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11.04.2025 | Space startups face uncertainty as US cuts federal spending, report says | U.S. federal budget cuts have started to have some early impact on space startups after funding for such companies dropped 12.5 per cent in the first quarter, according to investment firm Seraphim Space.
Elon Musk-led Department of Governme... |
30.01.2025 | AscendArc secures $3.95M in funding to develop scalable satellite technology | Satellite telecommunications company AscendArc has secured $3.95 million in pre-seed and seed funding to advance its satellite communications technology.
Investors backing the round include Seraphim Space, Everywhere Ventures, Portland Seed... |
24.12.2024 | ICEYE: Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite Operations Company Secures $65 Million | ICEYE, the global leader in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite operations for high-fidelity Earth Observation, persistent monitoring, and natural catastrophe solutions, announced that it had closed a $65 million extension of the compa... |
18.12.2024 | ICEYE Closes $65M Extension to Existing Growth Round | ICEYE, a Helsinki, Finland-based company which specializes in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite operations for high-fidelity Earth Observation, persistent monitoring, and natural catastrophe solutions, raised $65M extension to existi... |
23.04.2024 | Seraphim Space launches second spacetech fund | UK-based spacetech VC Seraphim Space have closed their new fund Seraphim Space Ventures II LP (SVII).
Seraphim Space is the most prolific spacetech investor globally, with investments in over 120 SpaceTech companies in 27 countries that hav... |
23.04.2024 | UK’s Seraphim Space announces first close of new early-stage fund to back SpaceTech innovators | Read this article in:
London-based Seraphim Space, a SpaceTech investment group, announced that it has completed the first phase of fundraising for its new venture fund, Seraphim Space Ventures II LP (SSV II).
SSV II’s new investment partne... |
22.04.2024 | Seraphim Space investment trust manager sells assets to itself to unlock value | Seraphim Space Investment Trust has sold its stake in all nine of its early-stage companies to a new venture capital fund managed by Seraphim.
Seraphim Space has been the best-performing investment trust throughout 2024, having returned 60 ... |
21.04.2024 | Seraphim Space launches second VC fund with nine investments already under its belt | Seraphim Space, the UK-based space tech investment group is formally launching its second VC fund following its first close with limited partners including Eutelsat, TechCrunch learned exclusively. The early stage fund will build a global p... |
27.12.2023 | 'There has never been such big hype': Why space tech is booming thanks to AI | Premium Tech 'There has never been such big hype': Why space tech is booming thanks to AI
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19.12.2023 | Space tech forecast for 2024: Rising investments, lunar exploration, and pivotal SpaceX moments | Mark Boggett Contributor
Mark Boggett is the CEO and co-founder of the Seraphim Space Manager LLP, the world's first listed fund focused on space tech.
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13.10.2023 | Is the Space Sector Investment Showing Signs of Recovery? | The global spacetech investment sector is experiencing a resurgence in the third quarter of 2023, with signs of renewed investor confidence and record-breaking merger and acquisition activity, according to a new report from Seraphim. Notabl... |
17.07.2023 | UK’s Space Sector Report: Strong Growth and High Global Ranking | Entering 2023, The UK’s space sector surpassed generated income of the previous year by 5.1%. At this rate, it will outpace both the global space sector in the same period and the general UK economy, according to the UK government.
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17.04.2023 | Max Q: Starship. That’s the headline. | Hello and welcome back to Max Q!
In this issue:
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Three brothers want to harvest water from the moon for propellant
News from Stoke Space and more Starship
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10.04.2023 | Max Q: This is not a drill! | Hello and welcome back to Max Q! Straight to the big news up front: It seems that we are finally getting close to the first orbital flight test (OFT) of SpaceX’s Starship — for real this time. It’s looking like a wet dress is likely next we... |
16.03.2023 | QuadSAT scaling new heights with €9 million funding round | Danish company, QuadSAT ApS, has raised €9 million in funding to scale up its operations, hire talent and increase its product range.
