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June 9, 2026

Finnish satellite startup Iceye raises €1bn amid spacetech funding boost

The startup last raised €200m in December

Anne Sraders

2 min read

Finnish satellite startup Iceye has raised €1bn in Series F funding valuing the company at around €10bn; €450m of the round is new funding, with the remainder coming from secondaries. The round was led by General Atlantic.

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Anne Sraders

Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the VC industry and deeptech startups. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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