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Kuva Space

Finnish company building a fleet of small hyperspectral satellites plus AI software that reads the chemical signature of crops, water and materials from orbit, aiming for up to 100 satellites by 2030.

Products, by altitude

Low Earth orbit · 160–2,000 km

On the ground · 0 km · Earth’s surface

  • In service

    Kuva Sense

    Software that turns detailed satellite images into answers

Known rounds

DateRoundAmountLed by
Nov 2023Growth round€16.6MVoima Ventures, Nordic Foodtech VC⁠1

Milestones

  • Jun 2026 NASA named Kuva US among 14 companies on its Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition On-Ramp 2 contract.⁠2
  • Apr 2024 Kuva Space joined ESA's Civil Security from Space programme with a €1.8 million contract. Company statement⁠3
  • Jun 2023 Kuva Space said it won a €5 million contract as the sole hyperspectral data provider for the Copernicus programme. Company statement⁠4

Sources

  1. Kuva Space press releaseNov 2, 2023
  2. NASAJun 18, 2026
  3. Kuva Space press releaseApr 30, 2024
  4. Kuva Space press releaseJun 19, 2023

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