Sector

Space companies

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

178 companies
178
Space companies tracked
97
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

unknown
13
investors
FinlandFounded 2014

Spire

unknown
11
investors
United StatesFounded 2012

Astranis

unknown
8
investors
United StatesFounded 2015

Axiom Space

series c plus
5
investors
United StatesFounded 2016

Latitude

series a
5
investors
FranceFounded 2019

Space Forge

series a
5
investors
United StatesFounded 2018

Argo Space

unknown
4
investors
United StatesFounded 2023

Aurora Propulsion Technologies Oy

unknown
4
investors
FinlandFounded 2018

Leaf Space

series b
4
investors
ItalyFounded 2017

Orbex

acquired
4
investors
United Kingdom

ATMOS Space Cargo

unknown
3
investors
Germany

Infinite Orbits

unknown
3
investors
France

Look Up Space

unknown
3
investors
FranceFounded 2020

Magdrive

seed
3
investors
Germany

OKAPI:Orbits

seed
3
investors
GermanyFounded 2023

Open Cosmos

unknown
3
investors
United KingdomFounded 2015

Orbital Operations

seed
3
investors
United States

Skycorp Technologies

seed
3
investors
GermanyFounded 2019

Starfish Space

series a
3
investors
United StatesFounded 2020

ThrustMe

unknown
3
investors
France

Varda Space

unknown
3
investors
United StatesFounded 2020

Akash Systems

unknown
2
investors
United States

Charter Space

seed
2
investors
United Kingdom

ClearSpace

series a
2
investors
SwitzerlandFounded 2018

Cognitive Space

unknown
2
investors
NetherlandsFounded 2020

GRU Space

unknown
2
investors
United StatesFounded 2025

Interstellar Lab

unknown
2
investors
FranceFounded 2017

leanspace

series a
2
investors
FranceFounded 2020

LongShot

unknown
2
investors
United States

Momentus

series c plus
2
investors
United StatesFounded 2017

Pangea Aerospace

unknown
2
investors
Spain

Perceptive Space

pre seed
2
investors
Canada

Qdot

seed
2
investors
United KingdomFounded 2020

Simera Sense

seed
2
investors
South AfricaFounded 2016

Stellar Telecommunications

unknown
2
investors
United States

TrustPoint

unknown
2
investors
United States

U-Space

unknown
2
investors
France

Ubotica Technologies

series a
2
investors
Ireland

365 Mln Z Na Polskie Technologie Future Tech Poland Ujawni

series c plus
1
investor
Poland

Aerlin

unknown
1
investor

AIKO

unknown
1
investor

AkashaLabdhi

pre seed
1
investor
India

aKin

unknown
1
investor
United States

American Pacific Corporation

unknown
1
investor
United States

Apogeo Space

unknown
1
investor

Apolink

unknown
1
investor

Asteryos

unknown
1
investor
France

AstroComm

unknown
1
investor
GermanyFounded 2014

Aurora Avionics

pre seed
1
investor
United Kingdom

Bellatrix Aerospace

unknown
1
investor
IndiaFounded 2015

Benchmark Space Systems

unknown
1
investor
United States

Bradford Engineering B.V

unknown
1
investor
Netherlands

Cascade Space

seed
1
investor
Germany

Cassini

unknown
1
investor
European Union

Celestis

unknown
1
investor
United States

Dream Aerospace Technologies

seed
1
investor
India

Emxys

unknown
1
investor
SpainFounded 2007

Eoliann

unknown
1
investor

EPIC AEROSPACE

unknown
1
investor
United States

Farcast

unknown
1
investor
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

164 companies with a recorded country

  • United States6037%
  • France1710%
  • Germany1610%
  • United Kingdom1610%
  • Switzerland106%
  • India74%
  • Italy42%
  • Spain42%

By stage

46 companies with a recorded stage

  • Seed1737%
  • Series C+817%
  • Series A817%
  • Pre seed613%
  • Series B49%
  • Acquired37%

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