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Here is a list of 8 SpaceTech VC deals Space Ambition identified in April 2025. Our analysis excludes military and dual-use applications, aviation, drone startups, and Chinese companies.
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Series A+ investments
True Anomaly (US) raised a $260M Series C (total funding: $418M). The company builds space security and resilience at the intersection of spacecraft, software, and autonomy.
Apex (US) raised a $200M Series C (total funding: $322M). The company designs and manufactures satellite buses tailored for various space missions.
SpinLaunch (US) raised a $12M Series C (total funding: $173.5M). The company uses centrifuge spinning technology at high speeds inside a vacuum chamber to launch rockets into space.
Near Space Labs (US) raised a $20M Series B (total funding: $34.5M). The company provides aerial imagery using zero-emission stratospheric balloons to support mapping, urban planning, and environmental monitoring.
Pre-seed and Seed investments
Amca (US) raised a $76.5M round (total funding: $76.5M). The company is focused on designing and manufacturing the products for the aerospace and defence sector that sit between standardized parts and full systems: products like sensors, power units, and flight-control computers that are highly critical to system function and performance.
OKAPI Orbits (Germany) raised a €13M Seed (total funding: €18.5M). The company provides Collision Avoidance Software for satellites.
Decen Space (Germany) raised a $200K Pre-seed (total funding: $200K). Decen Space is building a decentralized ground station network and its own protocol that connects spacecraft operators with underutilized ground station capacity worldwide.
KineticAI Labs (US) raised an Undisclosed Pre-seed (total funding: Undisclosed). The company develops AI for robotics in space and precision healthcare diagnostics & therapy.
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