German startup Marble Imaging raises €6 million for first commercial very-high-resolution satellite constellation

Marble Imaging, a Bremen-based Earth observation (EO) data company, has raised an additional €6 million in a Seed extension round led by venture capital firm Cherry Ventures. The company is building Germany's first commercial constellation of very-high-resolution (VHR) satellites, intended to deliver imagery and analytics as often as hourly. It argues this matters because Europe and many of its partners currently depend on non-European providers for such data.

Funding

In December 2025, Marble Imaging announced an oversubscribed €5.3 million Seed round led by High-Tech Gründerfonds. Total funding now stands at €11.3 million. The company was founded in August 2023 by Robert Hook, Dr. Gopika Suresh, Alexander Epp and Dr. Raul Scarlat. Hook is co-founder and CEO.

Satellites and plans

The first satellite, Marble Sat-1, is fully funded, has completed pre-flight testing and is scheduled to launch in early 2027. It is designed to capture imagery at up to 0.7 m spatial resolution in the visible and near-infrared spectrum, and will also collect shortwave infrared data. The new capital will be used to scale the constellation, with a goal of 30 satellites by 2030, and to speed up procurement of satellites and launches.

The company already offers data analysis services, including object detection, terrain analysis and trafficability assessment, coastal asset monitoring and land cover classification. It is also developing an AI-powered analytics platform that combines multi-source data, aimed at defence, civil security and critical infrastructure users.

Rationale

Marble says reliance on non-European providers can leave customers cut off from coverage of key areas, as happened in Ukraine and the Strait of Hormuz. Hook said scaling is a question of capital rather than technology, adding that demand is proven, hardware comes from experienced suppliers and the software is already used by paying customers. Filip Dames, Founding Partner at Cherry Ventures, said Europe needs its own "eyes in space".