We advised international investors Seraphim Space Investment Trust plc and Molten Ventures on the USD 136 million series D funding round of ICEYE, a Finnish world-leading SAR data provider and expert in NatCat solutions.
The round was led by Seraphim Space Investment Trust plc. New strategic investors to ICEYE also include BAE Systems and Kajima Ventures. In addition, Molten Ventures, OTB Ventures, True Ventures, C16 Ventures, Chione Ltd, Services Group of America, the UK’s National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF), Space Capital and Promus Ventures participated in the funding round.
With this latest funding round, ICEYE has raised a total of USD 304 million in financing since 2015. ICEYE owns and operates the world’s largest constellation of SAR satellites and the company has successfully launched 16 satellite missions in total since its first-ever spacecraft was placed into orbit only four years ago.
The financing will further accelerate the continued expansion of the world’s largest synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellation and the growth of ICEYE’s Natural Catastrophe (NatCat) Insights and Solutions offering.
Seraphim Space Investment Trust plc (LSE: SSIT) is the world’s first listed fund focused on space technology, investing predominantly to early and growth stage private financed Space Tech businesses.
Molten Ventures (LSE: GROW, Euronext Dublin: GRW), formerly Draper Esprit, is one of the most active venture capital firms in Europe, developing and investing in disruptive, high growth technology companies.
