AAlén Space
Alén Space designs, manufactures, and operates small satellites (CubeSats) and end-to-end space missions, tracing its roots to a 2008 University of Vigo spin-off and its formal founding as a company in 2018. It has worked with ESA, NASA, and the Brazilian Space Agency on nanosatellite missions; in June 2023 GMV acquired a majority stake, making it part of the GMV Group while it continues to operate under the Alén Space brand from Galicia, Spain.
SectorsAerospace, Satellites, Deeptech, Hardware
Start-up MapDeeptech & Hardware › Space technology & satellite systems
Founders
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Aarón Nercellas Ventas
Co-founder, Electronics Area Manager
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Antonio Vázquez García
Co-founder, Head of Business Development
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Diego Nodar López
COO & Co-founder
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Guillermo Lamelas Nogueira
CEO & Co-founder
Global models 5
IICEYE
Finland · www.iceye.com ↗
Designs, builds, and operates its own smallsat constellation while also offering mission-as-a-service, the same vertically integrated satellite-manufacturer-and-operator model as Alén Space.
$1.1B+Comparable
PPlanet Labs
United States · www.planet.com ↗
Builds and operates fleets of small satellites (CubeSat-derived) for Earth observation, matching Alén Space's design-build-operate nanosatellite approach.
$602MComparable
DD-Orbit
Italy · www.dorbit.space ↗
Italian New Space company offering end-to-end smallsat mission and in-orbit services, directly comparable to Alén Space's end-to-end CubeSat mission model.
$300MComparable
SSatellogic
Uruguay · satellogic.com ↗
Vertically integrated manufacturer and operator of small Earth-observation satellites, mirroring Alén Space's in-house smallsat design-and-build model.
$249MComparable
SSpire Global
United States · spire.com ↗
Builds, launches, and operates nanosatellite constellations and sells satellite-as-a-service/hosted payloads, closely matching Alén Space's mission-services business.
$248MComparable
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Funding rounds 1
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead |
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| 2019-12-13 | Seed | €1M |
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