Companies · Space / Aerospace
Africa · Space / Aerospace · founded 2018
Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Simera Sense — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→Simera Sense has raised $15M over 1 round; too few niche peers to rank its valuation yet.
Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the space/aerospace sector profile.
Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.
No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.
Simera Sense is one of 133 Space / Aerospace companies tracked from Africa, on record since 2018. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 84% of sector peers), and in the upper tier by modeled valuation est..
Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.
SA earth observation startup Simera Sense raises $14.8m growth funding round 0 By Tom Jackson on March 13, 2024 News , Southern Africa The South Africa-based Simera Sense, a global leader in providing end-to-end optical payload solutions to the small satellite Earth observation industry, has raised EUR13.5 million (US$14.8 million) to help it develop its product range, increase production, and accelerate on-board processing capabilities. Founded in 2018, Simera Sense is a leading provider of end-to-end earth observation camera solutions for the global small satellite market.
SA earth observation startup Simera Sense raises $14.8m growth funding round 0 By Tom Jackson on March 13, 2024 News , Southern Africa The South Africa-based Simera Sense, a global leader in providing end-to-end optical payload solutions to the small satellite Earth observation industry, has raised EUR13.5 million (US$14.8 million) to help it develop its product range, increase production, and accelerate on-board processing capabilities. Founded in 2018, Simera Sense is a leading provider of end-to-end earth observation camera solutions for the global small satellite market.
As reported in public records reported — not modeled.
Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.
The line shows cumulative reported funding over the period; + labels show new capital added between points when there is room. Toggle on-bar figures, plus the niche-peer and market averages, to read this company against its cohort. Benchmarks are modeled medians.
Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D+ — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 14%.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Growth/Late — a round over $400M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the space/aerospace sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.
Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.
Benchmarked against 133 companies in Space / Aerospace. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.
Raised more than 84% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 89% of peers (estimate).
A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Growth/Late) that last raised in the same ~3-year era, ranked by modeled value est. (not money raised). This is the exact set the analyst read compares against, so a like-for-like cohort is what makes "over/under-valued" meaningful.
Not enough valued peers in this cohort to chart positioning.
| Company | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | vs peer med. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Space Exploration Technologies Corp | Growth/Late | $9.0B | $4.4B | 1.92× |
| Simera Sense this company | Growth/Late | $14.8M | $182.9M | 0.08× |
Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.
| Stage | Amount · real | Announced | Post-money · est | Value · est | Conf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growth/Late | $14.8M | 2024-03-13 | $148.0M | $182.9M | 45% |
Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.
Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.
Simera Sense is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.
Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Next Level Aviation Holdings, LLC | Space / Aerospace | Series A | $15.0M | $341.8M | same sector |
| VerdeGo Aero | Space / Aerospace | Series A | $13.6M | $9.4M | same sector |
| MagLev Aero Inc. | Space / Aerospace | Series A | $16.8M | $8.6M | same sector |
| Frontier Aerospace Corp | Space / Aerospace | Series A | $13.0M | $59.6M | same sector |
| West Star Aviation Holdings, LLC | Space / Aerospace | Series B | $17.9M | $253.7M | same sector |
| Zenith Aerospace Inc. | Space / Aerospace | Series A | $11.6M | $1.3M | same sector |
| Turion Space Corp. | Space / Aerospace | Series A | $11.1M | $162.3M | same sector |
| Exos Aerospace Systems & Technologies, Inc. | Space / Aerospace | Seed | $10.8M | $430K | same sector |
Public records name issuer insiders, not the funds in a round — these investor links come from corroborating sources.
| Firm | Round | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Knife Capital | Growth/Late | 55% |
| NewSpace Capital | Growth/Late | 55% |
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