All the funding deals in the earth observation market
Last updated: 13 July 2026
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The earth observation market is attracting funding across satellite manufacturing, geospatial analytics, climate monitoring, agriculture, infrastructure, and defense intelligence.
We conducted deep research and collected 47 earth observation funding deals announced between Q1 2024 and Q2 2026.
We refresh this earth observation market page very often to add new funding deals and update existing information.
Insights
- The 47 earth observation funding deals represent almost $1.67 billion in disclosed funding between Q1 2024 and Q2 2026.
- Earth observation companies raised about $906 million during the first half of 2026. This was more than three times the amount recorded during all of 2025.
- ICEYE accounted for $775 million across three separate rounds. This represented about 46% of all earth observation funding in the dataset.
- The three largest earth observation deals were ICEYE's $520 million round, ICEYE's $162 million round, and Xoople's $130 million round.
- SAR satellite companies received several of the largest investments. Investors appear to value all-weather imagery for defense, maritime monitoring, and disaster response.
- Thermal intelligence became another important earth observation category. Hydrosat, constellr, SatVu, OroraTech, Aistech Space, and SatLeo Labs all raised funding.
- Earth observation investors supported both satellite operators and software companies. Wherobots, SkyFi, LiveEO, Overstory, Climate X, and AiDASH focus heavily on turning imagery into useful decisions.
- Defense intelligence became more visible in the earth observation market during 2025 and 2026. Several companies now describe national security as a central use case.
- Repeat funding rounds for ICEYE, Xoople, LiveEO, GalaxEye, Neural Earth, OroraTech, SatLeo Labs, and SatVu show that investors continue to support proven earth observation platforms.
Summary table of the funding deals for the earth observation market since 2024
We define the earth observation market as satellite and aerial data products that observe Earth and turn imagery into commercial intelligence.
It includes Optical Satellite Imagery, SAR Imagery, Geospatial Analytics, Climate Monitoring, Agriculture Intelligence, and Defense Intelligence.
It excludes broader adjacent markets unless the product is built specifically for this use case.
We focused exclusively on pure players, defined as companies with at least 70–80% of their business directly tied to the earth observation market.
Our analysis has been done at a global level with a minimum funding threshold of $300k.
If you want a longer-term view, we also have a study of how funding activity in the earth observation market has changed over the years.
| Name | What they do | Amount in $ | Quarter | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICEYE | Operates SAR satellites for defense, disaster response, insurance, maritime monitoring, and sovereign intelligence. | $520.0M | Q2 2026 | ICEYE |
| LiveEO | Provides geospatial intelligence for monitoring civil infrastructure and defense assets. | $32.8M | Q2 2026 | LiveEO |
| Kelluu | Uses autonomous airships to provide persistent aerial surveillance and environmental monitoring. | $17.0M | Q2 2026 | Kelluu |
| SatLeo Labs | Combines thermal and visible satellite data to provide intelligence for several industries. | $2.2M | Q2 2026 | CIOL |
| Xoople | Builds satellite datasets and Earth maps for artificial intelligence and geospatial analysis. | $130.0M | Q2 2026 | TechCrunch |
| GalaxEye | Builds satellites that combine optical and radar imagery for all-weather Earth observation. | $4.8M | Q1 2026 | Inc42 Media |
| Another Earth | Creates synthetic satellite imagery for training and testing Earth observation artificial intelligence. | $3.8M | Q1 2026 | Tech.eu |
| Worldscape AI | Provides an artificial intelligence platform for defense and enterprise geospatial workflows. | $6.0M | Q1 2026 | Worldscape AI |
| Neural Earth | Uses satellite imagery to assess property, insurance, and climate risks. | $9.3M | Q1 2026 | GlobeNewswire |
| SatVu | Provides thermal satellite intelligence for infrastructure, security, economic, and climate monitoring. | $40.0M | Q1 2026 | SatVu |
| The Compression Company | Develops artificial intelligence compression technology for large Earth observation datasets. | $3.4M | Q1 2026 | Via Satellite |
| constellr | Provides thermal satellite intelligence for agriculture, water, climate, and defense monitoring. | $44.0M | Q1 2026 | constellr |
