| Date | Title | Description |
| 19.09.2026 | Europe's Deep Tech Surge: Satellites, AI, and the Sovereignty Race | Europe's tech scene thrives. Open Cosmos secured €300M for satellite intelligence, propelling a continent-wide deep tech surge. This investment bolsters European sovereignty in space and connectivity. Cybersecurity firm Exein raised $270M, ... |
| 18.09.2026 | Open Cosmos secures €300M, Europe at "acute risk of marginalisation, and Sweden’s evolving foodtech ecosystem | This week, we tracked more than 70 tech funding deals worth over €1.7 billion and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.
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| 14.09.2026 | Open Cosmos secures €300M to expand satellite intelligence and connectivity | European satellite company Open Cosmos has secured €300 million in funding to expand its satellite manufacturing capacity and accelerate the deployment of its connectivity and Earth observation services. The round was led by European invest... |
| 08.07.2026 | Orbital AI Powers New Era of Maritime Security with Ubotica's $11M Funding | Dublin's Ubotica Technologies secured $11 million. This funding fuels expansion of its orbital artificial intelligence. The company pioneers "Live Maritime Intelligence." This system processes Earth observation data directly on sa... |
| 02.07.2026 | Ubotica Technologies Raises $11M in Funding | Ubotica Technologies, a Dublin, Ireland-based developer of orbital artificial intelligence and edge-processing software for spacecraft, raised $11m in funding.
Backers included Act Venture Capital, Greencode Ventures, and Atlantic Bridge.
T... |
| 15.04.2026 | Ubotica Technologies secures collaboration with NASA JPL | Irish space technology firm Ubotica Technologies has secured a major collaboration with NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and satellite manufacturer Open Cosmos to take part in a landmark Earth observation project aimed at transforming h... |
| 03.03.2026 | UK-headquartered satellite startup Open Cosmos plans European rival to Starlink | An Oxford-headquartered spacetech startup says it's gearing up to manufacture up to 200 satellites a year, as it looks to offer European governments and businesses an alternative communication channel to Elon Musk’s Starlink.
Open Cosmos is... |
| 07.07.2025 | Open Cosmos Acquires Connected | Open Cosmos, a Harwell, UK-based space company that designs, builds and operates end-to-end satellite missions, acquired Connected, a Coimbra, Portugal-based startup developing IoT connectivity from space.
The amount of the deal was not dis... |
| 04.07.2025 | Propel Finance secures £1.5B, Legaltech Clio acquires vLex for $1B, and GCP's Fund VI closes at £411M | This week we tracked more than 85 tech funding deals worth over €3.1 billion, and over 15 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe. In addition to this week's top financials, we've also indexed the most i... |
| 03.07.2025 | Open Cosmos acquires Connected in landmark European spacetech exit | Spacetech company Open Cosmos has acquired Connected, a Portuguese startup pioneering affordable, standardised IoT connectivity from space.
As one of Europe’s fastest-growing space infrastructure companies, Open Cosmos designs, builds and o... |
| 25.05.2024 | ETF Partners Raises €285M for Sustainability Ventures | ETF Partners, Europe's original sustainability venture capital firm, has successfully raised €285 million in an oversubscribed round for its fourth fund. Founded in 2006, ETF Partners focuses on investing in fast-growing innovative companie... |
| 21.05.2024 | Europe's original sustainability VC, ETF Partners, raises €285M in oversubscribed round | ETF Partners has announced the completion of fundraising of its fourth fund. The fund was oversubscribed at €285 million, compared to its target size of €250 million.
Founded in 2006, ETF Partners (The Environmental Technologies Fund) stand... |
| 17.03.2024 | Каждый день по ракете: SpaceX намерена выйти на ежедневные запуски. Кажется, компании это удаётся | С каждым годом частота запусков ракет SpaceX растёт. Так, в 2023 году ей удалось осуществить 96 «космических рейсов», превысив показатель 2022 года (61 запуск). Но в планах компании выход на ежедневную периодичность. В 2024 году вряд ли пол... |
| 15.09.2023 | Open Cosmos cierra una ronda de $50M liderada por ETF Partners, Trill Impact y A&G. Participa Santander InnoEnergy Climate Tech Fund, entre otros | 15/09/2023
Nota de prensa
OPEN COSMOS CIERRA UNA RONDA DE $50M LIDERADA POR ETF PARTNERS, TRILL IMPACT Y A&G. PARTICIPA SANTANDER INNOENERGY CLIMATE TECH FUND, ENTRE OTROS
Open Cosmos – empresa líder en tecnología espacial que fabric... |
| 12.09.2023 | United Kingdom-based Open Cosmos raises EUR 49 million in Series B | Harwell, a UK-based leading spacetech business making satellites that gather data to solve pressing global challenges, Open Cosmos raised EUR 49 million in Series B. The company announced the fundraise on September 11, 2023. Three leading i... |
| 11.09.2023 | Trill Impact Ventures co-leads the USD 50m financing round in Open Cosmos Ltd. | Trill Impact Ventures co-leads the USD 50m financing round in Open Cosmos Ltd.
