Portuguese Neuraspace raises €15.6 million for Space Defence
- Portugal Business News - Valerie Charoux
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Defence & Space News Europe - Portuguese Neuraspace has raised 15.6 million euros for European Space Defence in a funding round led by LINCE CAPITAL, Explorer Investments and Armilar Venture Partners, together with funding awarded under the Recuperar Portugal Plan, according to an announcement dated August 5th, 2026:
The European Space environment is becoming increasingly congested, contested and competitive. Alongside rapidly growing collision risks, satellite operators now face cyber attacks, radio-frequency interference, GNSS spoofing and jamming, and increasingly sophisticated counterspace activities that require continuous operational awareness and rapid decision support.
With the new investment raised by Neuraspace, the Portuguese Space company is positioning itself as one of Europe's leading providers of AI-enabled Space Domain Awareness and Space Traffic Management, through the following fields:
✅ Expansion of the Neuraspace AI platform
✅ Autonomous mission operations
✅ Proprietary optical sensing infrastructure
✅ Growth of NeuraspaceDEF for Governmental and Defence sectors
"When Neuraspace was founded, our mission was to make Space safer. That mission has evolved with the operational reality. Today, protecting satellites means addressing both accidental risks and intentional threats. Safety and security are no longer separate challenges - they are two sides of the same operational problem." - Chiara Manfletti, CEO of Neuraspace.
What is Portuguese company Neuraspace?
Portuguese company Neuraspace is a Space Research and Technology company headquartered in Coimbra, Portugal, with offices in Luxembourg and Germany, that was founded in 2020.
Neuraspace registered a rapid growth within just above five years, with revenue growth of more than 350% in 2025.
Neuraspace monitors more than 600 satellites operated by commercial and institutional customers, helping operators prevent collisions, improve operational resilience and safely conduct increasingly autonomous missions.
Neuraspace clients include:
Spire Global
GEOSAT
NanoAvionics
Sidus Space
U-Space
European Space Agency ESA
In the Defence sector, Neuraspace has contracts with the Portuguese Air Force and NATO. Neuraspace was recently selected as prime contractor by the European Commission for Defence and Space, further strengthening its position as a trusted European provider of dual-use space safety and security services.
Neuraspace's platform combines data from commercial and sovereign sensors with high-precision driven orbit determination, AI-enabled risk and threat assessment, autonomous decision support, that enable commercial operators, Government agencies and Defence organizations to detect, assess and respond more rapidly to both routine operational events and emerging threats.
By combining sovereign sensing infrastructure with AI-enabled data fusion and operational automation, Neuraspace contributes to Europe's technological sovereignty while reducing dependence on external surveillance capabilities.
