Aistech Space

aistechspace.com ↗ ·Sant Cugat del Vallès ·Series B

Aistech Space is a Spanish spacetech company that builds and operates its own LEO constellation of small satellites carrying a proprietary multispectral thermal-infrared telescope, selling high-resolution thermal imagery and geospatial intelligence for security, maritime, infrastructure, agriculture, wildfire and environmental monitoring. Founded in 2015 out of the ESA Business Incubation Centre in Barcelona, it is at Series B stage, having raised €8.5M in June 2025 from Global Portfolio Investments and Pelliga Family Office as the first tranche of a planned €30M round, and has been designated a strategic technology company by Spain's CDTI (up to €22.5M in support). It is headquartered in Sant Cugat del Vallès, in the Barcelona metro area.

Founded

2015

Founders

Total funds raised

€13.5M

SectorsSpace, Earth Observation, Geospatial Intelligence, Thermal Imaging, Deeptech, Satellites Start-up MapDeeptech & Hardware › Space technology & satellite systems

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Founders

Carles Franquesa

Co-founder & COO / Business Development Manager

Guillermo Valenzuela Ramos

Co-founder & CEO

Global models 5

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Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico y la Innovación

www.cdti.es

Public lender Spain

Global Portfolio Investment

Led Series B 2025 Spain

Global Portfolio Investments

Led Series A 2024 Spain

Pelliga Family Office

Series B 2025 Luxembourg

CASSINI Accelerator

www.cassini.eu ↗

Investor Belgium

ESA Business Incubation Centre Barcelona / ESA Commercialisation Gateway

commercialisation.esa.int ↗

Investor Spain

Technoport

www.technoport.lu ↗

Investor Luxembourg

Funding rounds 2

Date	Round	Amount	Lead
2025-06-03	Series B	€8.5M	Global Portfolio Investments +1 more
2024-04-16	Series A	€5M	Global Portfolio Investments

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Published	Article
2026-05-06	Aistech Space, backed by Global Portfolio Investments and Pelliga, accelerates the deployment of its Hydra constellation following the launch of Hydra 3 with SpaceX ↗ Capital & Corporate (Capital-Riesgo.es, English edition) 2026-05-06
2026-02-19	Aistech Space, apoyada por los propietarios de Mayoral, vigila el Estrecho de Gibraltar desde el espacio ↗ El Conciso 2026-02-19
2026-01-28	Aistech Space drives its 2026 growth plan: own factory, doubled workforce, and €8 million in revenue ↗ Aistech Space (press release) 2026-01-28
2026-01-12	Aistech Space launches the Hydra 2 satellite ↗ Aistech Space (press release) 2026-01-12
2025-12-03	Aistech Space nets €8.5 mn to boost multispectral and TIR Earth-observation platform ↗ Beinsure 2025-12-03
2025-11-27	The biggest European spacetech deals in H1 2025 ↗ Tech.eu 2025-11-27
2025-08-24	Aistech Space – Strategic-Technological Analysis ↗ Defence Finance Monitor 2025-08-24
2025-07-22	Aistech Space is declared a strategic technology company by CDTI ↗ Capital & Corporate (Capital-Riesgo.es, English edition) 2025-07-22
2025-01-28	19 New Space signatures for Copernicus Contributing Missions ↗ European Space Agency 2025-01-28
2024-04-16	Aistech cierra una ronda de financiación de 5 millones para impulsar su tecnología espacial y satelital ↗ Forbes España 2024-04-16