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Simera Sense
Produce end-to-end optical payload solutions for the nanosatellite Earth Observation industry
About Simera Sense
Simera Sense specializes in developing high-resolution optical payloads for the nanosatellite Earth Observation industry. The company offers a range of CubeSat imagers, including RGB Video, multispectral, and hyperspectral models, designed to improve end-to-end data and operational efficiency. Simera Sense's products, such as the xScape100, xScape200, and xScape50, provide varying levels of ground sample distance (GSD) imagery from a 500km orbit, fitting into compact form factors like 1.5U and 12U volumes. These imagers are tailored for medium to high-resolution imagery markets, targeting CubeSat, micro, and small satellite applications.
The company operates in the space technology market, serving clients involved in Earth Observation and data distribution. Simera Sense's business model revolves around selling these advanced optical payloads to satellite manufacturers and operators, enabling them to capture detailed imagery for various applications such as environmental monitoring, agriculture, and urban planning. Revenue is generated through the sale of these payloads and potentially through data distribution services.
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- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 2017
- Headquarters
- Leuven, Belgium
- Employees
- 108
- Open positions
- 3
- Dealroom signal
- 87.8/100
- Sector
- Space, Space Tech, Satellites, Earth Observation Satellites, Spacecraft Parts, Structures, and Payloads, Space Upstream, Space DT, Euspa, NIF defense security and resilience, NIF space, NIF awareness and decision making
- Technology
- Hardware, Deep Tech
- Business model
- Manufacturing
- Client focus
- b2b
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| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUPPORT PROGRAM✓Other financing | Jan 2025 | $0 | — | EUSPA · CASSINI Initiative | ↗ |
| EARLY VC✓Equity / VC | Mar 2024 | $15M | $59M | NewSpace Capital · Knife Capital | ↗ |
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Latest recorded traffic for Simera Sense is 16K monthly website visits, down 30.4% over the last three months. Simera Sense's team grew 31.7% over the past year.
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Series A2 investors entered at this stage
NewSpace Capital
Knife Capital
Other known investors3 additional known investors
CASSINI Initiative
EUSPA
NATO Innovation Fund - NIF
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