Startup · United Kingdom

Bright Ascension

HQ Dundee, United KingdomFounded 201151-200 employees

Bright Ascension offers mission ready software in space and on the ground. Our integrated software is perfect for any satellite mission.

Products4

Ready‑to‑use payload software package that covers the essential requirements of a typical mission.

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A modular flight software development environment for creating mission‑specific flight software.

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Ground software development environment built on modular and reusable components and services.

Maturity not rated

A graphical environment for monitoring, commanding and automating spacecraft operations.

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Funding rounds
Announced	Stage	Amount	Valuation	Lead investors	Other investors	Confidence
Jul 14, 2025	Convertible	£2.4M	—	Capital for Colleagues	Harrock Capital Partners, Scottish Enterprise	Confirmed
Apr 4, 2024	Convertible	£750K	—	Scottish Enterprise	—	Confirmed
Oct 12, 2023	Convertible	£1.5M	—	Capital for Colleagues	—	Confirmed
2022	Undisclosed	£500K	—	—	—	Confirmed
Aug 23, 2021	Undisclosed	£1.0M	—	—	—	Confirmed
May 8, 2017	Undisclosed	£100K	—	—	Capital for Colleagues	Confirmed
2016	Undisclosed	£150K	—	—	Capital for Colleagues	Confirmed

Totals add known amounts using recorded USD conversions where available; other currencies are shown separately. A ~ marks an estimated amount.

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CompanyMission Ready Software | Bright AscensionIcon / Social network / Linkedin
Bright Ascension · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website
“Bright Ascension offers mission ready software in space and on the ground. Our integrated software is perfect for any satellite mission.”
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DatabaseBright Ascension - PitchBook company profile
PitchBook · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url
“employee_range: 51-200 (profile: 52)”
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DatabaseSixth-Domain public startup directory
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind
“{"country": "UK", "hq_iso2": "GB", "id": "053d8be2-9a0e-4b16-8096-3eb205d9daab"}”
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DatabaseBright Ascension - Crunchbase company profile
Crunchbase · Supports Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url
“hq_city: Dundee”
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DatabaseBright Ascension - LinkedIn company profile
LinkedIn · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · linkedin url
“employee_range: 51-200 (profile: 51-200 employees)”
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DatabaseBright Ascension - Owler company profile
Owler · Supports Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url
“founded_year: 2011”

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CompanyFlight Software | Bright Ascension
Bright Ascension · Supports System
“Flightkit is our latest modular and component-based flight software development product, built for speed, reliability, and scalability—so you can develop, integrate, and evolve your spacecraft software faster, whether it’s a single satellite or an entire constellation”
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CompanyGround Software | Bright Ascension
Bright Ascension · Supports System
“HELIX Ops, an easy-to-use products for monitoring, control and automation of spacecraft operations, designed to grow with your mission. WHAT IS HELIX OPS? ### HELIX OPS HELIX® Ops is our flexible, intuitive graphical environment for mission control and spacecraft operations, enabling efficient monitoring, commanding, and automation – from single CubeSat missions to large multi-platform constellations”
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CompanyIntegration Software | Bright Ascension
Bright Ascension · Supports System
“Groundkit, our feature-rich ground software development environment, built on modular and reusable components and services”
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CompanyPayload Software | Bright Ascension
Bright Ascension · Supports System
“HELIX® Edge provides a pre-defined, ready-to-use foundation that covers the essential requirements of a typical mission”

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Regulatory filingPortfolio Update - Bright Ascension Limited
Capital for Colleagues plc (RNS via Investegate) · Jul 14, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount
“Bright Ascension has now concluded a £2,350,000 funding round.”
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Regulatory filingCapital for Colleagues Plc - Portfolio Update - Bright Ascension Limited
Capital for Colleagues plc (RNS via Proactive) · Apr 4, 2024 · Supports Funding round · amount
“an investment of £750,000 from Scottish Enterprise”
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Regulatory filingPortfolio Update - Investment in Bright Ascension Limited
Capital for Colleagues plc (Cision) · Oct 12, 2023 · Supports Funding round · amount
“Capital for Colleagues is pleased to announce that the Company has successfully led a funding round of £1.5 million for BAL.”
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NewsBright Ascension Completes Fund-Raising for Development of End-To-End Space Software Product Suite
SpaceNews · Aug 23, 2021 · Supports Funding round · amount
“The company has raised £1m of additional equity through the issue of new”
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Regulatory filingCapital for Colleagues plc Follow on Investment in Bright Ascension Limited
Capital for Colleagues plc (RNS via ADVFN) · May 8, 2017 · Supports Funding round, Funding round · amount
“initially invested in Bright Ascension in September 2016,”
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NewsBright Ascension Secures Additional Funding to Support Product Suite Expansion
SpaceNews · Supports Funding round · amount
“it has secured an additional £500k of funding”

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