{"id":47569,"date":"2026-02-14T01:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/meet-the-10-startups-set-to-pitch-their-companies-in-startup-space-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T01:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:16:07","slug":"meet-the-10-startups-set-to-pitch-their-companies-in-startup-space-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/meet-the-10-startups-set-to-pitch-their-companies-in-startup-space-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the 10 Startups Set to Pitch Their Companies in Startup Space 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The annual Startup Space entrepreneur pitch contest showcases emerging space and satellite technology to an audience of investors during SATShow Week. Competitors\u2019 technologies and innovations have pushed the boundaries of the field.&nbsp;Last year, <strong>Phemotron Systems<\/strong> won the competition, and previous winners include <strong>TrustPoint<\/strong> and <strong>Vyoma<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, in the contest\u2019s 10th iteration, carefully selected finalists from four continents will vie for a grand prize that includes guaranteed investor meetings and business development assistance.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/VS_ShowDaily-2026_Digital-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Via Satellite Show Daily 2026 Issue\" style=\"width: 120px; height: auto;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/VS_ShowDaily-2026_Digital-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/VS_ShowDaily-2026_Digital-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/VS_ShowDaily-2026_Digital-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/VS_ShowDaily-2026_Digital.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fs-5 mt-0\">Explore the Show Daily 2026 Issue<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-0 fs-smaller text-balance\">Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-primary\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"offcanvas\" data-bs-target=\"#offcanvasMENU\" aria-controls=\"offcanvasExample\" aria-label=\"button\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tView More <i class=\"bi bi-arrow-right-circle\"><\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>The 2026 competition will be held March 24 at the Unveiled Theater in the Exhibit Hall during SATShow Week. This year\u2019s competitors include <strong>SatEnlight<\/strong>, <strong>Mithril Technologies<\/strong>, <strong>BULL<\/strong>, <strong>Esper Satellite Imagery<\/strong>, <strong>GoKnown<\/strong>, <strong>Satlyt<\/strong>, <strong>OrbitArch<\/strong>, <strong>Planetary Utilities<\/strong>, <strong>Ocean Solution Technology<\/strong>, and <strong>Space Solar<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>BULL Co. \u2014 Yasuhito Uto, CEO<\/h3>\n<p>BULL envisions a future where interplanetary travel is commonplace. The Japanese company aims to make the space industry more sustainable by preventing the generation of space junk. Its solution is the Post Mission Disposal, a device installed on satellites that coats them with a thin-film membrane when their mission ends. The film creates drag, slowing the spacecraft, reducing orbital lifetime and preventing the dispersal of space debris. Last March, Japan\u2019s J-Startup public-private partnership program selected BULL for its fifth cohort, a sign of recognition by the Japanese government. In November, the company completed its seed round of funding.<\/p>\n<p>Yasuhito Uto founded BULL after space startup ALE divested its debris management division to BULL in 2022. With this February marking five years since he entered the space industry with ALE, he is pitching his company at Startup Space.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6b65fb2d8b0;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6b65fb2d8b0 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6b65fb2d8b1').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6b65fb2d8b1'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Esper Satellite Imagery \u2014 Shoaib Iqbal, CEO and Co-Founder<\/h3>\n<p>Esper specializes in hyperspectral mapping. Using its near-infrared Earth observation satellites, its images combine hundreds of color bands, revealing details on the planet\u2019s surface invisible to standard RGB cameras. The technology is applicable in fields from agriculture to mining to defense. Last March, Esper raised $3.1 million in its seed round. In August, it launched OTR-2, its hyperspectral camera into orbit on a Dhruva Space satellite platform.<\/p>\n<p>Esper CEO Shoaib Iqbal founded the company in 2021 while studying space science at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. In February of this year, Iqbal won the Collective Continuum pitch competition for Muslim-led businesses in Qatar; he will now pitch Esper at Startup Space.<\/p>\n<h3>GoKnown \u2014 Connie Erlanger, Co-Founder and CEO<\/h3>\n<p>Cybersecurity firm GoKnown descends from the merger of Marketcore.com and RubixIO, which earned renown in logistic analytics and decentralized computing respectively. Today, the company develops KNOWN, a time-sequenced distributed ledger designed to allow decentralized, secure computing able to handle large volumes of data. It has also developed a platform for data compute and storage in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) called KNETIC for Space, and an alternative PNT solution. In August, the firm was accepted into the University of Central Florida\u2019s NSF I-Corps Aerospace and Aviation Cohort, funded by the National Science Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Connie Erlanger founded GoKnown in 2018. Her background is in finance; her resume features positions at Chase, Bear Stearns, and Morgan Guaranty Bank. She will present GoKnown at Startup Space in March.<\/p>\n<h3>Mithril Technologies \u2014 Scarlett Koller, CEO<\/h3>\n<p>Mithril Technologies is working to develop the next generation of satellite antennas for Geostationary Orbit (GEO) and radio frequency (RF) instruments. Its flagship product is advertised as a breakthrough in radio frequency (RF) reflectors. Mithril\u2019s satellite antennas employ electrostatically-activated mesh reflectors, enabling satellites to reconfigure and switch roles while in orbit. Its technology, it says, can improve responsiveness and resilience for American space assets, particularly for those in GEO.<\/p>\n<p>After emerging from MIT\u2019s Lincoln Laboratory of 2023, Mithril Technologies is beginning to earn recognition. The company was named to the 2026 cohort for the NATO defense innovation accelerator DIANA. And in October, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) named Mithril\u2019s product as awardable in its Expedited Research Implementation Series (ERIS), qualifying it for acquisition by the U.S. government.