The funding round was led by IQ capital and supported by current investors, including Seraphim Space, Dani... |
17.01.2023 | Daily Crunch: Apple powers up 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with M2 Pro and Max chips | To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here.
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16.01.2023 | 7 space tech predictions for 2023 | Mark Boggett Contributor
Mark Boggett is the CEO and co-founder of the Seraphim Space Manager LLP, the world's first listed fund focused on space tech. Cell phone connectivity from space
Multiple players in the industry have recently set th... |
14.11.2022 | Max Q: Join us! | Hello and welcome back to Max Q. Before we get to the news, I have a pretty exciting announcement myself: We’re offering to Max Q subscribers free tickets to TechCrunch’s in-person space event. Find out more about the event and get your fre... |
08.11.2022 | Seraphim kicks off Space Camp X | The tenth cohort of Seraphim Capital's space tech accelerator, Seraphim Space Accelerator (it was Space Camp in the UK before - in the US it is called Generation Space Accelerator), is about to get started with the help of nine startups acr... |
08.11.2022 | Seraphim kicks off 10th space accelerator | The tenth cohort of Seraphim Capital's space tech accelerator, Seraphim Space Accelerator (in the US it is called Generation Space Accelerator), is about to get started with the help of nine startups across four continents.
The London-based... |
03.11.2022 | Monitoring water stress levels from space, constellr raises $10 million | Freiburg-based Fraunhofer Institute spin-off constellr has raised $10 million in one of the largest Seed funding rounds in the space sector seen to date. The startup offers precise and plot-level water stress monitoring for the agricultural... |
15.09.2022 | French startup Leanspace steers ahead with €6 million to help companies manage their space missions | French startup building the digital infrastructure of the space industry, Leanspace has announced second closing of its €6 million seed round. The investment was led by Budapest-based European Space VC Herius Capital. Herius joins existing ... |
15.09.2022 | French startup Leanspace steers ahead with €6 million to help companies manage their space missions | French startup building the digital infrastructure of the space industry, Leanspace has announced the second closing of its €6 million seed round. The additional investment comes from Budapest-based European Space VC Herius Capital. Herius ... |
08.09.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: $40m for crop intelligence, using tobacco for cultivated meat, Netherlands’ meat ads ban | This week, crop intelligence platform Taranis secured more capital for its aerial imagery and AI tech and BioBetter landed funds to turn tobacco into growth factors for cultivated meat. Online grocer Motatos bagged new capital, Uber and Nur... |
24.06.2022 | Opteran weaves in $12 million to develop AI driven by brain biomimicry inspired by insects | UK AI chip startup Opteran has raised $12 million in funding to further develop its optical flow AI technology into decision making. The round was led by Join Capital and backed by IQ Capital, Northern Gritstone, Seraphim, Episode 1 and Sch... |
18.05.2022 | Ubotica Technologies Raises €4M ($4.2M) Seed Funding to Deliver Persistent Real-time Insights for Space | Dublin, Ireland: Today, 18 May 2022, Ubotica Technologies, the leading provider of smarts for smart satellites, closed an oversubscribed Seed round with a global syndicate led by Atlantic Bridge and including co-investment from US based Dol... |
22.03.2022 | Savings app unicorn Acorns is adding Bitcoin exposure to portfolios. Here’s the catch | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
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04.02.2022 | Helsinki-based spacetech ICEYE raises $136M to expand its in-orbit spacecraft fleet | Helsinki-based spacetech ICEYE raises $136M to expand its in-orbit spacecraft fleet
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04.02.2022 | Helsinki-based spacetech ICEYE raises $136M to expand its in-orbit spacecraft fleet | Helsinki-based spacetech ICEYE raises $136M to expand its in-orbit spacecraft fleet
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03.02.2022 | Eye in the sky ICEYE lands $136 million in new funding round | Designer, maker, and operator of the world’s largest synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) constellation, ICEYE, has raised $136 million in a Series D funding round. The new capital will be used to drive the further development of the company’s na... |
30.12.2021 | Космические стартапы — не Маском единым | Космические стартапы — не Маском единым |
25.11.2021 | Seraphim Space Investment Trust Raises approximately £180m in Oversubscribed IPO | 12/07/2021
Seraphim Space Investment Trust Raises approximately £180m in Oversubscribed IPO
Seraphim Space Investment Trust plc, a newly established closed-ended investment company which will invest in a diversified international portfo... |
27.09.2021 | Isotropic Systems : secures over $37m in additional Series B funding to facilitate the development of unique multi-link antenna through to product launch in 2022 | LONDON, Sept. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Isotropic Systems, a leading developer of transformational broadband terminal technologies, announces that it has raised over $37 million in an equity financing round, which fully funds the development... |
29.04.2021 | SpaceX Илона Маска разогнала объем инвестиций в «космические» компании до рекордных сумм | Исходя из показателей индекса Seraphim SpaceTech, инвестиции в космический сектор выросли к апрелю на 100% к году и составили $8,7 млрд. Половину из них привлекли OneWeb и SpaceX.
