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AVS Added Value Solutions

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AVS designs and manufactures critical high-tech instrumentation and systems for Big Science, Space, and Fusion Energy — vacuum systems, particle accelerator components, satellite platforms, and plasma/diagnostic equipment. Founded in 2006 in the Basque Country, it now has 100-500+ employees, exports ~90% of sales to 28+ countries, and counts NASA, ESA, CERN and ITER among its clients. It is a mature, revenue-generating engineering SME (not an early-stage VC-backed startup) that took a minority private-equity investment from Talde Private Equity in 2023.

Founded

2006

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SectorsSpace Technology, Fusion Energy, Particle Accelerators, Scientific Instrumentation, Deep Tech Start-up MapDeeptech & Hardware › Space technology & satellite systems

Profile updated 30 Jul 2026

Founders

Miguel Ángel Carrera

Founder & CEO

Global models 5

Commonwealth Fusion Systems

United States · www.cfs.energy ↗

Builds critical hardware (magnets, reactor components) for commercial fusion energy, the same fusion-hardware niche AVS serves as a component supplier.

$4BComparable

TAE Technologies

United States · tae.com ↗

Designs and builds advanced fusion reactor systems and diagnostics, paralleling AVS's fusion components and plasma-diagnostics work.

$1.8BComparable

Helion Energy

United States · www.helionenergy.com ↗

Engineers pulsed fusion reactor hardware requiring the same precision vacuum and plasma engineering AVS specializes in.

$1.5BComparable

Pacific Fusion

United States · pacificfusion.com ↗

Builds pulsed-power fusion hardware and test facilities, matching AVS's role as a high-value fusion equipment engineering house.

$1BComparable

General Fusion

Canada · generalfusion.com ↗

Develops magnetized target fusion reactor systems, a comparable complex-hardware-for-fusion business model to AVS's.

$440MComparable

Investors 1

Talde Private Equity

www.talde.com

Investor Spain

Funding rounds

No announced rounds on record.

News & media 7

Published	Article
2026-07-07	Simera Sense to provide imagers for Canary Islands constellation ↗ SpaceNews
2026-06-18	Europe builds robotic arm that can see, feel and handle space samples ↗ Interesting Engineering
2025-09-21	Miguel Ángel Carrera (AVS): "Para acometer proyectos y no perder oportunidades sería interesante fortalecer el capital de la compañía" ↗ Crónica Vasca (El Español)
2025-01-30	AVS wins study contract for ESA astrophysics mission ↗ SpaceNews
2024-10-11	This is LUR-1, the first 100% Basque satellite launched by AVS ↗ BASQUE.press
2023-11-08	LUR-1, the first 100% Basque satellite: The leadership of AVS for placing the Basque Country "on the map of the world and of space" ↗ BASQUE.press
2023-07-14	Exclusive: Talde Private Equity Leaps Into Space With AVS Investment ↗ Payload