Great Britain Seraphim Capital, which operates the country’s only space technical accelerator, publishes details of its latest cohort as part of its Space camp program timed to the end of World Space Week last week.
4pi laboratory
Increased so far: Undisclosed amount / Non-equity aid from the creative destruction laboratory
Description: “4pi Lab is developing a low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation, providing real-time detection, monitoring and reporting of forest fires. Their unique sensor allows them to detect forest fires with a 10-meter resolution, thus helping to eliminate major catastrophic forest fire events. “
Space clutch systems
Increased so far: £ 300,000 from a loan to expand the FSE Group Enterprise M3
Description: Clutch Space Systems provides ground stations with software-defined radio (SDR) for satellite communications. SDR technology for ground stations improves downlink communications, provides significant cost savings and is far more dynamic, acting as a tool for Satcoms’ exponentially growing market.
Helix Technologies
Increased so far: No data
Description: “Helix Technologies – allows for precise GPS antennas, providing accuracy up to 10 cm level. Through breakthroughs in manufacturing and RF technology, Helix has developed a new GNSS antenna with a ceramic core capable of refining dynamic positioning accuracy while being effective in space for demanding wire and navigation applications. The design also allows the antenna to be highly immune to infrastructure reflection and jamming. “
Kinami
Increased so far: Undiscovered quantity / seeds of ICE71 Accelerate, 25 June 2020
Description: “Kinnami uniquely provides and optimizes data sharing, ongoing migration and data management across distributed systems. Kinnami has created a unique AmiShare storage and security system that fragments and encrypts data. By storing these encrypted fragments in a distributed network of devices, it can protect the data collected at the edge and have an application in Satcoms, Defense and Enterprise. “
Space of starfish
Increased so far: Undisclosed quantity / seeds, December 1, 2019
Description: “Starfish Space aims to create a service for transportation and maintenance in satellite orbit on demand. Their Proximity Operations software uses a combination of drilling orbital mechanics, Machine Vision AI and a low-thrust electric propulsion system to allow them to use smaller and cheaper space tugs that can operate in orbits. This refers to the possibilities for counteracting space and mission. “
Sust Global
Increased so far: No data
Description: “Sust Global provides real-time geospatial monitoring at the asset level for climate risk analysis. Their platform uses data from multiple satellites and ground-based sources to create a complete “Asset-Level Geospatial Analysis” stack. Sust combines this data with the latest climate models and standardized risk assessments to analyze risk and obtain quantitatively useful information for the financial services sector. “
Vector photonics
Increased so far: 2018 provided undisclosed funding from ICURe; 2019 £ 70,000 funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and £ 30,000 from a Glasgow company in support of this award
Description: “Vector Photonics’ destructive and revolutionary photonic crystal lasers expand the boundaries of what is possible with conventional semiconductor lasers, providing comparable costs and flexibility with laser edge-emitting characteristics. Its unique beam control capability is changing in the Datacoms industry and aligned markets such as LIDAR. “