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Startup · United Kingdom

Foundational

HQ London, United Kingdom1-10 employeesUpdated

Precision data for a resilient world.

StartupSpace, launch and counterspace
Website
Total raised
~$10.8M
1 round
Last round
~$10.8M
Pre-Seed · Oct 1, 2026
Systems
1
Capabilities
1

Funding1 round · ~$10.8M

Equity raised
~$10.8M
Latest
~$10.8MPre-Seed · Oct 1, 2026

Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.

Systems1

  • OriginFoundational’s online data platform for accessing raw ranging data and orbit products.
    —

Newest unveiled first. Systems that belong to a government program link to the program page, where variants, costs and contracts are.

Capabilities1

  • Space, launch and counterspace
    Developer
    classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Automates satellite laser ranging to track satellites and sells precision data, with no defense customer stated.
    —Reported

Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.

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Sources5

Profile2

  1. 1
    DatabaseSixth-Domain public startups directory

    Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind

    “{"country": "UK", "hq_iso2": "GB", "id": "ac8e8ba8-e245-481f-8382-fefcbd57f32f"}”
  2. 2
    DatabaseFoundational - Crunchbase company profile

    Crunchbase · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url

    “employee_range: 1-10 (profile: 1-10)”

Systems1

  1. 3
    CompanyFoundational - Precision orbital data & satellite laser ranging

    Foundational · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website, System

    “Precision data for a resilient world. Foundational automates satellite laser ranging to track satellites, delivered through Origin.”

Funding2

  1. 4
    NewsFoundational secures £8.2M pre-seed as it emerges from stealth

    Tech.eu · Oct 1, 2026 · Supports Funding round, Funding round · amount, Organization · ownership

    “Participants in the round include Inflection, BACKED, Final Frontier, Adjacent and Type One Ventures”
  2. 5
    NewsFoundational Secures £8m Pre-Seed for Satellite Laser Ranging

    Soapbox (LinkedIn) · Oct 1, 2026 · Supports Funding round

    “emerges from stealth with a £8m pre-seed round led by”

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