SatVu Raises £30M To Expand Its Satellite Constellation

The round includes a strategic investment from the NATO Innovation Fund, alongside backing from the British Business Bank, Space Frontiers Fund II (managed by SPARX Asset Management), and Presto Tech Horizons. Existing investors also participated, including Molten Ventures, Adara Ventures, Ridgeline Ventures, NOA, Lockheed Martin, Seraphim Space Fund and Stellar Ventures.

As governments and allied organisations increasingly prioritise resilience, readiness, and independent intelligence capabilities, demand is rising for reliable, continuous operational insight. Traditional observation methods often limit visibility across critical infrastructure and complex environments, particularly when persistent monitoring is required.

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SatVu addresses this need with high-resolution thermal Earth observation technology. The company delivers space-based thermal intelligence for government and defence customers, capturing activity day and night at 3.5-metre resolution.

Its data supports defence, security, and critical infrastructure monitoring, enabling organisations to track activity around buildings and strategic assets and assess operational changes where independent insight is crucial.

Beyond defence, SatVu’s technology is also used for industrial and climate monitoring, including blast furnaces, cement plants, data centres, oil and gas facilities and renewable energy sites such as solar farms.

Anthony Baker, co-founder and CEO of SatVu said the company was established to provide governments with intelligence that is not available through other sources. He explained that high-resolution thermal imagery from space can reveal activity that is otherwise difficult to detect, including heat signatures linked to operations around buildings and critical infrastructure, helping governments assess activity, operational readiness and changes relevant to defence and security decision-making.

To expand its capabilities, SatVu plans to launch two satellites in 2026, with three more already under contract as it transitions to a multi-satellite constellation. While a single satellite can observe any location on Earth, a constellation increases revisit rates, enabling more frequent and continuous monitoring of activity over time.

The new funding will support deployment of this high-resolution thermal constellation and accelerate SatVu’s shift from a single-satellite demonstration to scalable commercial operations.

About SatVu

Founded in 2016, SatVu delivers high-resolution thermal data from space to support a safer and more sustainable Earth. Its space-based intelligence enables governments and industries to monitor infrastructure, assess operational activity and track environmental impact with precise, day-and-night thermal observation capabilities.