German Marble Raises €6 Million to Build First Commercial High-Resolution Satellite Constellation

on November 9, according to EU-Startups, German Earth observation company Marble Imaging has closed a €6 million seed extension round led by Cherry Ventures, bringing its total funding to €11.3 million; the company previously secured €5.3 million led by High-Tech Gründerfonds in December 2025. The company is building Germany's first commercial very high resolution (VHR) satellite constellation, with a goal of deploying 30 satellites by 2030.

Its first satellite, Marble Sat-1, is fully funded and has completed pre-launch testing, with a planned launch in early 2027. It will offer a maximum spatial resolution of 0.7 meters in the visible and near-infrared bands, while simultaneously capturing short-wave infrared data; once the constellation reaches scale, it will deliver Earth observation data up to once per hour. The company is also developing an AI analytics platform to convert multi-source data into decision support for defense, climate security, crisis and disaster management, energy transition, infrastructure, and transportation. Current services include target detection, terrain and passability analysis, coastal asset monitoring, and land cover classification.

CEO and co-founder Robert Hook noted that Europe and its partners have long depended on high-resolution imagery from non-European suppliers, which "could result in coverage being cut off in situations such as Ukraine or the Strait of Hormuz"; this round of funding will accelerate constellation expansion, as well as satellite and launch purchases. Filip Dames, founding partner at Cherry Ventures, remarked that Europe needs "its own eyes in space." The company was founded in August 2023 by four individuals: Hook, Gopika Suresh, Alexander Epp, and Raul Scarlat.