Startup · United Kingdom
Lumi Space
Updated HQ London, United KingdomFounded 20181-10 employees
Lumi Space - commercial satellite laser ranging for the highest precision orbit determination available.
Funding5 rounds
- Equity raised
- Undisclosed
- Debt, secondaries & grants
- Undisclosed
- Latest
- UndisclosedGrant · Jun 23, 2023
| Announced | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors | Other investors | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2023 | Grant | Undisclosed | — | Creative Destruction Lab | — | Speculative |
| Jan 31, 2022 | Grant | Undisclosed | — | UK Space Agency | — | Reported |
| Sep 16, 2020 | Grant | Undisclosed | — | UK Space Agency | — | Reported |
| Jan 19, 2019 | Pre-Seed | Undisclosed | — | Entrepreneur First | — | Speculative |
| 2023 | Grant | Undisclosed | — | European Innovation Council | — | Speculative |
- UndisclosedJun 23, 2023
- GrantLed by UK Space AgencyUndisclosedJan 31, 2022
- GrantLed by UK Space AgencyUndisclosedSep 16, 2020
- UndisclosedJan 19, 2019
- Undisclosed2023
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.
Capabilities1
| Technology | Role | Maturity | TRL | Notes | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Space, launch and counterspace | Developer | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Commercial satellite laser ranging for orbit determination; no defense use is stated. | Reported |
- Developerclassify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Commercial satellite laser ranging for orbit determination; no defense use is stated.—Reported
Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.
People1
| Person | Role |
|---|---|
| Hira Virdee · LinkedIn ↗ | Founder and CEO |
Sources10
Profile3
- 1
Lumi Space · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website
“Lumi Space - commercial satellite laser ranging for the highest precision orbit determination available.”
- 2
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind
“{"country": "UK", "hq_iso2": "GB", "id": "3b205b1f-db1a-4e3d-8c0e-ce075dec3162"}”
- 3DatabaseLumi Space company profile
Octen Business Search · Supports Organization · founded year
“founded_year: 2018”
Funding6
- 4
Lean SpaceTech · Supports Funding round
“Grant: Sep 16, 2020”
- 5
- 6
Crunchbase · Supports Funding round
“Funding Type Grant”
- 7
Crunchbase · Supports Funding round
“Funding Type Grant”
- 8
Crunchbase · Supports Funding round
“Funding Type Grant”
- 9
Crunchbase · Supports Funding round, Organization · ownership
“Funding Type Pre-Seed”
People1
- 10
Crunchbase · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url, Role
“employee_range: 1-10 (profile: 1-10)”
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