Marble Imaging has raised €5.3 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round, powering its mission to become Europe’s leading source of very high-resolution Earth Observation data and insights
- Under the leadership of High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Marble has successfully closed its oversubscribed €5.3 million seed round, exceeding initial funding targets.
- The funding supports Marble in scaling operations, accelerating product and technological developments for its upcoming satellite constellation. The first Marble satellite is scheduled for a 2026 launch.
- This marks another major milestone for the company founded in August 2023, following more than €10 million in non-dilutive funding and the signing of Marble’s first anchor contract with ESA valued at €3 million.
"Marble Imaging is addressing a critical European capability gap in the very-high resolution domain and I do not see any other company tackling it faster than Marble does. The need for independent, timely and VHR optical data will only increase in the coming years and I’m happy to support the founders building a European star for a global market", says Koen Geurts, Senior Investment Manager at HTGF.
HTGF is one of the leading and most active early-stage investors in Germany and Europe. Its fund investors include numerous corporations and family offices, as well as the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and KfW Capital.
In addition, Marble has attracted a strong group of further investors who share the mission, including BAB Beteiligungs- und Management-gesellschaft Bremen mbH (BBM), Lightfield Equity, Oslo Venture Company, nwk | nwu Beteiligungsgesellschaften der Sparkasse Bremen, Sentris Capital, Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund and SpaceFounders.
The investment will enable Marble to significantly scale its development team and accelerate completion of its intelligence, maritime, and trafficability tools – solutions that already serve early customers and are now being prepared for broad commercial rollout. It will also support the build-out of Marble’s end-to-end data-processing chain and customer data portal, ensuring a seamless experience for initial users. The funding positions Marble to finalize its rapidly growing pipeline of data customers and be fully commercial-ready at the launch of satellite number one. Additionally, it will allow Marble to expand its operational expertise and establish a dedicated operations center for its planned satellite constellation.
"We’re very happy to welcome a strong European investor consortium that will help drive the growth of our dual-use Earth Observation solutions", says Robert Hook, Chief Executive Officer of Marble and Co-Founder. "With this round, we can speed up the enhancement of our capabilities to keep pace with rapidly rising demand."
The first Marble satellite, which will deliver very high-resolution multispectral data, is scheduled to be launched in Q4 2026. Marble Imaging plans to gradually expand its own constellation to up to 20 satellites by the end of 2028.
The demand for strong and innovative sovereign solutions from Europe now runs through nearly all major institutions. Nowhere is this more evident than in the fields of security and climate tech, where the need for timely, very high-resolution Earth Observation data and advanced AI-powered analytics has become immense.
The company led by Co-founders Robert Hook, Dr. Gopika Suresh, and Alexander Epp has reached another key milestone with the successful closing of the round, attracting not only prominent business angels and institutional investors but also generating strong enthusiasm among leading venture capital firms.
Earlier, the Marble team had already gained attention by securing more than €10 million in non-dilutive funding for the development and launch of its first satellite – financing obtained through the DLR Small Satellite Payload Competition and ESA InCubed.
The company further validated the strong demand for high-quality European data and analytics with its first €3 million anchor contract under ESA’s Copernicus Contributing Missions program.
Due to being oversubscribed, not all investors could participate in this round but to accelerate the build-out of the constellation, Marble is preparing a Series A – offering a new opportunity to become part of the company’s growing success story.