Satellite Vu raises €35.1M round
The funding will support the deployment of a high-resolution thermal multi-satellite constellation and accelerate the company’s transition from a single-satellite demonstration to scalable commercial operations.
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Competitive Landscape
Direct startup competitors include Hydrosat (Series A, targeting agriculture and climate), ConstellR (thermal data for precision farming), OroraTech (wildfire detection and monitoring), and Albedo (high-resolution optical and thermal data). Legacy incumbents like Maxar and Airbus dominate the earth observation market but offer significantly lower thermal resolution (e.g., 100m) compared to SatVu's 3.5m. Market context: SatVu is part of a growing 'thermal intelligence' category that is increasingly pivoting from ESG and climate monitoring toward dual-use defense and national security applications.
About NATO Innovation Fund
Notable portfolio companies: ARX Robotics (autonomous ground vehicles), Fractile (energy-efficient AI hardware), iCOMAT (advanced composites for aerospace), Space Forge (in-orbit manufacturing), Isar Aerospace (launch vehicles), Aquark Technologies (quantum sensing), and Portal Biotech (protein sequencing).