Marble Imaging raises additional €6 million led by Cherry Ventures to unlock independent European access to key geospatial intelligence

This capital accelerates satellite and launch procurement for Germany’s first commercial very high-resolution constellation at a time where sovereign insights are becoming ever more critical.

Marble Imaging, founded to fill a critical capability gap in Europe’s intelligence infrastructure, has raised additional €6 million led by Cherry Ventures. This extends the initial €5.3 million seed round led by High-Tech Gründerfonds.

Marble is setting up Germany’s first commercial constellation of very-high-resolution (VHR) satellites. VHR imagery is a core input for security and commercial intelligence, yet Europe and many of its partners depend on non-European providers. This makes them vulnerable to being cut off from coverage over key areas of interest, as materialized in Ukraine or the Strait of Hormuz, creating massive economic as well as security knowledge gaps.

Alongside the space infrastructure backbone, Marble is building an AI-powered analytics platform where multi-source data is converted into insights. As Marble’s constellation scales, the interplay of these segments will create a uniquely well-trained AI solution delivering actionable decision-support for users in the defense, civil security, and critical infrastructure sectors as well as beyond.

The additional investment and backing by Cherry reflect the proven market as well as Marble’s position as an already trusted partner to institutional and commercial project partners. “To make better decisions, data access must be immediate and actionable,” says Robert Hook, co-founder and CEO of Marble Imaging. “Europe and many of its global partners lack this capability today. We at Marble are determined to close this gap, and Cherry’s trust helps us achieve this faster.”

Marble’s first satellite, Marble Sat-1, is fully funded, completed pre-flight testing and 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 gather data in the short wave infrared spectrum. The new funding accelerates the scaling of our constellation, with a goal of 30 satellites by 2030.

“Europe needs its own eyes in space, and Marble Imaging is building them. They are using AI to turn pixels into answers, exactly what government and defense customers need. This team has spent their careers in the industry and knows what it takes to build something very big. The product Marble will deliver doesn’t exist in Europe yet, but we’re convinced it has to,” says Filip Dames, Founding Partner at Cherry Ventures.

“Scaling from here is a question of capital, not technology,” says Hook. “The demand is proven, the hardware comes from experienced suppliers, and our software is already used by paying customers. We need to invest in more satellite capability in space, and this round accelerates our path to delivering sovereign intelligence with a European identity – stable access, transparency and democratic governance that partners around the world can count on.”

About Marble Imaging

Marble Imaging is a big-data EO company founded in August 2023 in Bremen, Germany, building its constellation of VHR satellites to provide up to hourly EO data and analytics for time critical insights of our planet. The data and derived EO-based analytics will be vital in supporting rapid decision-making with regard to defence, climate security, crises & disaster management, green and sustainable energy transitions, infrastructure and mobility and much more. Marble already offers advanced data analysis services, including object detection for situational intelligence, terrain analysis and trafficability assessment, coastal asset monitoring and land cover classification.
For more information: https://www.marble-imaging.de

About Cherry Ventures

Cherry Ventures is Europe’s leading early-stage venture capital firm led by a team of founders and operators with experience building fast-scaling companies such as Spotify, Zalando, and Uber. The firm backs Europe’s boldest founders, usually as their first institutional investor, and supports them in everything from go-to-market strategy, scaling the business, and team formation across all crucial stages in their journey. We look for founders with a vision to create revolutionary technologies – whether it’s AI, healthcare, robotics, consumer, or others – that impact society and change the world for the better. Cherry has invested in the pre-seed and seed stages of over 130 companies across Europe, including Flix, Auto1, Flaschenpost, Amboss, Manual, Numa, Moss, The Exploration Company, Qualifyze, Swap, Dash0, Proxima Fusion and Tacto. Cherry has offices in Berlin, London, and Stockholm.

For more information: www.cherry.vc