Marble Imaging, EUR 6M seed extension led by Cherry Ventures
Marble Imaging, based in Bremen, says it is building Germany's first commercial constellation of very-high-resolution Earth observation satellites. On 9 November 2026 it announced an additional €6 million, led by Cherry Ventures.
The round extends the €5.3 million seed round announced on 1 December 2025, led by HTGF | High-Tech Gründerfonds. EU-Startups puts total funding at €11.3 million, the sum of the two rounds. HTGF | High-Tech Gründerfonds says its fund investors include the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and KfW Capital. In that December release it also said Marble Imaging had received more than €10 million in non-dilutive funding and signed a first anchor contract with the European Space Agency - ESA worth €3 million.
According to the company, the first satellite, Marble Sat-1, is fully funded, has completed pre-flight testing and is scheduled to launch in early 2027. The December 2025 release from HTGF | High-Tech Gründerfonds gave 2026 as the launch year. Marble Imaging's goal is 30 satellites by 2030.
Marble Imaging's argument is that Europe relies on non-European imagery providers, and it names Ukraine and the Strait of Hormuz as places where coverage can be cut off. CEO Robert Hook says: "Scaling from here is a question of capital, not technology." He adds that the company's software is already used by paying customers. No revenue figure is published.
The limits: no valuation is published, and the company's release names only Cherry Ventures in the extension.
What the money pays for: according to the company, satellite and launch procurement for the constellation.