OUR
PORTFOLIO

Starburst invests in the best of the best, companies with transformative technology, a strong team, commercial application, and fast growth. Our companies are reinventing the aerospace industry and impacting the way we live.

Our portfolio is made up of a diverse mix of more than 150 startup companies from 20 accelerator programs. We back technology startups developing new sustainable aircraft, spacecraft, satellites, drones, sensors, autonomy, robotics, climate technology, space health-technology, and much more.

150
Startups
12
Countries
3
Continents
Orbital Sidekick
Founder Dan Katz, Tushar Prabhakar
Category Space
Location San Leandro, CA
Product

Orbital Sidekick uses unique space-based hyperspectral imaging and analysis to prevent oil & gas leaks through early detection and monitoring. OSK’s analytics platform converts hyperspectral data into actionable information for optimizing safety while also achieving compliance obligations. Orbital Sidekick developed the most compact hyperspectral sensor to collect hundreds of narrow contiguous color bands from visible light through infrared, providing unique chemical fingerprints for each pixel in the data set. OSK’s high-frequency sensor system has been deployed on the ISS in partnership with the US Air Force and is performing monitoring for the energy and defense sectors.

Whitefox Defense Technologies
Founder Luke Fox
Category Defense
Location San Luis Obispo, CA
Product

WhiteFox produces drone detection and mitigation products to protect infrastructure, defense, public use areas, and homeland security sectors. WhiteFox verifies the identity of friendly, reckless, or malicious drones and manages drone fleets in real time. Their mobile & stationary solutions allow users to land or reroute targeted threats by automatically taking control of the drone & locking the original pilot out.

SpaceIT
Founder Silver Lodi, Lauri Kimmel, Mihkel Jalakas
Category Space
Location Tartu, Estonia
Product

SpaceIt offers Mission Control as a Service (MCAAS) through a one stop solution for satellite ground communications. It includes a cloud-based Mission Control System (MCS), access to a worldwide network of ground stations and professional satellite control. SpaceIt platform operates as a ground station service brokerage for the satellite operators. Satellite missions are matched with ground stations and the process of finding, buying and selling radio communication is simplified. At the same time, ground station operators can monetize their spare capacity and maximize their efficiency via the platform.

Sen
Founder Charles Black
Category Space
Location London, UK
Product

Sen developed a space-grade 4K video platform that is compact, light and compatible with existing satellite platforms. They currently focus on providing 4K video monitoring of space operations (panel deployment, boom extension, stage separation…) as a service. Sen is capable of 4K Ultra-HD full color resolution with 30 fps and fitting in existing satellite and launcher platforms. Full pan and tilt functionalities.

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