AIRMO, a space techstartup developing advanced greenhouse gas monitoring technology, has announceda €5 million seed round to support its first satellite mission planned for 2027and the expansion of it…
International space transportation company, PLD Space, has closed a €180 million Series C equity funding round led by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. The round included the Spanish Ministry of Scienc…
InSpacePropulsion Technologies (ISPTech), a German space tech company developing propulsionsystems designed to enable fast and agile in-orbit manoeuvring, has raised €5.5million to advance deployment …
SatVu, a UK-based thermal intelligence companythat uses space-based data to analyse operational activity and infrastructureperformance, has closed a £30 million funding round, bringing its total equit…
Shield Space, a defence technology startup developing systems to protect satellitesfrom signal jamming and other threats, has raised £2 million to support itsfirst orbital test flight. The round was l…
Aerospace company SWISSto12 has announced securing €73 million in financial support from European Space Agency (ESA) member states through the HummingSat ARTES partnership project. SWISSto12 is a manu…

In 2025, the European Space Agency turned 50. Founded on 30 May 1975, when the ESA Convention was signed by ten Member States, it has since grown into a pan-European institution spanning 23 Member Sta…