<\/p>\n<p>Mithril CEO Scarlett Koller previously worked as an engineer at SpaceX and NASA, before co-founding Mithril out of MIT\u2019s Aerospace Materials and Structures Lab. She will be presenting her company at Startup Space.<\/p>\n<h3>Ocean Solution Technology Co. \u2014 Lennon Suga, Director of Overseas Business Development<\/h3>\n<p>Facing threats to its fishing industry, Japanese companies are working to build smarter fisheries. Ocean Solution Technology, based in Nagasaki, Japan, is contributing with Triton\u2019s Spear: a software solution leveraging Earth Observation data to control marine resources more efficiently and sustainability. Marketing to fishermen, governments, and researchers, its technology is designed to automatically log catch reports, save labor, and enable the precise use of fishery resources. The company has partnered with leading Japanese telecommunications company KDDI Corporation, and Japanese space agency JAXA.<\/p>\n<p>Lennon Suga, Ocean\u2019s director of overseas business development, will present the company at Startup Space.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6b65fb2dde8;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6b65fb2dde8 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6b65fb2dde9').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6b65fb2dde9'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<h3>OrbitArch \u2014 Naman Chawla, Founder and CEO<\/h3>\n<p>As more satellites are launched into space and reach the end of their operational lifetimes, the risk of Earth\u2019s orbit becoming choked with high-velocity debris increases. Collisions between space debris can cause fragments to multiply, which threatens to make entire regions of orbit inoperable. OrbitArch\u2019s solution is a quantum radar system that it says can track orbital objects as small as 1 centimeter wide. Its neural networks predict collisions weeks in advance and autonomously executes avoidance maneuvers. Last year, the company was a Top 30 semifinalist at the Eureka business model competition in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>20-year-old Naman Chawla founded OrbitArch in 2024 as an undergraduate at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science in Dubai. In October, he spoke at the United Nations International Telecommunication Union Space Sustainability Forum. He will be representing OrbitArch at Startup Space.<\/p>\n<h3>Planetary Utilities \u2014 Johannes Gross, CEO<\/h3>\n<p>The team behind Planetary Utilities believes that the potential of modern tools is being squandered by poor interfaces and workflows. Through consulting services in digital transformation, adoption, integration, and deployment, it offers to rectify this problem. Planetary Utilities, based in the Los Angeles area, recently relocated from Altadena to Monrovia after the Eaton fire ravaged its headquarters. The company develops Starforge, a language-based interface built to make space missions accessible to smaller teams by unifying siloed tools and information. The company cites engineers at leading organizations like The Aerospace Corporation, Airbus, and SAIC as customers. The firm was recently selected alongside nine others for the Seraphim Accelerator to receive seed capital.<\/p>\n<p>Company CEO Johannes Gross holds a doctorate from the University of Stuttgart and spent seven years as a technologist and engineer at NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He will be presenting Planetary Utilities at Startup Space.<\/p>\n<h3>SatEnlight \u2014 Matteo Vismara, Founder and CEO<\/h3>\n<p>SatEnlight is developing new technologies for inter-satellite optical communication. The company says that its solution enables decoding information from multiple lasers simultaneously, through digital multiplexing of data transmitted through optical channels. The implications, it says, are increased data rates and transmission security. This month, the company closed a 995,000 euro ($1.2 million) funding round and multiple prize grants.<\/p>\n<p>SatEnlight CEO Mattero Vismara founded the company from a laboratory at the University of Milan, where he earned a master\u2019s degree in physics. He has also studied at MIT and Cambridge. He will present SatEnlight at Startup Space in March.<\/p>\n<h3>Satlyt \u2014 Rama Afullo, Founder and CEO<\/h3>\n<p>Satlyt, a developer of space-based data centers in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), sits at a new frontier of satellite technology. The Silicon Valley startup endeavors to create a decentralized space computing platform, widely accessible to individual developers and large companies. Since its formal launch in 2024, it has earned grants from NASA, Google, Nvidia, and more. Recently, it received $25,000 in funding from the city of San Jose\u2019s AI startup incentive program. Satlyt also recently signed an agreement to license DiskSat technology from The Aerospace Corporation to enable autonomous operations and in-orbit data processing.<\/p>\n<p>Satlyt founder Rama Afullo has worked in managerial roles for Google and SpaceX. Previously, he was one of Tesla\u2019s first three employees in Africa. He holds degrees in mechanical engineering and business management and dropped out of a space systems engineering graduate program to build his company. He will be presenting Satlyt at Startup Space.<\/p>\n<h3>Space Solar \u2014 Martin Soltau, Co-CEO<\/h3>\n<p>Space Solar\u2019s vision is straight out of science fiction: solar energy collected in GEO and beamed down to Earth via RF waves. The company projects that in 12 years, its technology will provide round-the-clock power to meet rising electricity demand and accelerate achieving Net Zero. Innovations in manufacturing, rocket launches, and computing, they say, have made the solution safe and scalable. Space Solar\u2019s plans are getting traction \u2014&nbsp;in 2024, it signed a deal to collaborate with Transition Labs to provide Iceland\u2019s Reykjavik Energy with electricity from a space-based solar power plant.<\/p>\n<p>After a 24-year career in aerospace engineering, Martin Soltau co-founded Space Solar, which has been recognized as a leader in the United Kingdom\u2019s energy sector. Representatives from the company have been recognized and invited to speak at clean energy symposiums around the world. The company won the Space Business Catalyst Award at World Space Business Week in Paris last year. Soltau will present Space Solar at Startup Space in March.<\/p>\n<p>,<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\">In This Issue<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 402803:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/10-Hottest-Roundtable-Photo--300x225.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/10-Hottest-Roundtable-Photo--300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/10-Hottest-Roundtable-Photo--800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/10-Hottest-Roundtable-Photo--640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/10-Hottest-Roundtable-Photo-.jpg 1280w\" 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