Eutelsat has invested in a new space-based venture fund managed by Seraphim Space Ventures. Eutelsat joins Japan’s SkyPerfect JSAT along with Japanese telco NEC in the new fund. The fund (Seraphim SSV II) says it will be focused on investing in Seed and Series A-stage companies. Seraphim said the SSV II fund aims to build […]
Seraphim Space, the Global Investment Company, has published its Seraphim Space Q3 investment report which details the changing investment landscape for the sector. After a difficult few years with investment falling since 2021, this quarter reveals that the sector has turned a corner with investment levels beginning to rise again. Below details some key global […]
Space investment business Seraphim has won grant funding from the UK Space Agency as part of its recent International Bilateral Fund. This grant, designed to bolster the internationalisation efforts of the UK’s SpaceTech ecosystem, will support Seraphim’s expansion efforts into the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Seraphim Space Accelerator represents what the company describes as a “game-changing […]
UK-based Seraphim Space says it will buy back some of its own shares. It also says that 11 of the companies it has invested in have completed their fund-raising rounds. Seraphim hasn’t said how big its buy-back will be except to say that it wouldn’t use all of its current permission to buy back up […]
Seraphim Space, the global space investment company, has announced it is supporting 100 space companies with equity funding. In 2016 Seraphim launched a venture fund focused on space, followed by a dedicated SpaceTech Accelerator in 2017 (now on its 11th cohort). Following an oversubscribed IPO of £250 million in 2021 the first publicly listed growth […]
Space-focused investment business Seraphim, which this week partnered with the European Space Agency (ESA), has issued its annual map of how it sees the complete space business. It sees itself as a ‘space accelerator’ and its Seraphim Space Investment Trust targets early and growth stage Space Tech companies that have the potential to dominate globally […]
Seraphim Space Accelerator, part of Seraphim, the Space focused Investment group, has entered a partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA). The European Space Agency is dedicated to the peaceful exploration and use of space for the benefit of humankind. With an annual budget of €8 billion, they’re pushing the frontiers of science and technology, […]
UK-based Seraphim Space reported its Q1 numbers on November 17th, saying that its portfolio valuation had increased by £21 million to £207 million helped by foreign exchange gains (worth £13.8 million) and investments made during the quarter to September 30th. Seraphim had made three new investments during the quarter-year and four other follow-on transactions totalling […]