https://spacewatch.global/tag/connor-sattely/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 15 Oct 2025 09:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/connor-sattely/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/10/spacewatchgl-venture-space-september-2025/ Wed, 22 Oct 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=68342
Written by Connor Sattely
September saw a bounce back for the global space tech VC industry, with over $1.5b invested in 39 deals. China’s dominance in the leaderboard returned this month with three of the top four investments being megarounds for Chinese startups: Beijing Galaxy Power Aerospace Technology ($337m Series D), Geespace ($281m Series C), and Beijing Interstallar Glory Space Technology ($98m Series D+) led the way, joined by the USA’s Apex ($200m Series D) to round out the top 4.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/10/spacewatchgl-venture-space-august-2025/ Wed, 15 Oct 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=68320
Written by Connor Sattely
Spacetech, as with all innovation industries, sees the “summer dip” worst in August. 2025’s no exception - under $400m was invested this month, the lowest monthly total of the year. 33 spacetech companies received $346m in venture funding this month. The true total is likely much higher, as almost half of those deals had undisclosed totals (including potential megarounds by Chinese startups Aerospace Taixin Technology aka RocketHeart, Aurora starlink, and Beijing Interstellar Human Spaceflight Technology).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/08/spacewatchgl-venture-space-june-2025/ Mon, 04 Aug 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=66495
Written by Connor Sattely
June 2025 continued the strong year for spacetech investment, showcasing 2025’s highest monthly total with $1.16b invested into 25 deals.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/07/spacewatchgl-venture-space-may-2025/ Mon, 28 Jul 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=66494
Written by Connor Sattely
May 2025 was another strong month for spacetech, continuing 2025’s dominant run. A total of 30 spacetech deals brought in over $744m of funding from venture capital firms.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/12/spacewatchgl-venture-space-november-2024/ Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:00:14 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=62924 Written by Connor Sattely.

Another month, another strong showing for VC investment into space-tech: a total of $447m was invested into 21 space-tech deals in November. The United States led the way this month, with five of six top investments by size - of particular note FireFly Aerospace’s $175m Series D round, led by new investor RPM.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/09/spacewatchgl-venture-space-august-2024/ Mon, 16 Sep 2024 08:00:44 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=60997 Ask a Venture Capitalist which month is the best one to take a fundraising break, and they’ll tell you: August]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/07/space-cafe-economy-33-minutes-with-connor-sattely-venturespace-trends-2/ Tue, 23 Jul 2024 16:00:43 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55975 This Space Café Economy will featured Connor Sattely, VC Analyst and contributing editor of Space Economy, in conversation with Dr Emma Gatti, Editor-in-Chief and Torsten Kriening, Publisher of SpaceWatch.Global. VentureSpace: VC trends in spacetech so far in 2024. This Space Café WebTalk will be conducted in English on Tuesday, 23 July 2024 at 16:00 CEST.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/07/space-cafe-economy-33-minutes-with-connor-sattely-venturespace-trends/ Thu, 11 Jul 2024 16:00:43 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55975 This Space Café Economy will feature Connor Sattely, VC Analyst and contributing editor of Space Economy, in conversation with Dr Emma Gatti, Editor-in-Chief and Torsten Kriening, Publisher of SpaceWatch.Global. VentureSpace: VC trends in spacetech so far in 2024. This Space Café WebTalk will be conducted in English on Tuesday, 23 July 2024 at 16:00 CEST.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/03/spacewatchgl-venture-space-february-2024/ Mon, 04 Mar 2024 09:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53968 If the space-tech industry was lumbering towards the launchpad in January ($475m globally), then February was liftoff: space-tech startups raised a whopping $1.7b in funding in February.The month was bolstered by a massive $932m public-private investment into China’s Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology (SSST), but also featured a $355m investment into RocketLabs (US) and a €85m investment into UnseenLabs (France). These megadeals join 30 smaller deals in a historically strong month for spacetech startups worldwide.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/02/spacewatchgl-venture-space-january-2024/ Mon, 12 Feb 2024 09:00:25 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53535 2024 is off to a strong start for space-tech startups raising capital in the VC space, with over $475m USD (442m EUR) raised in January alone. At this pace, however, the annual space tech investment ecosystem projects to an annual $5.8b, a contraction versus 2023 levels of approximately $7.1b. Across 25 deals, and an average of $19m per deal, just under half of deals were located in the United States (7) and United Kingdom (5) with strong presence in Europe coming from France (3) and Italy (3).]]>