| Hydrosat | Provides thermal satellite data for agriculture, water management, and climate intelligence. | $60.0M | Q1 2026 | Hydrosat |
| SkyFi | Operates a marketplace for satellite imagery and geospatial analytics. | $12.7M | Q1 2026 | SkyFi |
| Array Labs | Builds radar satellite systems that produce high-resolution three-dimensional Earth imagery. | $20.0M | Q1 2026 | PR Newswire |
| Overstory | Uses satellite imagery to improve vegetation management, wildfire prevention, and grid resilience. | $43.0M | Q4 2025 | Overstory |
| Marble Imaging | Builds high-resolution Earth observation satellites and a platform for processing imagery. | $5.72M | Q4 2025 | Marble Imaging |
| ICEYE | Manufactures SAR satellites and provides near-real-time radar imagery and intelligence. | $162.0M | Q4 2025 | ICEYE |
| Sisir Radar | Develops L-band SAR satellites for all-weather Earth observation and surveillance. | $7.0M | Q4 2025 | Entrepreneur India |
| Titan4 | Combines satellite data, ground sensors, and artificial intelligence to monitor critical infrastructure. | $4.32M | Q4 2025 | EU-Startups |
| Messium | Uses hyperspectral satellite data to measure crop nitrogen and improve fertilizer use. | $4.22M | Q3 2025 | EU-Startups |
| Near Space Labs | Captures frequent, high-resolution aerial imagery from autonomous stratospheric balloons. | $20.0M | Q2 2025 | Business Wire |
| SatLeo Labs | Builds thermal imaging payloads and satellite intelligence products for commercial applications. | $3.3M | Q2 2025 | SatLeo Labs |
| OroraTech | Uses thermal satellites to detect wildfires and predict fire behavior. | $12.96M | Q2 2025 | OroraTech |
| Xoople | Builds satellites and artificial intelligence tools for mapping changes across Earth. | $18.08M | Q2 2025 | Cinco Días |
| Aistech Space | Builds thermal and multispectral satellites for climate and activity monitoring. | $9.18M | Q2 2025 | Aistech Space |
| Kapta Space | Develops steerable radar technology for lower-cost and more flexible satellite imaging. | $5.0M | Q1 2025 | Business Insider |
| OroraTech | Provides satellite-based wildfire detection and predictive wildfire intelligence. | $27.0M | Q4 2024 | Via Satellite |
| Wyvern | Provides commercial hyperspectral imagery from satellites already operating in space. | $6.0M | Q4 2024 | Squadra Ventures |
| Matter Intelligence | Builds hyperspectral and thermal satellites for detailed material-level Earth intelligence. | $12.0M | Q4 2024 | Via Satellite |
| Wherobots | Provides cloud software for processing and analyzing very large geospatial datasets. | $21.5M | Q4 2024 | Business Wire |
| SatVu | Provides high-resolution thermal imagery for climate, industry, emissions, and security monitoring. | $12.7M | Q4 2024 | SatVu |
| Pixxel | Builds hyperspectral satellites and analytics for detailed monitoring of Earth. | $24.0M | Q4 2024 | Pixxel |
| SATIM | Uses artificial intelligence to identify objects in radar satellite imagery. | $1.57M | Q4 2024 | Balnord |
| Synspective | Operates SAR satellites for infrastructure, disaster, and land monitoring. | $44.1M | Q3 2024 | Synspective |
| Spottitt | Provides satellite-based inspections for infrastructure, utilities, and land management. | $0.8M | Q3 2024 | Spottitt |
| LiveEO | Uses satellite imagery to monitor infrastructure and identify climate-related risks. | $26.8M | Q3 2024 | LiveEO |
| Climate X | Provides physical climate-risk intelligence for financial institutions and asset owners. | $18.0M | Q3 2024 | Climate X |
| GalaxEye | Builds satellites that combine optical and radar data in one system. | $6.5M | Q3 2024 | Inc42 Media |
| Muon Space | Designs and operates custom satellite constellations for Earth observation missions. | $56.7M | Q3 2024 | Muon Space |
| ICEYE | Operates SAR satellites for disaster monitoring, Earth observation, and catastrophe analysis. | $93.0M | Q2 2024 | ICEYE |
| Nara Space | Builds small satellites and analytics for missions such as methane monitoring. | $14.5M | Q2 2024 | KED Global |
| vorteX-io | Provides water monitoring and flood-risk intelligence using sensors and satellite data. | $3.14M | Q2 2024 | vorteX-io |
| PierSight | Builds SAR and ship-tracking satellites for persistent maritime surveillance. | $6.0M | Q1 2024 | Entrackr |
| AiDASH | Uses satellite imagery to help infrastructure owners manage climate and asset risks. | $58.5M | Q1 2024 | AiDASH |
| Albedo | Builds low-orbit satellites for ultra-high-resolution commercial Earth imagery. | $35.0M | Q1 2024 | Via Satellite |
| Neural Earth | Uses satellite imagery to assess property and insurance risks. | $1.4M | Q1 2024 | Business News This Week |
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