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Seraphim Space Investment Trust PLC
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Seraphim Space Investment Trust PLC is the world's first listed fund focused on SpaceTech. The company seeks exposure predominantly to early and growth stage privately financed SpaceTech businesses that have the potential to dominate globally and that are category leaders with first mover advantages in areas such as climate, communications, mobility and cyber security.
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Seraphim Space Investment Trust rockets from low on buyback and funding update
Eleven investee companies closed investment rounds during the first half, of which six were made at higher valuations than previous rounds and only one was a 'down round'
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Seraphim Space Investment Trust manager launches new responsible investment policy
Under the new policy, each prospective investment will be put through a due diligence process and reviewed against a series of mitigation strategies to understand any potential ESG risks and how these can be monitored and reduced
Seraphim retains confidence in D-Orbit after cancellation of SPAC deal
Market conditions cited as unfavourable for the acquisition
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Seraphim Space says investment remains strong despite macro conditions
“Whilst the space sector is not immune to the macro-economic backdrop, the last six months have demonstrated the crucial role space plays in global defence, food security and humanitarian support,” said chief executive Mark Boggett
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UK satellite firm Satellite Vu adds capacity to become 'world’s global thermometer from space'
It has already secured a launch slot aboard one of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 space flights early next year
Five Seraphim Space portfolio companies send payloads onboard latest SpaceX launch
On board were 59 spacecraft, including 'cubesats', 'microsats', hosted payloads and orbital transfer vehicles
Seraphim Space Investment Trust lines up more deals as portfolio remains on steady orbit
The space technology investor has poured a total of £142.3mln into 14 companies since listing last July
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Seraphim Space manager appoints former Virgin Galactic and Virgin Orbit chair as partner
Patrick McCall spent two decades at the Virgin Group, where he sat on the board of seven companies that have gone on to become unicorns, from Virgin Mobile and Virgin Active to Trainline and One Web
D-Orbit wins contract to work on Space Rider reusable space vehicle
D-Orbit, in which Seraphim Space owns a 9.3% fully diluted holding, is due to be listed on the NASDAQ exchange later this year via a SPAC merger
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Seraphim Space investee D-Orbit launches fifth space tug
Once in space, the ION orbital transfer vehicle will carry and deploy customer's satellites and other payloads into their correct orbital positions
Seraphim Space invests in revolutionary earth-imaging satellite startup Pixxel
Pixxel is developing a constellation of the world’s highest resolution hyperspectral imaging satellites, with the first to be carried into space by SpaceX next month
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Seraphim Space strengthens financial services expertise with appointment of Bob Wigley
Bob Wigley was previously chairman of Merrill Lynch EMEA, a Court Member of the Bank of England, and chaired the Green Investment Bank Commission
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Seraphim Space sees no let up in investment pace
Since its IPO in July last year, the trust has invested £135mln in space-related businesses
UK space technology firm Satellite Vu bags launch deal on SpaceX rocket
The video generation capability of the satellites will allow the monitoring of waterway pollution from industrial processes, analysing the heat-loss of buildings and assessing the activity status of solar farms
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Space investing: World’s first 3D-printed rocket is set to launch
The long-term goal is to improve and increase humanity’s base on Mars and Earth
Hardware & electrical equipment
SpaceX Starship will provide ‘giant leap’ for mankind and entire space sector
Bigger rockets means cheaper costs and an acceleration for everything from satellite broadband, to putting data centres, solar power plants and even farms into space
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Seraphim Space portfolio company recognised by Prince Charles
D-Orbit and Leo Labs, two more portfolio companies, also offer space removal and maintenance services
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Seraphim Space Investment Trust hails Nasdaq listing deal for portfolio company D-Orbit
D-Orbit's spacecraft are "starting to form the basis of the space-based infrastructure that will be used to do everything from cleaning up orbital debris, servicing other satellites, to hosting space-based cloud computing," said Seraphim ch
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Space in 2022: what to expect and look out for
Seraphim Space Investment Trust PLC makes seven predictions for 2022 for the 'new space' industry
Seraphim Space portfolio companies onboard Elon Musk's latest SpaceX launch
D-Orbit, ICEYE, Spire and Leo Labs were all involved in the launch
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Seraphim Space Technology Investment Trust gives access to first movers in fast-growing orbital infrastructure
As well as identifying category leaders in the current leg of the space race, the listed space technology fund also is keeping an eye on potential future winners for when the industry matures
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Seraphim Space Investment Trust takes portfolio to 21 companies with double acquisition
Finland's ICEYE operates a large constellation of tiny satellites that use radar to track images of the Earth, while Italy's D-Orbit is a space logistics and orbital transportation services provider
Seraphim appoints private equity veteran Angela Lane as non-executive
She will also be part of the audit, management engagement, and remuneration and nomination committees, before she takes on the role of chair of the audit committee from 30 June
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Seraphim Space Investment Trust invests $25mln in Finnish microsatellite maker ICEYE
ICEYE has the world's first and largest constellation of miniaturised satellites that use radar to capture images of the Earth
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Space for good: how new satellite technology can help save the planet
A revolution in rocket and satellite technology is starting to enable new uses for technology in space that are proving vital in areas such as environmental regulation, sustainable agriculture, humanitarian aid
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Seraphim Space boosts sustainability credentials with investment in satellite servicing star
There are a growing number of government-backed schemes to mitigate the amount of space debris
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Seraphim Space Investment Trust says net assets rocket in maiden results
Chair Will Whitehorn said the recent COP26 summit in Glasgow “has shown both the urgency with which the world must act to combat climate change and the unique role spacetech can play in achieving this”
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Seraphim Space Investment Trust makes first investment in company from AWS Space Accelerator
“We can say with conviction that HawkEye 360 is the undisputed global leader in radio frequency analysis, a market we believe will grow to $billions over the next few years,” said fund manager Mark Boggett
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Seraphim Space manager hires ex-Virgin adviser as new investment director
“We had a shortlist of one person for this new role at Seraphim Space and we are delighted that Andre has accepted the challenge," said CEO Mark Boggett
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Seraphim Space Investment Trust tops up portfolio company Isotropic as valuation rockets
Isotropic is looking to redefine satellite communications with patented radio frequency optics technology that enables ground antenna to simultaneously connect to multiple satellites in multiple orbits without any compromise in performance
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Seraphim Space IT completes Arqit Quantum deal
Arqit Quantum shares have commenced trading on NASDAQ