AIRMO Secures €5M To Advance Airborne And Space-Based Greenhouse Gas Monitoring

The round was led by Ananda ImpactVentures, with participation from Unconventional Ventures, Kopa Ventures, Desai Ventures, Hypernova / New Venture Securities, and strategic investors Matthias Fackler and Francesco Starache from EQT Partners. Existing investors Antler, Findus Ventures, E2MC, and Pilabs also joined.

Headquartered in Berlin and Luxembourg and supported by the European Space Agency, AIRMO has developed a miniaturized, active spaceborne greenhouse gas monitoring instrument combining a SWIR imager with micro-LIDAR the first of its kind on a small satellite.

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The technology delivers twice the accuracy of existing systems, capable of detecting methane leaks as small as a car from orbit. Methane, accounting for roughly 30% of global warming, remains largely underreported, posing environmental and economic challenges for energy operators.

Daria Stepanova, CEO of AIRMO, said the company’s mission is to help operators identify and stop greenhouse gas losses, starting with methane. She noted that the newly developed instrument enables the company to move beyond validation toward continuous monitoring and that the planned satellite launch represents an important step toward AIRMO’s goal of monitoring millions of energy assets worldwide.

AIRMO’s technology is already deployed in commercial drone and aircraft monitoring missions across Europe, Central Asia, and the MENA region. Leading energy companies, including Uniper, Total, and ESCE, are using AIRMO’s system for infrastructure monitoring.

Alina Bassi, Principal at Ananda Impact Ventures, commented that reducing methane leakage is one of the most effective ways to decarbonise the energy sector. She highlighted that AIRMO’s high-precision, space-based emissions measurement addresses transparency challenges and noted her firm has supported AIRMO since its early stages.

The new funding will help AIRMO transition from pilot projects to scaled commercial operations, including its first satellite launch in 2027, expanded airborne monitoring across Europe, MENA, and Central Asia, and the establishment of a local presence in the MENA region.

About AIRMO

AIRMO, founded in 2022 with German roots, is an international climate and space tech company. Using proprietary spectrometer and atmospheric LiDAR instruments, combined with machine learning algorithms, AIRMO detects and quantifies methane emissions. The company provides space- and airborne-based monitoring services for energy companies, regulators, impact investors, and other stakeholders.