Sector

Space companies

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

245 companies
245
Space companies tracked
146
With a known investor
29
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
16
investors
FinlandFounded 2014

Spire

ipo
12
investors
United StatesFounded 2012

Astranis

series c plus
9
investors
United StatesFounded 2015

Orbex

acquired
7
investors
United Kingdom

EnduroSat

series c plus
6
investors
BulgariaFounded 2014

Xona Space Systems

series c plus
6
investors
United States

Aquila Space Technologies

series c plus
5
investors
Australia

Axiom Space

series c plus
5
investors
United StatesFounded 2016

HyImpulse Technologies GmbH

series c plus
5
investors
Germany

Latitude

series b
5
investors
FranceFounded 2019

Loft Orbital

series c plus
5
investors
United StatesFounded 2018

Open Cosmos

series c plus
5
investors
United KingdomFounded 2015

Look Up Space

series c plus
4
investors
FranceFounded 2020

Momentus

series b
4
investors
United StatesFounded 2017

Silicon Microgravity

seed
4
investors
United Kingdom

Argo Space

seed
3
investors
United StatesFounded 2023

AstroForge

series b
3
investors
United StatesFounded 2020

Aurora Propulsion Technologies Oy

seed
3
investors
FinlandFounded 2018

Bellatrix Aerospace

series b
3
investors
India

ClearSpace

series a
3
investors
SwitzerlandFounded 2018

Infinite Orbits

series b
3
investors
France

Leaf Space

series b
3
investors
ItalyFounded 2017

Magdrive

seed
3
investors
Germany

Neuraspace

series a
3
investors
Portugal

Pangea Aerospace

seed
3
investors
Spain

Quindar

series a
3
investors
United StatesFounded 2020

Satlantis

series a
3
investors
SpainFounded 2020

Skycorp Technologies

seed
3
investors
EstoniaFounded 2019

Skynopy

series a
3
investors
France

Space Forge

series a
3
investors
United StatesFounded 2018

Stellar Telecommunications

series a
3
investors

ThrustMe

seed
3
investors
France

Varda Space

series c plus
3
investors
United StatesFounded 2020

Vast Space

series b
3
investors
United States

Akash Systems

series a
2
investors
United States

Archangel Lightworks

series a
2
investors
United Kingdom

Astro Digital

series a
2
investors
United States

Aurora Avionics

seed
2
investors
United Kingdom

Charter Space

seed
2
investors
United Kingdom

Deep Space Energy

pre seed
2
investors
Latvia

Dream Aerospace Technologies

series a
2
investors
India

Ecosmic

seed
2
investors
Netherlands

Eoliann

seed
2
investors
France

Farcast

series c plus
2
investors
United States

Gitai

series b
2
investors
JapanFounded 2018

GRU Space

seed
2
investors
United StatesFounded 2025

Ienai SPACE

pre seed
2
investors
GermanyFounded 2020

Interlune

series a
2
investors
United States

Interstellar Lab

seed
2
investors
FranceFounded 2017

Juno Propulsion

pre seed
2
investors

leanspace

series a
2
investors
FranceFounded 2020

Messium

seed
2
investors
United Kingdom

Minysa

pre seed
2
investors
Switzerland

NewOrbit

series a
2
investors
Germany

NORDSPACE

2
investors
Canada

OpenSky

series c plus
2
investors

Picosats

series c plus
2
investors
Italy

Portal Space Systems

series a
2
investors
United States

Qdot

series a
2
investors
United KingdomFounded 2020

RBC Signals

seed
2
investors
United Kingdom

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

226 companies with a recorded country

  • United States7935%
  • United Kingdom219%
  • Japan188%
  • Germany167%
  • France167%
  • Switzerland104%
  • India94%
  • Italy63%

By stage

147 companies with a recorded stage

  • Seed5537%
  • Series A3322%
  • Series C+2316%
  • Pre seed1611%
  • Series B1510%
  • Acquired21%
  • Ipo11%
  • Pre-IPO11%

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