Satlantis

satlantis.com ↗ ·Bilbao ·Series A

Satlantis is a Spanish NewSpace company that designs and manufactures high-resolution miniaturized optical payloads and full end-to-end small-satellite solutions for Earth observation and universe exploration, built around its proprietary iSIM (integrated Standard Imager for Microsatellites) technology. Founded in 2013 as a University of Florida spin-off and headquartered in the Bilbao area (Leioa/Getxo, Basque Country), it specializes in multispectral and infrared imaging, notably very-high-precision methane and greenhouse-gas emission detection, and has flown 8+ missions with partners including NASA, ESA and JAXA. It is a deeptech/hardware scale-up that has raised roughly €24M cumulatively from a mix of corporate, public and strategic investors, acquired 51% of UK's SuperSharp in 2023, and opened a French subsidiary in Bidart in 2024.

Founded
2013
Founders
3
Total funds raised
€38.4M
Rounds
3
Investors
13
Last round
Jan 2023
SectorsSpace, Earth Observation, Deeptech & Hardware, Optics & Imaging, Energy & Climate, Satellites Start-up MapDeeptech & Hardware › Space technology & satellite systems

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Founders

Cristina Garmendia
Co-founder & Honorary President
Juan Tomás Hernani
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer
Rafael Guzmán
Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer

Global models 5

Planet Labs
United States · www.planet.com ↗
Designs, builds and operates its own fleet of small Earth-observation imaging satellites and sells the imagery and data, the full end-to-end small-sat EO model Satlantis pursues.
~$600MComparable
Muon Space
United States · www.muonspace.com ↗
Builds end-to-end small satellites with its own remote-sensing payloads for climate monitoring, including methane detection with the Environmental Defense Fund's MethaneSAT successor programmes, closely matching Satlantis's greenhouse-gas focus.
~$200MComparable
Satellogic
Uruguay / United States · satellogic.com ↗
Makes its own high-resolution multispectral imagers and microsatellites and sells both imagery and dedicated satellite constellations, the same payload-plus-full-satellite offer as Satlantis.
~$150M (pre-SPAC VC)Comparable
GHGSat
Builds and operates microsatellites carrying proprietary high-precision methane-detection instruments, directly matching Satlantis's methane and greenhouse-gas emission sensing.
~$120MComparable
Pixxel
Designs its own compact hyperspectral imaging payloads and small satellites for Earth observation, selling data and satellite solutions much as Satlantis does.
~$95MComparable

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