# ESA Portfolio Map 2026: 28 Startups by Sector > ESA's portfolio mapped: 28 startups it has backed, in 4 sectors from Aerospace & Space, Big Data & Analytics and AI on. Source: https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps/european-space-agency-portfolio-map (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) ## Aerospace & Space 10 - [SWISSto12](https://millionrounds.com/company/swissto12) - [Orbex Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/orbex-space) - [Archangel Lightworks](https://millionrounds.com/company/archangel-lightworks) - [NanoAvionics](https://millionrounds.com/company/nanoavionics) - [Rocket Factory Augsburg](https://millionrounds.com/company/rocket-factory-augsburg) - [Skyrora](https://millionrounds.com/company/skyrora) - [Spaceit](https://millionrounds.com/company/spaceit) - [Klepsydra](https://millionrounds.com/company/klepsydra) - [Stratosyst](https://millionrounds.com/company/stratosyst) - [Sanzar Group](https://millionrounds.com/company/sanzar-group) ## Big Data & Analytics 8 - [OroraTech](https://millionrounds.com/company/ororatech) - [Kuva Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/kuva-space) - [Arkion](https://millionrounds.com/company/arkion) - [CollectiveCrunch](https://millionrounds.com/company/collectivecrunch) - [Imotion Analytics](https://millionrounds.com/company/imotion-analytics) - [Nitrexo](https://millionrounds.com/company/nitrexo) - [Data Duopoly](https://millionrounds.com/company/data-duopoly) - [Spacept](https://millionrounds.com/company/spacept) ## AI 7 - [*O* Orbio](https://millionrounds.com/company/orbio) - [Earth Blox](https://millionrounds.com/company/earth-blox) - [Vida](https://millionrounds.com/company/vida) - [ExoMatter](https://millionrounds.com/company/exomatter) - [10Lines](https://millionrounds.com/company/10lines) - [Biel Glasses](https://millionrounds.com/company/biel-glasses) - [LYRASENSE](https://millionrounds.com/company/lyrasense) ## IT Services 3 - [Hula Earth](https://millionrounds.com/company/hula-earth) - [Versant](https://millionrounds.com/company/versant) - [LESS Industries](https://millionrounds.com/company/less-industries) ## Segment by segment ### Aerospace & Space 10 startups · $196M raised - [**SWISSto12**](https://millionrounds.com/company/swissto12) SWISSto12 is a Swiss aerospace company founded in 2011, specializing in advanced Radio Frequency (RF) products, satellite payloads Switzerland $88M - [**Orbex Space**](https://millionrounds.com/company/orbex-space) Orbex is a space company that offers orbital launch services specifically designed for small satellites, with a focus on reusability. United Kingdom $68M - [**Archangel Lightworks**](https://millionrounds.com/company/archangel-lightworks) Archangel Lightworks is a private aerospace and communications company based in Oxford, UK, founded in 2017. United Kingdom $17M - [**NanoAvionics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/nanoavionics) NanoAvionics is a smallsat bus manufacturer and mission integrator currently based in five locations across the US, UK, and LT. Lithuania $12M - [**Rocket Factory Augsburg**](https://millionrounds.com/company/rocket-factory-augsburg) RFA - Rocket Factory Augsburg is a space technologies company offering fast & flexible launch solutions for satellite constellations. Germany $4.2M - [**Skyrora**](https://millionrounds.com/company/skyrora) Skyrora is a UK-based rocket company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland. United Kingdom $3.4M - [**Spaceit**](https://millionrounds.com/company/spaceit) SpaceIt is the premiere System of Engagement for Real Estate professionals, empowering teams to capture and qualify every opportunity. Estonia $1.2M - [**Klepsydra**](https://millionrounds.com/company/klepsydra) Klepsydra specializes in data processing software for autonomous embedded system. Switzerland $1.2M ### Big Data & Analytics 8 startups · $67M raised - [**OroraTech**](https://millionrounds.com/company/ororatech) OroraTech is a German aerospace start-up founded in 2018, specializing in global wildfire monitoring and thermal-infrared data intelligence. Germany $41M - [**Kuva Space**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kuva-space) Kuva Space is a Finnish planetary intelligence company based in Espoo, founded in 2016. Finland $18M - [**Arkion**](https://millionrounds.com/company/arkion) Arkion Solutions AB is a technology company based in Stockholm, Sweden, founded in 2019. Sweden $4.0M - [**CollectiveCrunch**](https://millionrounds.com/company/collectivecrunch) CollectiveCrunch is a Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) AI company founded in 2016 and based in Espoo, Finland, with an additional office i Finland $1.8M - [**Imotion Analytics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/imotion-analytics) imotion Analytics is a technology company based in Barcelona, founded in 2015. Spain $1.1M - [**Nitrexo**](https://millionrounds.com/company/nitrexo) Nitrexo is an engineering company specialized in delivering cost effective solutions for thermal, mechanical and analytical problems. Ireland $602K - [**Data Duopoly**](https://millionrounds.com/company/data-duopoly) Data Duopoly is a UK-based technology company founded in 2019 by Tanuvi Ethunandan and Erin Morris. United Kingdom $342K - [**Spacept**](https://millionrounds.com/company/spacept) Spacept is an AI-powered space technology startup founded in early 2019 by Sergiu Iliev, Eric Langenskiöld, and Arshak Ulubabyan. Sweden $29K ### AI 7 startups · $49M raised - [*O* **Orbio**](https://millionrounds.com/company/orbio) Spain $33M - [**Earth Blox**](https://millionrounds.com/company/earth-blox) Earth Blox is an environmental intelligence company based in Edinburgh, Scotland, founded in 2019. United Kingdom $8.0M - [**Vida**](https://millionrounds.com/company/vida) VIDA is modernizing lung and respiratory care through intelligence United States $4.5M - [**ExoMatter**](https://millionrounds.com/company/exomatter) ExoMatter is a Munich-based deep-tech startup founded in 2022 as a spin-off from the German Aerospace Center (DLR). Germany $1.8M - [**10Lines**](https://millionrounds.com/company/10lines) 10Lines is an Estonian startup founded in 2019 that specializes in developing autonomous robots and software for automating parkin Estonia $1.6M - [**Biel Glasses**](https://millionrounds.com/company/biel-glasses) Biel Glasses develops smart glasses to improve mobility and personal autonomy of people with low vision. Spain $582K - [**LYRASENSE**](https://millionrounds.com/company/lyrasense) Agentic AI for Satellite Intelligence - empowering teams to build and deploy intelligence applications on demand, on Earth and in orbit. United Kingdom $135K ### IT Services 3 startups · $2.2M raised - [**Hula Earth**](https://millionrounds.com/company/hula-earth) Hula Earth is an environmental technology startup based in Munich, founded in 2023. Germany $1.7M - [**Versant**](https://millionrounds.com/company/versant) Versant is a nature tech startup based in Paris, founded in 2024. France $395K - [**LESS Industries**](https://millionrounds.com/company/less-industries) Industrial IoT for remote and geographically dispersed areas - $79K **How this map is made.** Every startup here has raised money in a round we track that names ESA as an investor, the first in 2018. Each sits under its main sector, read from its rounds, and each sector shows its best-funded first; sectors with fewer than three companies are left off. 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