... |
| 21.02.2024 | New UK contract strengthens ClearSpace space refueling capabilities |
The REFUEL.ME study, which will run until September 2024, will involve the establishment of the key mission requirements and the definition of the mission concept of operations, leading to an initial design of the servicer satellite and a ... |
| 22.01.2024 | A spotlight for Swiss startups |
The UpLink accelerator program has welcomed a new cohort for the challenge Sustainable Aviation Accelerator, designed to accelerate innovative solutions aiming to decarbonize aviation. Sought-for ideas included sustainable fuels, propulsio... |
| 22.01.2024 | A spotlight for Swiss startups | |
| 07.09.2023 | A biotech company ranks first at the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award | |
| 23.08.2023 | VESPA Space Junk Hit with Another Space Junk But ClearSpace-1 Mission Still Set for 2026 | Isaiah Richard, Tech Times 23 August 2023, 11:08 pm
A chunk of a default payload adapter that launched in 2013 was the subject of a clean-up mission to rid it from orbit, but it was ironically hit with another space junk that caused it to s... |
| 18.04.2023 | New markets for Swiss deeptech startups | |
| 24.02.2023 | ESA Set To Deploy 4-Armed Robots To Clean Space Junk in Orbit | Jace Dela Cruz, Tech Times 24 February 2023, 08:02 am
ClearSpace, a Swiss company, and its commercial partners have passed their first significant program assessment with the European Space Agency (ESA) for their innovative mission to remov... |
| 23.01.2023 | ClearSpace sammelt 26,7 Millionen ein – 42watt bekommt Millionensumme – Carl und DoubleDigit fusionieren | Im #DealMonitor für den 23. Januar werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-A... |
| 19.01.2023 | Cleaning up space debris, Switzerland’s ClearSpace closes €26.7 million round | Renes, Switzerland-based ClearSpace has raised €26.7 million in a Series A funding round. The injection burn is slated to help propel the startup in its continuing mission to keep space free of junk, and presumably operational objects opera... |
| 19.01.2023 | ClearSpace raises €26 million to cleanup space | |
| 19.01.2023 | ClearSpace raises EUR 26 million to clean up Earth's orbit | ClearSpace raises EUR 26 million to clean up Earth's orbit 19.01.2023 14:50, Morgane Ghilardi linkedIn facebook twitter instagram youtube -->
The funding allows the Swiss–based leader in in–orbit servicing and active space debris removal... |
| 19.01.2023 | ClearSpace raises $29 million ahead of first debris removal mission | TAMPA, Fla. — Swiss startup ClearSpace said Jan. 19 it has raised about $29 million to support its first space debris removal mission in 2026.
Europe-focused early-stage investor OTB Ventures led the Series A financing round along with Swis... |
| 19.01.2023 | Switzerland’s ClearSpace raises €26M to clear debris from space: Here’s how | Lausanne, Switzerland-based ClearSpace, an In-Orbit Services (IOS) company, announced on Thursday that it has secured €26M in a Series A round of funding led by OTB Ventures and Swisscom Ventures.
Luxembourg Future Fund, Lakestar, In-Q-Tel,... |
| 05.10.2022 | DIGIT Deal Roundup | September 2022 | Deals and Acquisitions Kick ICT and Consilium UK
IT services provider Kick ICT has acquired Consilium UK. The deal, which is for an undisclosed sum, marks the eighth in seven years for Kick ICT, and comes as the firm expands its services to... |
| 27.09.2022 | UK Space Agency gives green light for next step of space debris mission | |
| 02.03.2022 | Without sustainable practices, orbital debris will hinder space’s gold rush | Luca Rossettini Contributor
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| 14.01.2022 | OMEGA joins ClearSpace Clean Up Mission | |
| 01.11.2021 | UK Space Agency selects ClearSpace to push ahead with space debris removal | |
| 26.10.2021 | UK funds studies to remove two spacecraft from LEO | TAMPA, Fla. — The UK Space Agency has awarded study contracts for a mission to remove two spacecraft from low Earth orbit by 2025.
Consortiums led by Swiss startup ClearSpace and Japan-based Astroscale received just under £700,000 ($1 milli... |
| 30.06.2021 | CHF 4 million for ClearSpace’s robot cleaner | |
| 25.03.2021 | After closing a €86.2M contract with ESA, ClearSpace opens UK subsidiary | Since its formation in 2018, ClearSpace has innovated rapidly and has recently signed an €86.2M in-orbit service contract with the European Space Agency to remove orbital debris, the first step in cleaning up Space for future generations. C... |
| 25.03.2021 | After closing a €86.2M contract with ESA, ClearSpace opens UK subsidiary | |
| 01.12.2020 | The ESA wants to clean up space junk with a giant, rocket-powered claw | Remember those arcade grabbing machines, forever immortalized in Toy Story as the godlike entity known as “The Claw”? Well, a much larger version of that same concept could soon be shot into orbit and used to clean up space junk — referring... |
| 30.11.2020 | ESA and ClearSpace sign €86 million contract for space debris removal | At ESA’s Space19+ Ministerial Council, ministers granted ESA the funding to place a service contract with a commercial provider for the safe removal of an inactive object from low Earth orbit. Following a competitive process, an industrial ... |
| 30.11.2020 | ESA and ClearSpace sign €86 million contract for space debris removal | |
| 24.06.2020 | Swiss startup ClearSpace gets support from Microsoft to clean up space | |
| 24.06.2020 | Swiss startup ClearSpace gets support from Microsoft to clean up space | Today there are more than 3,000 failed satellites orbiting Earth. These uncontrollable objects present risks of explosions or collisions with other satellites. With a rapidly increasing number of satellites launched every year, the populati... |
| 17.03.2020 | ClearSpace obtains CHF 100'000 | The three founders of ClearSpace, Luc Piguet (CEO), Muriel Richard (Tech Lead) and Catherine Johnson (Design) are on a mission to remove about 3’000 deficient satellites currently in orbit around the earth. With the growing number of small ... |
| 17.03.2020 | ClearSpace obtains CHF 100'000 | |
| 25.02.2020 | A fruitful year for Business Angels Switzerland | Business Angels Switzerland is an association comprising private individuals who are will willing to invest time and money in small, newly founded companies with innovative projects. The club consists of approximately 100 members split over... |
| 25.02.2020 | A fruitful year for Business Angels Switzerland | |
| 12.12.2019 | "Unlike much bigger players, our sole focus has always been on space debris" | Normal 0 21 false false false FR-CH X-NONE X-NONE |
| 29.11.2019 | Switzerland takes the lead in removal of space debris thanks to ClearSpace | During the two-day ESA Ministerial summit held Seville, Spain ministers in charge of space affairs and other participants including Martina Hirayama, the Swiss State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation, set goals to support ong... |
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