Top 15 Synthetic Aperture Radar startups

Updated: Dec 04, 2025
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Thse startups are developing Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems that use microwave radar to create high-resolution, 3D images of the Earth's surface regardless of weather conditions or daylight.
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ICEYE
Country: Finland | Funding: $518.6M
ICEYE operates its own synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite constellation. It provides an API for commercial and government customers to automate SAR image acquisition. Its service is used by military agencies for operational and tactical surveillance of borders and military bases. The company also provides solutions for monitoring natural disaster: hurricanes, wildfires, and floods. The Gen4 satellite, developed by ICEYE, offers up to 16 cm of resolution and extended coverage with a repeat stage of up to 400 km, enabling more images to be acquired per orbit and longer cyclic stages, delivering the highest quality commercial search and rescue imagery in the world.
2
Capella Space
Country: USA | Funding: $239M
Capella Space is an information services company that provides on-demand 24/7 SAR data for government and commercial customers.
3
Synspective
Country: Japan | Funding: ¥28.9B
Synspective provides SAR data and remote monitoring services to government agencies.
4
AICRAFT
Country: Australia | Funding: $100M
AICRAFT offers customized artificial intelligence (AI) models and embedded systems for multi-sensor and multi-modal computing at the edge.
5
Spacety
Country: Luxembourg | Funding: CN¥250M
Spacety is a commercial microsatellite start-up that offers science and technology validation experiments for spacecrafts.
6
iQPS
Country: Japan | Funding: ¥3.2B
IQPS develops and operates a SAR satellite that strives to create real-time maps.
7
PierSight
Country: India | Funding: $6.6M
PierSight is constructing a SAR satellite network to provide continuous monitoring for the maritime industry.
8
Array Labs
Country: USA | Funding: $5.6M
Array Labs is a technology company that creates high-quality 3D imagery that is used to better understand the world.
9
Satim
Country: Poland | Funding: $3.2M
Ultimate goal of SATIM is to help businesses make better decisions.
10
Kappazeta
Country: Estonia | Funding: €480K
KappaZeta provides services for interpreting radar satellite data in order to assist farmers.
Boris Maslennikov
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