Spaceflux Raises £9 Million To Expand Space Intelligence Globally
London-based space intelligence company Spaceflux has raised £3.5 million in an extension to its seed round, bringing total funding to £9 million which will accelerate global expansion. The extension was led by existing investor Blackfinch Ventures with a major follow-on, alongside continued participation from Foresight Group and the UK Innovation and Science Seed Fund (managed by Future Planet Capital), a government-backed fund supported by partners including the UK Space Agency and the Ministry of Defence. The round also marks the entry of Tokyo-based firm SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd with investment from their Space Frontiers Fund II. SPARX becomes Spaceflux’s first international institutional investor, establishing the company’s footprint in the Japanese market.
The new capital will supercharge growth of the company’s AI-powered space intelligence products including Pattern of Life analytics, on top of Spaceflux’s Cortex platform, to scale sovereign and operational deployments for allied governments. The Japanese investment from SPARX’s Space Frontiers Fund II emphasises Spaceflux’s continued global reach and trust by allied governments as demand rises for sovereign space intelligence capabilities.
The funding follows a series of major contract wins for the company. Spaceflux recently secured all three multi-year UK Government space surveillance and tracking contracts under the National Space Operations Centre framework, cementing its role in delivering sovereign orbital intelligence for the UK across multiple orbital regimes. The company was also selected by MDA Space to support Canada’s national Surveillance of Space 2 programme, demonstrating growing international adoption of its AI-driven space intelligence capabilities. Spaceflux is also a participant in NATO DIANA and recently demonstrated exceptional cislunar tracking capabilities in collaboration with UK Space Command and the UK Space Agency during the Artemis II mission.
Dr Marco Rocchetto, CEO and co-founder of Spaceflux, said:
“This funding round validates the scale of Spaceflux’s credibility, sovereign-grade technology, and transition from early growth to operational scale. After delivering all three UK Government space surveillance and tracking contracts, being selected by Canadian company MDA Space as an optical systems provider for the Canadian government, and joining NATO DIANA, we are now scaling our AI-powered space intelligence internationally. Bringing in SPARX as a new Japanese investor, alongside continued support from our existing backers, is a clear signal that the demand for allied space intelligence is global.”
In a further signal of support behind the business, Spaceflux has also appointed defence expert General Sir Christopher Michael Deverell, KCB, MBE, to its board of directors. His arrival strengthens Spaceflux’s governance amid the company’s rapid scaling of sovereign space intelligence for allied governments. A retired British Army officer, Sir Chris served as Commander of the UK’s Joint Forces Command and as a member of the UK Chiefs of Staff Committee from 2016 to 2019.
Commenting on his appointment to the Spaceflux board General Sir Christopher Deverell said:
“It is a great pleasure to be joining Spaceflux. As space becomes ever more central to our economies and our security, the UK and its allies need sovereign, trusted partners like Spaceflux to operate there with confidence. I look forward to supporting the team as it scales.”
Founded in 2022, Spaceflux provides Space Domain Awareness (SDA) and Space Intelligence services using data from its global network of optical sensors and a proprietary AI-driven platform Cortex. The latest funding positions the company to scale infrastructure, expand internationally and strengthen sovereign space intelligence capabilities for allied governments and commercial operators worldwide.
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About Spaceflux
Spaceflux is a sovereign space intelligence company providing allied governments, defence and commercial operators with persistent space domain awareness and AI-driven intelligence products. It operates a proprietary global optical sensor network across five continents and its AI-powered Cortex platform and serves as the UK Ministry of Defence’s and UK Space Agency’s national ground-based optical space surveillance provider, also working with DSTL on next-generation sensing capabilities. Founded in 2022, Spaceflux is headquartered in London with operations in Italy.
2025 (July) investment round: £5.4 million capital raised in a round led by the UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S), which is managed by Future Planet Capital, as well as Foresight Group and Blackfinch Ventures. Spaceflux has also previously been supported by the Seraphim Space Accelerator..
2026 (April) follow-on: The extension to previously oversubscribed round raised £3.5 million and was led by existing investor Blackfinch Ventures, alongside continued participation from UK Innovation and Science Seed Fund (managed by Future Planet Capital) and Foresight Group. The round also marks the entry of Tokyo-based firm SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd with investment from their Space Frontiers Fund II as Spaceflux’s first international institutional investor.
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About the UK Innovation and Seed Fund (UKI2S):
- The UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S) is a national seed investment fund that supports innovative businesses emerging from the UK’s publicly funded science and knowledge base.
- UKI2S invests in early-stage companies across engineering, biology, defence, security, fusion energy and knowledge assets, helping to turn high-potential research and innovation into commercially viable businesses that deliver economic and societal impact.
- The fund has a long track record of backing companies that have gone on to attract significant follow-on investment, collectively raising over £800 million from later-stage investors.
- UKI2S is backed by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the Ministry of Defence (MOD), the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and other public bodies.
- Its Defence & Security Seed (D2S) portfolio is funded by the MOD to support the development of dual-use technologies with both commercial and national security applications.
- It is independently managed by Future Planet Capital.
- Website: https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/
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