Top 31 Satellite Imagery startups

Updated: Nov 15, 2025
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These startups provide satellite imagery for disaster monitoring, precision agriculture, urban planning, environmental conservation, national security, etc.
1
Earth-i
Country: UK | Funding: £2.7M
EARTH-i geospatial solutions utilise optical satellite imagery from the DMC3/TripleSat Constellation. The company uses satellite imagery to provide high-resolution images and data that people can use for a wide range of applications, including urban planning, infrastructure development, environmental monitoring, and security and defense. It uses Machine Learning for processing Earth Observation data.
2
Planet Labs
Country: USA | Funding: $573.9M
Planet is an aerospace and data analytics company that builds small satellites and delivers information about the changing planet.
3
BlackSky
Country: USA | Funding: $440.4M
BlackSky Global is a satellite-imaging-as-a-service startup.
4
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.
5
Albedo
Country: USA | Funding: $193M
Building satellites to capture the ultra-high resolution 10 cm visible imagery, co-collected with 2 m thermal imagery.
6
UnseenLabs
Country: France | Funding: €112.5M
Unseenlabs designs and develops a spectrum surveillance payload.
7
Pixxel
Country: India | Funding: $95M
Pixxel is building a high-resolution hyperspectral imaging satellite constellation to offer its clients AI-powered insights that discover, solve and predict climate issues in real time.
8
LiveEO
Country: Germany | Funding: $65M
LiveEO provides earth observation technologies and solutions.
9
Open Cosmos
Country: UK | Funding: $62.6M
Open Cosmos design, build and operate space missions, providing straightforward access to high quality satellite data and insights on a global scale.
10
Satellite Vu
Country: UK | Funding: £41.3M
Satellite Vu develops “the world’s thermometer”: a satellite constellation capable of monitoring thermal emissions around the world.
Boris Maslennikov
Editor: Boris Maslennikov
Boris Maslennikov is a senior editor for Space-Startups. He has spent more than a decade covering the global space industry as a business journalist. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science from the California Institute of Technology. In his free time, Boris enjoys studying history and mathematics, with a particular interest in the history of mathematics. You can contact Boris at borismaslenikov(at)space-startups(dot)com