Best Space Tech Companies in London, United Kingdom
The 40 best Space Tech companies in London, United Kingdom in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: OneWeb.
Ranked: Best Space Tech companies in London
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OneWeb 🦄 Provider of satellite based communication solutions 53Funding top 25%Moat top 31%Partners top 32%Innovation top 34% All 11 signals ▾Fundingtop 25% Moattop 31% Partnerstop 32% Innovationtop 34% Producttop 37% Newstop 39% Markettop 40% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 46% Globalbottom 45% Growthbottom 32% Funding: Raised $4.9B · 13 rounds over 11 yrs (1.2/yr) Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 6/10 · Unicorn rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $4.9B | 58 mo ago | Acquired | Neil Masterson Chief Executive Officer | 2012 | DrupalPHPAmazon ALB+18 | — | — |
| 2 | Orbex Developer of launch system for small satellites | $133M | 19 mo ago | Series D | Jonas Bjarno Co-Founder & Chief Scientist | 2015 | Amazon Web ServicesCloudflarecdnjs+12 | — | — |
| 3 | SatVu Provider of satellite-based thermal imaging systems 37Funding top 19%Talent top 38%Growth top 40%Moat top 42% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 19% Talenttop 38% Growthtop 40% Moattop 42% Newstop 48% Techbottom 48% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 20% Funding: Raised $68.6M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 5 yrs (1.4/yr) Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $69M | 6 mo ago | Series B | Tobias Reinicke Co-Founder & CIO | 2016 | WebflowApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+16 | — | 3 launchs |
| 4 | Phasor Solutions Provider of phased array antenna technology for satellite communication | $19M | 108 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2005 | — | 46 patents Phased‑array antenna design, beam steering, time alignment, and noisy signal processing | — |
| 5 | Spaceflux Provider of space navigation services | $12M | 4 mo ago | Seed | Marcel Debczynski Co-Founder | 2022 | WordPressMySQLMariaDB+28 | — | 1 partnership |
| 6 | Sen Developer of satellite network for in orbit activities and planetary observation | $9M | 44 mo ago | Seed | Steve Brown Chief Operating Officer | 2014 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+25 | — | — |
| 7 | Lodestar Developer of advanced technologies for space operations | $3M | 9 mo ago | Seed | Thomas Santini Co-Founder | 2023 | Framer SitesReactPriority Hints+7 | — | — |
| 8 | Value.Space Provider of satellite-based structural risk assessment and monitoring for infrastructure | $2M | 39 mo ago | Seed | Agu Leinfeld Co-Founder | 2022 | Node.jsTailwind CSSReact+11 | — | — |
| 9 | Space DOTS Developer of components and equipment for space solutions | $2M | 13 mo ago | Series A | James Alden Co-Founder & CTO | 2021 | WebflowGSAPCloudflare Turnstile+9 | — | 2 launchs |
| 10 | ODIN Space Provider of orbital mapping intended to identify lethal, non-trackable space debris | $806K | 8 mo ago | Seed | Dan Terrett Co-Founder | 2020 | — | — | — |
| 11 | Twinkle Developer of a satellite for space exploration mission | $748K | 97 mo ago | Funding Raised | Marcell Tessenyi CEO | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 12 | OpenStreetMap Free worldwide map | $575K | 167 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2004 | RubyMapLibre GL JSLeaflet+16 | — | — |
| 13 | Space Power Developer of wireless power beaming technology for in-orbit satellite applications | $294K | 53 mo ago | Seed | Mihalis Caramihai Co-Founder | 2019 | — | 10 patents Wireless laser power beaming systems for space-based energy transmission | — |
Top 12 Space Tech companies in London
#1
Series B · London, England · founded 2016 · 2 employees$68.6Mraised▾
Provider of satellite-based thermal imaging systems. It offers Earth observation technology designed to capture mid-wave infrared imagery and video at high resolution, enabling monitoring of heat emissions across urban areas, infrastructure, and natural environments. Its data platform supports applications such as energy efficiency assessment, climate monitoring, industrial activity tracking, and environmental risk management, serving governments, businesses, and research organizations.
- Feb 2026Series B$40.9M
- Nov 2024Series A$12.6M
- May 2023Series A$16.1M
- Mar 2022Series A$26.8M
#2
Seed · London, England · founded 2022$11.9Mraised▾
Spaceflux is a UK-based seed-stage company founded in 2022 that focuses on Space Situational Awareness services, aiming to address the challenges of orbital congestion and debris to protect satellites.
- May 2026Seed$4.7M
- Jul 2025Seed$7.2M
#3
Series D · London, England · founded 2015 · 3 employees$133.4Mraised▾
Developer of launch system for small satellites. It provides users with systems that can launch small, micro and nano-satellites into low Earth orbits. It claims that its vehicle subsystems are being developed in-house, including rocket engines, avionics, GNC, software and structure technologies. It also provides launching services for a launch range of payload capacities and includes logistics, regulatory, licensing and insurance support.
