LeoLabs, a California-based Space Situational Awareness (SSA) startup, has just closed a US$13 million Series A financing round led by Japanese Venture Capital (VC) firm WERU Investment and Airbus Ventures. Other investors include Space Angels and Hong Kong-based Horizons Ventures.

LeoLabs, Inc., a commercial provider of low Earth orbit mapping and Space Situational Awareness (SSA) services, secured a $13 million Series A financing round led by global investors WERU Investment and Airbus Ventures. Other investors participating in the round include Space Angels and Horizons Ventures.

LeoLabs is a Silicon Valley space mapping startup which announced on 26 July 2018 that it has received a series A funding round to pursue improving their capability.LeoLabs tracks spacecraft and debris in low earth orbit with phased-array radars in Midland, Texas and Fairbanks, Alaska.

LeoLabs, a Silicon Valley space startup specializing in object, probe and space debris mapping, in the Low Earth Orbit (LEO), announced last July 26 to have raised around US $ 13 million for new investments that will be made mainly outside the United States.

The company, which has a phased-array radar in Midland, Texas, plans to expand its network across the globe as well as enhance its software platform.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — LeoLabs, a Silicon Valley space mapping startup, announced July 26 it raised $13 million in a Series A funding round led by WERU Investment of Tokyo and Airbus Ventures, the European aerospace giant’s early-stage investment group.

In the loud and crowded world of satellites, start-up LeoLabs is working toward offering both governments and companies alike a solution to cut through the noise.