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March 25, 2026

Swiss spacetech Pave Space raises $40m seed round as concerns around space sovereignty heat up

Visionaries Club and Creandum co-led the deal


Anne Sraders

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Pave cofounders Julie Böhning and Jérémy Marciacq. Credit: Heloise Maret Le Nouvelliste

Swiss spacetech Pave Space has raised $40m in seed funding led by Visionaries Club and Creandum as investors become increasingly eager to back tech bolstering Europe’s sovereign space capabilities. 

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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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