- Jan 2025Series D$24.9M
- Nov 2024Grant (prize money)$5.9M
- Apr 2024Series C$20.8M
- Dec 2023Grant (prize money)$4.1M
#4
Seed · London, England · founded 2023$2.9Mraised▾
Developer of advanced technologies for space operations. It provides users with a company offering integrated hardware and software suite designed to provide dexterous manipulation capabilities essential for safeguarding national security and enabling future large scale in orbit construction projects.
- Dec 2025Grant (prize money)$396.8K
- Jul 2024Seed$2.5M
#5
Seed · London, England · founded 2020 · 2 employees$806Kraised▾
Provider of orbital mapping intended to identify lethal, non-trackable space debris. It offers detection of orbital debris currently invisible to other tracking methods. The company provides failure diagnosis to determine if debris caused a failure. It enables access to collision-specific coverage. Furthermore, it allows for optimized designs and flightpaths with orbital intelligence.
- Dec 2025Seed$3M
- Dec 2021Seed$806K
#6
OneWeb 🦄Acquired · London, England · founded 2012 · 362 employees$4.9Braised▾
Provider of satellite-based communication solutions. It provides users with communication solutions with the help of its own fleet of satellites. It also deploys and operates a network of low-orbit satellites for the provision of broadband and high-speed communication services. It also caters to governments, businesses, schools, and communities.
#7
Series A · London, England · founded 2021 · 4 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Developer of components and equipment for space solutions. It provides users with developing advanced materials and components for space solutions. It also provides users with testing systems and logistics solutions. Its features include microgravity testing and mission planning solutions.
- Aug 2025Series A$3.4M
- Jul 2023Seed$1.5M
- Feb 2023Conventional Debt—
#8
Seed · London, England · founded 2014 · 14 employees$8.5Mraised▾
Developer of satellite network for in orbit activities and planetary observation. It provides users with data on the space exploration market and space economy in earth orbit and other deep space destinations.
- Dec 2022Seed$2.4M
#9
Seed · London, England · founded 2022 · 1 employees$2.3Mraised▾
Provider of satellite-based structural risk assessment and monitoring for infrastructure. It offers audits combining datasets with historical timelines to understand risks. The company conducts structural movement surveys to identify weaknesses in assets. It detects movement risks for infrastructure and supporting assets for service continuity. The company also quantifies subsidence, land movement, and landslide risks to property.
- May 2023Seed$2.3M
#10
Deadpooled · London, England · founded 2005 · 42 employees$19.2Mraised▾
Phasor Solutions offers phased array antenna technology for satellite communication. Their flagship offering is flat antennas to fit on the roofs of trains. Its antenna solution consists of RF & digital application specific integrated circuit components (ASICs or microchips) and industrial electronics components (Printed Circuit Boards or PCBs). Using in house developed innovations over standard microchip technologies, it provides flat antenna, enabling multiple vehicle surfaces to receive and send satellite signals. Operate in the field of satellite communications, Phased Array Antennas and Communication on the move. It serves multiple markets including aeronautical, maritime, land-mobile communications and defense market.
- Aug 2017Series B$16M
- Apr 2009Series A$1.3M
- Aug 2006Seed$1.9M
#11
Seed · London, England · founded 2019 · 2 employees$294Kraised▾
Developer of wireless power beaming technology for in-orbit satellite applications. The technology enables satellites to charge without solar power, adapting to any satellite make, model, or specification. It offers a retro-fittable power beam that actively adapts to any age and environment. The company also developed a land-based demonstrator with AI tracking technology.
- Apr 2022Seed$259K
- Sep 2021Seed$35K
#12
Funding Raised · London, England · founded 2014 · 10 employees$748Kraised▾
Twinkle (developed by Blue Skies Space) develops a satellite for space exploration mission. The satellite Twinkle is a Low-Earth Orbit satellite with a payload of <100kg. It uses spectroscopy to scan the stars and decode the light from hundreds of extrasolar planets and aims to reveal the chemical composition of stars. Its education programme EduTwinkle encourages girls to participate in STEM courses at higher education and University level. The satellite will be constructed by Surrey Satellite Technology and its construction is aimed to begin in the spring of 2018 for a launch in late 2020. The company has partnered with multiple academic institutions including STFC UK Astronomy Technology Centre, UCL Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, etc.
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Space Tech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
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How research on Space Tech in London is moving
A read on the academic research around Space Tech in London — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 455 papers.
- Imperial College London261
- University College London121
- Queen Mary University of London52
- King\'s College London15
- Birkbeck, University of London13
- Spacecraft8→35
- Solar wind3→13
- Aerospace engineering1→7
- Magnetic reconnection1→4
- Coronal mass ejection1→4
- Spacecraft11→35
- Aerospace engineering1→9
- Solar wind4→9
- Astrobiology1→6
- Magnetosphere1→6
- Spacecraft3→15
- Solar wind2→7
- Magnetopause1→3
- Geology1→3
Common questions
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