Aistech Space, a Spanish space technology company dedicated to the detection, tracking, and monitoring of temperature changes on Earth, which provides space data, information, and solutions focused on controlling resources, assets, critical infrastructures, and areas of strategic interest by enabling analysis capabilities and decision-making processes, has been declared a strategic company by the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI), dependent on the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. This designation represents important recognition and support for Aistech’s technology, while also backing the company’s growth and technological development, reinforcing its position as a key player in the space sector in Spain and Europe.
This institutional support is part of the Innvierte initiative, aimed at promoting investment in innovative, high-potential companies. Under this designation, CDTI has committed to co-investing up to €22.5 million alongside private investors in the Series B funding round planned to close this year. To date, the company has already raised €8.5 million, contributed by Global Portfolio Investment (€8 million) and Pelliga Family Office (€0.5 million).
“This recognition is a milestone that validates our vision and technological approach, reinforcing the sector’s and market’s confidence in our technical capabilities, vision, and business model. It enables us to accelerate the deployment of our satellite constellation and consolidate our position in the global space observation market,” said Carles Franquesa, co-founder and CEO of Aistech Space.
Meanwhile, Guillermo Valenzuela, co-founder and CEO, noted, “This distinction from CDTI is a fundamental endorsement that strengthens our capacity to innovate and grow. It drives us to continue leading the development of advanced space technologies that help position Spain as a benchmark in the European space sector.”
A distinctive recognition
With this designation, Aistech Space joins a select group of innovative Spanish companies excelling in key sectors such as aerospace, defense, artificial intelligence, and biotechnology.
Innvierte, the venture capital initiative managed by CDTI Innovación, has recently closed various co-investment deals aimed at companies developing advanced technologies in strategic areas such as sustainable mobility, space propulsion, and artificial intelligence. The inclusion of Aistech Space in this network reinforces CDTI’s commitment to strengthening the national technological ecosystem in the aerospace sector.
About Aistech Space
Founded in 2015, Aistech Space is a leading space technology company focused on the development, manufacturing, and operation of Earth observation systems aimed at improving sustainability, safety, and quality of life on the planet. Through its technology, the company helps protect the planet’s most valuable resources by detecting and monitoring thermal changes on the Earth’s surface, generating and providing high-resolution, high-frequency thermal imagery on demand. Aistech’s work is key to policies and actions aimed at decarbonization, climate change mitigation strategies, water management for food security, deforestation control through fire risk assessment, and the monitoring and surveillance of critical assets as well as sensitive areas of strategic and geopolitical interest.
About CDTI Innovación
The Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI E.P.E.) is a public company under the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, dedicated to promoting technological innovation in the business sector. CDTI Innovación’s mission is to enable the Spanish business fabric to generate and transform scientific and technical knowledge into globally competitive, sustainable, and inclusive growth. In 2024, under a new strategic plan, CDTI Innovación provided over €2.3 billion in support to Spanish companies and startups.
About Innvierte
Innvierte is an initiative aimed at promoting business innovation by supporting venture capital investments in technology-based or innovative companies. This program operates through the closed-end collective investment scheme Innvierte Economía Sostenible SICC S.M.E., S.A., self-managed and supervised by the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), with CDTI Innovación as its sole shareholder.
To date, CDTI Innovación has committed €2.661 billion in 61 investment vehicles that have invested in more than 609 companies, and through its co-investment line has directly committed €718 million in 190 companies.
Innvierte is part of the Spanish Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy 2021-2027, approved by the Council of Ministers in September 2020. This Strategy outlines the objectives, reforms, and measures to be adopted across R&D&I to boost its growth and impact, and is one of the pillars underlying the Government’s R&D&I policy design for the coming years.
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