SpaceTech VC Investments in August 2025
Check out the list of SpaceTech VC deals in August 2025.
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Here is a list of 14 SpaceTech VC deals Space Ambition identified in August 2025. Our analysis excludes military and dual-use applications, aviation, drone startups, and Chinese companies.
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Series A+ Deals
ICEYE (Finland) raised an $11M venture round (total funding: $529.6M). The company operates a radar satellite constellation, providing all-weather earth observation data and analytics for industries.
Starlab Space (US) raised an undisclosed venture round (total funding: $233M). The company is developing a next-generation, AI-enabled commercial space station designed to provide a seamless and sustained human presence in LEO.
SpinLaunch (US) raised a $30M venture round (total funding: $203M). The company provides a ground-based, kinetic launch system that delivers constellations of small satellites into Low Earth Orbit at dramatically lower cost and higher cadence than any existing space launch company.
Aerospacelab (Belgium) raised €94M Series B (total funding: €145M). It provides a satellite platform for a variety of payloads.
Pale Blue (Japan) raised a $10.1M Series C (total funding: $49M). The company offers water-based propulsion systems suitable for a wide variety of missions, ranging from 3U Cubesats to 700 kg satellites.
Manastu Space (India) raised a $3M Series A (total funding: $9M). It is a space safety and logistics company that provides in-space refueling, life extension, and de-orbiting services.
Pre-Seed and Seed Deals
Space Kinetic (US) raised a $12M Seed round (total funding: $12.2M). The company is developing a groundbreaking propellant-free electromechanical payload deployment system for space operations.
Orbital Operations (US) raised an $8.8M Seed round. The company is developing high-thrust space vehicles for satellite defense. It is a Y Combinator alumnus.
Catalyx (India) raised a $5.5M Seed round (total funding: $7.2M). The company develops a reusable capsule to provide an affordable way to deploy experiments and manufacture in orbit. The company is a resident of HF0.
Space DOTS (UK) raised a $3.4M Seed round (total funding: $5.1M). The company is building and deploying the first comprehensive platform for space environmental intelligence, seamlessly integrating proprietary sensing hardware (Data DOT) with advanced data aggregation and AI-driven predictive analytics.
EDGX (Belgium) raised a €2.3M Seed round. The company is pioneering onboard AI computing for satellites, enabling mission-enhancing autonomy, drastically lower latency, and smarter space operations.
Xovian Aerospace (India) raised a $2.5M Pre-Seed round. The company is building AI-native RF satellite infrastructure that continuously scans Earth’s radio spectrum, revealing patterns, intent, and disruptions in real time for monitoring high-value assets and enabling situational awareness in complex environments.
Orbital Matter (Poland) raised a €1M Seed round (total funding: €2.2M). It is a construction company in space that is developing 3D printing technology to be used directly in orbit and on the Moon.
Orbital Paradigm (Spain) raised a €2M Pre-Seed round. The company is focused on creating reusable autonomous capsules for transporting small payloads from orbit back to Earth.
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