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Simera Sense

Africa · Space / Aerospace · founded 2018

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Simera Sense — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$14.8M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 17%
Sector rank · raised
Growth/Late
Latest stage · inferred · Wed Mar 13 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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.

At-risk
  • Last raise 2.3 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 months.
  • Past due for a raise versus sector cadence — watch for distress or a bridge.
Leadership

No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.

2 Investors
Where it sits in Space / Aerospace

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.

space/aerospace

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

ZA
Jurisdiction
2
Investors (latest)
Amount raised vs valuation, by round

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.

Amount raised · realModeled valuation · estCumulative funded · real
$0$50M$100M$150M$200MGrowth/Late · 2024-03-13 Raised $15M (real) Modeled valuation $183M (est)$15M$183MGrowth/Late2024

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.

Financing ladder & sequence gaps
Growth/Late$14.8M · 2024

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%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$182.9M
Base estimate est.
$98.1M
Conservative case
$240.0M
Upside case
$148.0M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Growth/Latea 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.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
10%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
77%
Survival probability
66% low · 83% high
1.23×/yr
Annual markup
1.34×/yr upside case
2.3 yr
Elapsed time used
2.3 yr actual, capped for stale marks
space/aerospace
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
2.3 yr
On record since
2024
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

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.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages) 3.1× above median
This company$14.8M
Sector median$4.7M
Latest round — vs other Growth/Late rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.0× of median
This company$14.8M
Sector median$475.0M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 4.8× above median
This company$182.9M
Sector median$38.2M

Raised more than 84% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 89% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

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.

CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Space Exploration Technologies CorpGrowth/Late$9.0B$4.4B1.92×
Simera Sense this companyGrowth/Late$14.8M$182.9M0.08×
Full financing history

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.

StageAmount · realAnnouncedPost-money · estValue · estConf.
Growth/Late$14.8M2024-03-13$148.0M$182.9M45%
What happened at each round

Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.

  1. Growth/Late$14.8M2024-03-13
    • First recorded raise — entered as Growth/Late.
    • 2 investors on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$23.7M
Modeled next size est.range $15.4M$37.9M
Last step-up
Capital velocity

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.

Registry & provenance

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.

United States
Country of record
ZA
Jurisdiction
Similar companies

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.

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Frontier Aerospace CorpSpace / AerospaceSeries A$13.0M$59.6Msame sector
West Star Aviation Holdings, LLCSpace / AerospaceSeries B$17.9M$253.7Msame sector
Zenith Aerospace Inc.Space / AerospaceSeries A$11.6M$1.3Msame sector
Turion Space Corp.Space / AerospaceSeries A$11.1M$162.3Msame sector
Exos Aerospace Systems & Technologies, Inc.Space / AerospaceSeed$10.8M$430Ksame sector
Investors

Public records name issuer insiders, not the funds in a round — these investor links come from corroborating sources.

FirmRoundConfidence
Knife CapitalGrowth/Late55%
NewSpace CapitalGrowth/Late55%
Frequently asked
How much funding has Simera Sense raised?
Simera Sense has raised approximately $14.8M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Simera Sense's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Simera Sense is approximately $182.9M (modeled range $98.1M–$240.0M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Simera Sense at?
Simera Sense's latest modeled financing stage is Growth/Late. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed Mar 13.
What does Simera Sense do and where is it based?
Simera Sense operates in the Space / Aerospace sector, based in Africa. 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.
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