Sector

Space companies

Launch, satellite and in-orbit infrastructure companies, ranked by how many investors have funded them.

203 companies
203
Space companies tracked
116
With a known investor
25
Countries represented

Most backed space companies

Ranked by the number of distinct investors on record. Investor counts come from recorded rounds, so a company with few investors may simply be early rather than unbacked.

ICEYE

series c plus
28
investors
FinlandFounded 2014

Isar Aerospace

series c plus
15
investors
GermanyFounded 2018

Spire

series c plus
12
investors
United StatesFounded 2012

Astranis

series c plus
10
investors
United StatesFounded 2015

EnduroSat

series a
8
investors
BulgariaFounded 2014

Orbex

acquired
8
investors
United Kingdom

Starfish Space

series a
6
investors
United StatesFounded 2020

Open Cosmos

series c plus
5
investors
United KingdomFounded 2015

Aquila Space Technologies

series c plus
4
investors
Germany

Infinite Orbits

series b
4
investors
France

Latitude

series a
4
investors
FranceFounded 2019

Leaf Space

series b
4
investors
ItalyFounded 2017

Momentus

series c plus
4
investors
United StatesFounded 2017

Neuraspace

series a
4
investors
Portugal

Silicon Microgravity

series a
4
investors
United Kingdom

Space Forge

series a
4
investors
United StatesFounded 2018

ThrustMe

seed
4
investors
France

ATMOS Space Cargo

series a
3
investors
Germany

Aurora Propulsion Technologies Oy

seed
3
investors
FinlandFounded 2018

Bellatrix Aerospace

series b
3
investors
IndiaFounded 2015

ClearSpace

series a
3
investors
SwitzerlandFounded 2018

Ienai SPACE

seed
3
investors
GermanyFounded 2020

leanspace

series a
3
investors
FranceFounded 2020

Look Up Space

series c plus
3
investors
FranceFounded 2020

Magdrive

seed
3
investors
Germany

Minysa

pre seed
3
investors
Switzerland

Nebex

seed
3
investors
United States

Orbital Operations

series c plus
3
investors
United States

Pangea Aerospace

seed
3
investors
Spain

Perceptive Space

pre seed
3
investors
Canada

ReOrbit

seed
3
investors
FinlandFounded 2019

Satlantis

series a
3
investors
SpainFounded 2020

Sidereus Space Dynamics

seed
3
investors
Italy

Skycorp Technologies

seed
3
investors
GermanyFounded 2019

Star Catcher

series a
3
investors
United StatesFounded 2024

Stellar Alpina

pre seed
3
investors
Switzerland

Ubotica Technologies

series a
3
investors
Ireland

Varda Space

series c plus
3
investors
United StatesFounded 2020

Akash Systems

series a
2
investors
United States

Archangel Lightworks

series a
2
investors
United Kingdom

Asteryos

seed
2
investors
France

Aurora Avionics

seed
2
investors
United Kingdom

Charter Space

seed
2
investors
United Kingdom

Dream Aerospace Technologies

series a
2
investors
India

Eoliann

seed
2
investors
France

E-Space

seed
2
investors
United States

Farcast

series c plus
2
investors
United States

GRU Space

seed
2
investors
United StatesFounded 2025

Interstellar Lab

seed
2
investors
FranceFounded 2017

Juno Propulsion

pre seed
2
investors

LongShot

seed
2
investors
United States

Messium

seed
2
investors
United Kingdom

OpenSky

series c plus
2
investors

Picosats

series c plus
2
investors
Italy

Portal Space Systems

series a
2
investors
United States

Qdot

seed
2
investors
United KingdomFounded 2020

QOSMIC

seed
2
investors
India

Sophia Space

seed
2
investors
United States

Stellar Telecommunications

series a
2
investors

TrustPoint

seed
2
investors
United States

Where space companies are, and how far along

Computed across the whole tagged set, not just the companies listed above. Percentages are of the companies that have the field recorded, which is stated for each.

By country

182 companies with a recorded country

  • United States6636%
  • Germany1910%
  • United Kingdom1910%
  • France1810%
  • Switzerland116%
  • India74%
  • Italy53%
  • Czech Republic42%

By stage

119 companies with a recorded stage

  • Seed5042%
  • Series C+2319%
  • Series A2319%
  • Pre seed119%
  • Series B98%
  • Acquired22%
  • Pre-IPO11%

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