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ORiS
Laser wireless power beaming for satellites and lunar assets
About ORiS
ORiS (Orbital Recharge in Space) is a Turin deep-tech startup developing laser-based wireless power transmission so satellites and dual-use platforms can recharge client spacecraft, drones or lunar surface assets via high-power optical links aimed at existing solar panels—without retrofits. Founded in 2024 by Politecnico di Torino engineers Andrea Villa (CEO), Anna Mauro (CTO), Domenico Edoardo Sfasciamuro (CCO) and Francesco Lopez (COO), with guidance from Prof. Stefano Mauro, and supported by I3P, ESA BIC Turin and the CDP/Galaxia ecosystem, ORiS is building toward an in-orbit energy distribution grid and a 2027 satellite-to-satellite demonstration with DCUBED (ARAQYS-D3). Its LOONA prototype has beamed power to a hovering drone at over 100 metres within NATO DIANA. In July 2026 ORiS closed a €4.5 million pre-seed led by Earlybird and co-led by Pitchdrive, with Galaxia, Vento and Piemonte Next Fund, plus a separate €0.5 million Piedmont Region grant—€5 million ($5.7 million) combined—to expand the technical team, labs/clean rooms and flight-model development; keep the regional grant distinct from equity. Sources: oris-space.com 21 Jul 2026; Telemetry.today.
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- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 2024
- Headquarters
- Turin, Italy
- Employees
- 14
- Open positions
- 2
- Dealroom signal
- 86.9/100
- Sub-industry
- Clean Energy
- Sector
- Space, Defence Applications, Spinout, Space Tech, Esa Bic, ESA, Space Resource Exploration, Space Utilities, Space Upstream, Space DT
- Technology
- Hardware, Deep Tech
- Business model
- Manufacturing
- Client focus
- b2b
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| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRANT✓Other financing | Jul 2026 | $550K | — | Regione piemonte | ↗ |
| SEED✓Equity / VC | Jul 2026 | $5M | $20M | Vento Ventures · Galaxia · PiemonteNext Fund · Earlybird Venture Capital | ↗ |
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Seed6 investors entered at this stage
Liberset
Regione piemonte
Earlybird Venture Capital
Pitchdrive
Vento Ventures- PFPiemonteNext Fund
Series A2 investors entered at this stage
Obloo Ventures
Galaxia
Other known investors4 additional known investors
CDL-Paris
Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA)
ESA BIC Turin
Polytechnic University of Turin
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