European Space Agency
VC Fund
Paris, France
European Space Agency is a VC fund in Paris focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. ESA is an international organisation with 22 Member States. By coordinating the financial and intellectualresources of its members, it can undertake programmes and activities far beyond the scope of any single European country.ESA’s budget for 2017 is €5.75 billion. ESA operates on the basis of geographical return, i.e. it invests in each Member State, through industrial contracts for space programmes, an amount more or less equivalent to each country’s contribution. There are around 2200 staff working for ESA, from all the Member States and include scientists, engineers, information technology specialists and administrative personnel.
- Total investments:
- 61
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 51%
Last updated:
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Industries European Space Agency invests in
Stages European Space Agency invests in
Countries European Space Agency invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $247k–$4.9M
- Grant
- $44k–$4M
- Pre-Seed
- $55k–$1.9M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 16 (26%)
- Artificial Intelligence 12 (20%)
- Aerospace 11 (18%)
- Satellite Communication 11 (18%)
- Information Technology 9 (15%)
Stage
- Grant 41 (67%)
- Pre-Seed 7 (11%)
- Seed 5 (8%)
- Series A 2 (3%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (2%)
Country
- United Kingdom 14 (23%)
- Germany 10 (16%)
- Ireland 4 (7%)
- United States 4 (7%)
- Sweden 3 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Antonios Atlasis
Head of Systems Security Engineering Section
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Head of Systems Security Engineering Section | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Balazs Slezak
Space Mentor and Consultant
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Space Mentor and Consultant | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Daniela Bezdan
Topical Team member at ESA space omics TT
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Topical Team member at ESA space omics TT | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Josef Aschbacher
CEO and Managing Director
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CEO and Managing Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Markus Kissler-Patig
Head of Science and Operations
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Head of Science and Operations | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
AeroBeam
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AeroBeam develops advanced long range imaging and machine learning systems to detect wind turbine blade contamination. The company is creating drone deployed laser cleaning tools to treat specific blade areas precisely. Their field-ready technology restores wind energy performance without using water, chemicals, or physical contact. | $56.8K / Grant / Jun 25, 2026 | |
Seqana
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X-Ray-Vision” Monitoring SaaS, for Soil Organic Carbon. To fight climate change, we enable Project Developers and Agri-Food Corporates to measure and understand soil carbon sequestration in an ultra low cost, fast, precise, and affordable way. At planetary scale! | Grant / Jun 17, 2026 | |
Space Forge
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Space Forge make super materials in space that cannot be made on earth. | $13.4M / Grant / Jun 11, 2026 | |
Earth Blox
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Earth Blox provides a platform for analyzing geospatial data through a visual interface for environmental and land analysis. The system enables users to build workflows using satellite imagery and other earth observation datasets without requiring extensive coding knowledge. It supports applications such as deforestation tracking, carbonmonitoring, agriculture assessment, and land use analysis.The platform integrates data sources and processing tools to help users generate insights, automate analyses, and export results for reporting or further use. It also allows collaboration across teams by sharing workflows and outputs within a unified environment. Earth Blox supports organizations working with geospatial intelligence by simplifying access to large-scale environmental data and analysis tools. | $8M / Series A / Mar 18, 2026 | |
Orbit Fab
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Orbit Fab offers a supply of satellite propellant in Earth Orbit that expands the operational potential of new and existing space assets. It develops the infrastructure needed to grow a thriving in-space market for products and services that support both existing space businesses (communications and Earth observation) and new industries like spacetourism, manufacturing, and mining. The future for satellites is no longer restricted to the fuel they are launched with. Orbit Fab was founded in 2018 by its Co-Founders Daniel Faber and Jeremy Schiel. | $3.8M / Grant / Nov 21, 2025 | |
Archangel Lightworks
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Archangel Lightworks is a laser communications company that builds secure, wireless technology to create the space-enabled networks of the future. They solve the space-ground connectivity problem. They offer an opportunity for resilient connectivity, and the ground is reliant on radio, which is bandwidth-constrained, finite, and not secure. | $466.4K / Grant / Nov 21, 2025 | |
Vicinity Technologies
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Vicinity offers complete 5G infrastructure solutions to system integrators and private network operators for fast time-to-deployment. | $2.8M / Grant / Oct 15, 2025 | |
Caeli
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Caeli is a provider of a cloud-based platform for monitoring air quality with satellite data and algorithms. | Grant / Sep 11, 2025 | |
ALL.SPACE
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One Device. All Networks. No Compromise. The world’s first smart terminal delivers total communications convergence.ALL.SPACE, formerly Isotropic Systems, has developed the 5th generation smart terminal, capable of linking with all satellites, all networks, in all orbits, all at once. Our ground-breaking software-defined service enablementplatform integrates intelligent routing, edge computing and on-demand services to deliver unprecedented network resilience and application performance. Whether you're on land, sea or air, we ensure that you stay connected.Our S2000 range is customisable across a range of sizes, Tx/Rx ratios, aperture combinations and scan ranges with up to 8,100 unique configurable options. Our modular architecture allows you to pick the exact terminal configuration to meet your requirements. | $4M / Grant / Jul 22, 2025 | |
Onocoy Association
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onocoy is a community-powered GNSS reference station network that provides high-quality RTK corrections to enable ultra-precise positioning. onocoy ensures high-quality RTK correction data by incentivizing operators of reference stations with rewards. The community will quickly grow into the densest network of GNSS reference station on earth andbecome a shared infrastructure for the high-precision GNSS industry. Stakeholder participation in network ownership and governance ensures full focus on users and market needs. | $1.5M / Grant / Jul 17, 2025 | |
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Co-Investors
UK Space Agency
5 deals together
Rampersand
3 deals together
ESA
2 deals together
Katalista Ventures
2 deals together
Regen Network
2 deals together
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FAQ
What does European Space Agency invest in?
European Space Agency invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Aerospace startups, most often at Grant and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 61 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is European Space Agency's check size?
European Space Agency typically joins rounds of $247k–$4.9M at Seed, $44k–$4M at Grant and $55k–$1.9M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds European Space Agency participates in.
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Who are the partners at European Space Agency?
The team at European Space Agency includes Antonios Atlasis (Head of Systems Security Engineering Section), Balazs Slezak (Space Mentor and Consultant) and Daniela Bezdan (Topical Team member at ESA space omics TT). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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