{"id":14438,"date":"2025-12-09T13:07:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T12:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalhubindustry.de\/marble-imaging-takes-off-with-e5-3-million-in-seed-funding\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T13:18:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T12:18:37","slug":"marble-imaging-takes-off-with-e5-3-million-in-seed-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalhubindustry.de\/en\/marble-imaging-takes-off-with-e5-3-million-in-seed-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Marble Imaging takes off \u2013 with \u20ac5.3 million in seed funding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Great news from our hub: <\/strong>Bremen-based start-up <a href=\"https:\/\/marble-imaging.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/marble-imaging.de\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Marble Imaging<\/a> has successfully completed its first official round of financing.<\/p>\n\n<p>Led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.htgf.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.htgf.de\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">High-Tech Gr\u00fcnderfonds (HTGF) <\/a>and supported by strong partners from <strong>Bremen<\/strong> and all over <strong>Europe<\/strong>, <strong>\u20ac5.3 million<\/strong> is being invested in the development of the first European satellite constellation for high-resolution Earth observation.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Why Marble Imaging&#8217;s work is so important<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Marble Imaging is developing its own constellation of VHR (Very High Resolution) satellites, which will provide companies and organisations with up-to-date, multispectral Earth observation data \u2013 every hour, every day. The focus is on critical issues such as: <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Climate change &amp; global food security<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Infrastructure monitoring &amp; mobility<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Defence &amp; Crisis Management<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Green Energy and Security Solutions<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p>Marble already offers its first analysis tools \u2013 for object recognition, navigation analysis, coastal monitoring and land use classification, to name a few. The team is thus making a highly relevant contribution both technologically and socially. <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s next<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n<p>With the new funding, the team led by <strong>Dr Gopika Suresh<\/strong>, <strong>Robert Hook <\/strong>and <strong>Alexander Epp <\/strong>is following an ambitious roadmap: Marble Imaging will significantly expand its team, drive forward the development of AI-supported analysis tools and set up a user-friendly customer portal for direct access to Earth observation data. At the same time, the company is setting up its own ground infrastructure with Mission Control to efficiently control and operate the planned satellite fleet. The first satellite \u2013 \u2018Morgana\u2019 \u2013 is scheduled to launch at the end of 2026 together with partner Reflex Aerospace. By 2028, the constellation is expected to grow to up to 20 units \u2013 with the aim of establishing Europe&#8217;s first high-frequency and independent platform for Earth observation data.   <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Excellent ideas thrive in the right environment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Marble Imaging impresses with its clear goal, technical excellence and consistent implementation \u2013 there is no doubt about that. At the same time, its path shows how crucial a supportive environment is for such innovations. The <g id=\"gid_0\">DIGITAL HUB INDUSTRY Bremen<\/g> and the nationwide <g id=\"gid_2\"><g id=\"gid_1\">de:hub initiative<\/g><\/g> create precisely this framework: access to networks, targeted programmes, proximity to industry and visibility for relevant innovations. The fact that Marble Imaging is now on the threshold of international scaling is the result of strong individual performance \u2013 and an ecosystem that enables impact.   <\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marble Imaging secures funding round and advances the development of European Earth observation technology \u2013 made in Bremen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":14435,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-current-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalhubindustry.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalhubindustry.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalhubindustry.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalhubindustry.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalhubindustry.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/digitalhubindustry.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14439,"href":"https:\/\/digitalhubindustry.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14438\/revisions\/14439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalhubindustry.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalhubindustry.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalhubindustry.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalhubindustry.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}