Skynopy provides turnkey, high-speed, rapidly deployable ground station services and mission support for low Earth orbit satellite operators, enabling on-demand real-time data downlinks without heavy upfront CAPEX. The company combines third-party ground station integrations and strategic partnerships (AWS, Kinéis) with proprietary antennas and software orchestration, including virtualised modem technologies. Its hybrid economic model reduces revisit time to under 20 minutes and doubles data download volume per satellite pass, while halving costs for operators with smaller data volumes. In less than a year Skynopy has added more than 15 antennas to its network and successfully tested an operational download with Airbus from Pléiades Neo satellites, completing setup in under two weeks. Founded at the end of 2023 and based in Paris, the company completed a new €15 million funding round led by Alven with Expansion, Omnes, CNES (SpaceFounders) and Heartcore participating. The funding will accelerate commercial deployment, strengthen technical and marketing teams, and support development of the AKAR unified high-speed, real-time space network planned for 2028. Skynopy is a Paris-based space startup founded in October 2023 by former Loft Orbital directors Pierre Bertrand and Antonin Hirsch that provides simplified satellite connectivity. It offers an "as-a-service" hybrid ground-antenna network and universal connectors that let satellite operators send commands and receive data without managing complex ground-station infrastructure. The company positions itself as an "Airbnb of ground antennas," aiming to scale quickly and offer high-bandwidth links while limiting CAPEX through interfacing with existing ground station networks. In its first six months Skynopy signed and delivered contracts with French space players including HEMERA and CNES. Skynopy closed a $3.1M fundraising round in only three weeks a few months after its creation; the funds will accelerate commercial deployment and recruitment. Its business model focuses on removing technical and commercial complexity from satellite operators to provide a mobile-phone-like connectivity experience.

Total raised

$21M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Jun 2025