WORLDTECHSatellite sovereignty takes centre stage as Marble Imaging raises €6M
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Marble Imaging, founded to fill a criticalcapability gap in Europe's intelligence infrastructure, has raised anadditional €6 million led by Cherry Ventures. Marble Imaging , founded to fill a critical capability gap in Europe's intelligence infrastructure, has raised an additional €6 million led by Cherry Ventures.
This extends the initial €5.3 million seed round (an early stage of company funding) led by High-Tech Gründerfonds. Spacetech With its first satellite scheduled for launch in early 2027, Marble is tackling Europe’s dependence on foreign Earth observation data for security and critical infrastructure.
Marble is setting up Germany's first commercial constellation of (VHR) satellites.
VHR imagery is a core input for security and commercial intelligence, yet Europe and many of its partners depend on non-European providers. This makes them vulnerable to being cut off from coverage over key areas of interest, as seen in Ukraine or the Strait of Hormuz, creating major economic and security knowledge gaps.
The data and derived EO-based analytics will be vital in supporting rapid decision-making with regard to defence, climate security, crises and disaster management, green and sustainable energy transitions, infrastructure and mobility and much more. Marble already offers advanced data analysis services, including object detection for situational intelligence, terrain analysis and trafficability assessment, coastal asset monitoring and land cover classification.