Привлекательность компании Маска в вопросе вложений обусловл... |
06.04.2021 | AWS opens applications for Equity Equivalent Investment Programme | Amazon Web Services (AWS) South Africa is inviting black-owned small IT businesses to apply for its Equity Equivalent Investment Programme (EEIP).
In 2019, the Amazon subsidiary launched the AWS Equity Equivalent Investment Programme in SA,... |
31.03.2021 | AWS announces Space Accelerator program for startups
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31.03.2021 | Amazon открыл акселератор для стартапов в области космических технологий | Для участия в акселераторе выберут 10 компаний, они получат до $100 тысяч для использования в облачной инфраструктуре Amazon Web Services и наставников из числа «экспертов космической области и технической тематики с глубоким опытом работы ... |
30.03.2021 | Amazon partners with Seraphim on AWS accelerator for space startups | Amazon will soon be a big part of the space economy in the form of its Kuiper satellite internet constellation, but here on Earth its ambitions are more commonplace: get an accelerator going. They’ve partnered with space-focused VC outfit S... |
17.02.2021 | Edgybees raises $9.5M Series A for its aerial video augmentation service | Edgybees, a company that helps businesses, first responders and military users accurately geotag and augment their aerial video streams in real time, today announced that it has raised a $9.5 million Series A round. The news comes almost ex... |
22.11.2016 | Seraphim Capital Launches £80m Space Tech Fund | London, UK-based Seraphim Capital has launched an £80m space tech venture capital fund.
The Seraphim Space Fund, which is backed by a £30m investment from the British Business Bank (made under its Enterprise Capital Funds program) alongside... |
- | 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. |
- | 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... |
- | Opteran weaves in $12 million to develop AI driven by brain biomimicry inspired by insects | UK AI chip startup Opteran has raised $12 million in funding to further develop its optical flow AI technology into decision making. The round was led by Join Capital and backed by IQ Capital, Northern Gritstone, Seraphim, Episode 1 and Sch... |
- | 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... |
- | 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... |
- | Satellite Vu views £15 million in Series A raise | British satellite startup Satellite Vu has raised £15 million in a Series A funding round. The company aims to monitor the temperature of any building on the planet in real-time from space and deliver insights into economic activity, energy... |
- | Multi-link satellite antenna maker Isotropic Systems raises $37 million | Reading's maker of multi-link, low-profile satellite antennas, Isotropic Systems has raised $37 million in a Series B funding round. In a nutshell, Isotropic Systems supports the connection between terrestrial systems and the vast amount of... |
- | Eye in the sky ICEYE lands $136 million in new funding round | Designer, maker, and operator of the world’s largest synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) constellation, ICEYE, has raised $136 million in a Series D funding round. The new capital will be used to drive the further development of the company’s na... |