PAVE Space is developing a family of orbital transfer vehicles (OTVs) including a flagship kickstage using storable bipropellants and a smaller mobile platform for rapid satellite repositioning. The vehicles are designed to transport satellites from low Earth orbit to higher-energy destinations such as geostationary and lunar orbits in under 24 hours. PAVE aims to offer a launcher-agnostic logistics layer compatible with multiple launch systems and to serve commercial and institutional customers including satellite operators, telecom providers and defence organisations. The company is preparing its first in-space demonstration mission and has secured early reservation agreements with satellite operators. With the $40 million seed round, PAVE will accelerate development, expand its engineering team, conduct initial demonstrations and ready its platforms for commercial deployments. CEO and co-founder Julie Böhning has framed the effort as building infrastructure to enable industries to move, operate and scale beyond Earth while supporting Europe’s strategic autonomy in space.

Total raised

$40M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Mar 2026