Top 7 Satellite IoT startups

Mar 09, 2025 | By Boris Maslennikov

These startups enable global asset tracking, remote equipment monitoring, smart agriculture solutions, environmental data collection, disaster management systems, etc.
1
Astrocast
Country: Switzerland | Funding: $80.8M
Astrocast offers a bidirectional and highly secure connection to any #IoT device on Earth.
2
Swarm Technologies
Country: USA | Funding: $29.1M
Swarm, the Internet-of-Things connectivity provide, enables global connectivity with the world's most affordable satellite network. Acquired by SpaceX
3
FOSSA Systems
Country: Spain | Funding: €7.1M
Global Cost-Effective Satellite IoT for Industrial Applications. First to deploy disruptive interoperable constellation.
4
Guodian Gaoke
Country: China
Guodian Gaoke (Guodian Gaokeji) is a Chinese private commercial space company and leading provider of domestic satellite IoT. The company is building a Low Earth Orbit IoT narrowband constellation, Tianqi, composed of 38 LEO satellites, which aims at enhancing connectivity and efficiency through smart, connected devices.
5
SpaceLab
Country: Kazakhstan
providing innovative IoT solutions for industrial technologies, from additive installations to telecommunications
6
Lacuna Space
Country: UK
Lacuna Space is a tracking and sensor detection service for space applications and telecommunications services.
7
ONDO Space
Country: Mongolia
ONDO Space pioneers the creation and construction of cutting-edge cube satellites for the future.
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