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Multi-sensor satellites and data analytics to support achievement of the SDGs and democratize access to space dat... |
| 11.09.2023 | British spacetech Open Cosmos bags €47 million Series B to bring sustainable satellite data to the table | - |
| 11.09.2023 | UK's Open Cosmos raises $50M to expand its climate change monitoring satellites solutions | UK-based satellite company Open Cosmos has raised $50 million in Series B funding from ETF Partners, Trill Impact, A&G, Accenture Ventures, Banco Santander InnoEnergy Climate Tech Fund and Claret Capital Partners, with participation fro... |
| 11.09.2023 | Open Cosmos Raises $50M in Series B Funding | Open Cosmos, a Harwell, UK-based space tech company, raised $50M in Series B funding.
The round saw participation from ETF Partners, Trill Impact, A&G, Accenture Ventures, Banco Santander InnoEnergy Climate Tech Fund and Claret Capital ... |
| 11.09.2023 | UK spacetech firm Open Cosmos raises €46.5M to tackle global challenges with satellite technology | Read this article in:
UK-based Open Cosmos, a space technology firm that focuses on creating satellites for solving global challenges, announced that it has raised $50M (€46.5M) in a Series B funding round, with contributions from ETF Partn... |
| 11.09.2023 | Open Cosmos, a UK satellite startup focused on sustainability, raises $50M | Satellites have come into focus as a critical way — and sometimes the only way — to deliver communications and receive data about certain locations around the world, a power position that can be heroic but also ripe for abuse, and that’s be... |
| 11.09.2023 | Open Cosmos, a UK space tech startup that launches satellites for data collection, raised $50 million using this 13-slide pitch deck | Open Cosmos's Florian Deconinck, Catherine Tysoe, Rafel Jorda Siquier, cofounder and CEO, Claire Smith, and cofounders Aleix Megias Homar and Jordi Barrera Ars Open Cosmos This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become a... |
| 10.02.2023 | First Earth Observation images from Open Cosmos MENUT satellite received | Open Cosmos-built satellite MENUT launched last month to carry out Earth Observation.
The first images have been shared - one of New Orleans and one of Europe
This demonstrates the first time Open Cosmos has built and launched an Earth Obse... |
| 04.01.2023 | Open Cosmos and Exolaunch Announce New Launch Agreements for MENUT Earth Observation Satellite for SpaceX’s Transporter-6 Rideshare Mission and Beyond | Open Cosmos is launching MENUT, a 6U Earth Observation nanosatellite which will form part of the OpenConstellation, in collaboration with Exolaunch on 3 January 2023 during SpaceX's Transporter-6 mission, with subsequent missions throughout... |
| 30.12.2021 | Космические стартапы — не Маском единым | Космические стартапы — не Маском единым |
| 25.01.2019 | 30 of the UK’s leading tech scaleups join Upscale 4.0 | Following a record number of exceptional applications last year and an intense judging period, we can now reveal the 30 fast-growing tech companies joining Tech Nation’s Upscale 4.0.
Upscale is based around honest conversations, meetups an... |
| 19.04.2018 | Term Sheet — Thursday April 19 | THE BITCOIN BANKRUPTCY THAT WASN’T
Good morning, Term Sheet readers. Jen Wieczner filling in for Polina today, to bring you the very twisty saga of a Bitcoin mystery. Find me on Twitter @jenwieczner or email me at jen.wieczner@fortune.com.
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| 19.04.2018 | Open Cosmos raises $7 million | Space satellite startup Open Cosmos has raised $7 million in a series A funding round as part of its mission to make satellites more affordable and more accessible to everyone. The round was led by BGF Ventures, with participation from Loca... |
| 19.04.2018 | Open Cosmos Raises $7M in Series A Funding | Open Cosmos, an ESA Business Incubator in Harwell Campus (13 miles south of Oxford, UK)-based space satellite startup, raised $7m in series A funding.
The round was led by BGF Ventures, with participation from LocalGlobe, Entrepreneur First... |
| 18.04.2018 | Open Cosmos raises $7M in Series A funding round | Colorado Springs — Open Cosmos, a British startup planning to manufacture and operate inexpensive cubesats, announced April 18 it raised $7 million in Series A funding in an investment round led by London-based BGF Ventures.
With the fundin... |
| 18.04.2018 | Open Cosmos raises $7 million to make satellites more affordable | UK satellite startup Open Cosmos has raised $7 million in a Series A round led by BGF Ventures alongside LocalGlobe, Entrepreneur First, Taavet Hinrikus (Transferwise cofounder) and Charlie Songhurst (former head of corporate strategy at Mi... |
| 18.04.2018 | UK’s Open Cosmos raises $7M Series A to democratize satellites | As you can probably imagine, launching satellites is a complicated business. To get into the game, companies must often go to the biggest players, like NASA. It puts the opportunity for small companies to participate in the benefits of sate... |
| 08.03.2016 | Meet the 25 startups that pitched at Entrepreneur First’s latest Demo Day | By all accounts, the London startup scene was abuzz with Entrepreneur First‘s latest Demo Day today, as 25 startups — up from nine! — took to the stage to pitch their wares. The so-called “talent first” investor targets the best technical g... |
