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Massimo Comparini, Managing Director of Leonardo's Space Division, is leading the company's roughly €500 million investment in a proprietary LEO constellation. At SmallSat Europe, he delivers the keynote "Decoding Europe's Smallsat Ascent."
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McKinsey partner Dr. Jakob Stöber co-authored the report that quantified Europe's space launch gap: five rockets in 2025 versus 154 for the United States. At SmallSat Europe, he brings the investor's lens to a conference floor dominated by engineers and operators.
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In a structural shift toward intelligent manufacturing, industry leaders have committed more than $262 million in strategic investments toward AI-enabled R&D and materials production. According to the “AI Impact on […]
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Nearly $3 billion in private capital has been invested in commercial LEO. A business controller's read on why the numbers are more interesting than the narrative.
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On April 2, 2026, Newport Beach-based PMGC Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ELAB) announced the strategic formation of a new wholly-owned subsidiary, NorthStrive Defense Tech LLC. This move signals the holding company’s […]
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Antaris, a Los Altos-based pioneer in software-defined space missions, announced on March 31, 2026, the successful first close of a 28 million dollar Series A funding round. The investment was […]
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LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA – On Monday, March 9, 2026, Vast Space announced it has raised $500 million in new funding to accelerate the development of its commercial space station fleet. […]
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Dispatch from SmallSat Symposium. For the Space Industry Investment and Exit Strategies panel, a clear consensus emerged that the space sector has graduated from a science fair to a serious asset class. No one’s funding technology for technology's sake anymore. Today, capital flows follow what insiders call the barbell market of recurring revenue, defense utility, and the ability to survive.
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The investment, led by Azimut Group, is earmarked for strategic mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and the expansion of the company’s in-space computing and logistics capabilities.
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the maturation of Starlink’s cash flow and the rapid expansion of the Starshield defense vertical have fueled consensus that 2026 represents a an IPO opportunity.
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