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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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Investments and investor services
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