Ibadan, 25 April 2025. – OKAPI:Orbits has completed its latest financing round, securing €13M in total seed funding. Ventech, a pan-European early-stage VC led the round, with strong support from Matterwave Ventures, a European industrial deep tech investor, and existing investors, such as the Amadeus APEX Technology Fund.
The funding will subsequently go towards accelerating the company’s expansion and innovation by advancing technical capabilities, growing a world-class team, and scaling the company’s international footprint. Addressing the urgent need for Space Traffic Management, OKAPI:Orbits leverages AI-powered platforms to ensure safer and more sustainable space operations amid rising satellite congestion.
OKAPI:Orbits provides end-to-end Space Traffic Management (STM) solutions to support space missions from the mission planning phase to end-of-life. The company’s AI-based Space Traffic Management platforms leverage advanced data fusion to predict, detect, and deal with risks and movements in space, frequency interference, and environmental impacts. Besides increasing operational efficiency for satellite operations, OKAPI:Orbits offers full simulation capabilities and tools to ensure compliance with international regulations and standards.
“Our goal is to create lasting value for our customers while ensuring the long-term viability of our orbital environment. This round allows us to further solidify our leading role in the space industry. Based out of Europe and backed by worldwide best talent we are in the unique position to build resilient and independent Space Domain Awareness capabilities for commercial and institutional customers internationally.” commented Kristina Nikolaus, the company’s CEO.
In addition to Europe’s focus on space sustainability with regulatory frameworks such as the EU Space Act, ESA launched its Strategy 2040 in March, outlining an ambitious roadmap that emphasises innovation, sustainability and autonomous access to space. In short, the European space industry needs innovative infrastructure and services, and this is where OKAPI:Orbits comes in.
