AIRMO Raises €5M seed funding

For decades, catching methane leaks from space meant choosing between accuracy and affordability. AIRMO has solved both - building the world's first active spaceborne greenhouse gas monitoring instrument — shrinking a SWIR imager and micro-LiDAR into a small satellite platform. The result is more accurate and more affordable than anything that exists today.

AIRMO has a simple mission: to help operators find and stop greenhouse gas losses, starting with methane. With this funding, we move beyond validation into continuous monitoring at scale — and launching our first sensor into space is a major step toward our ambition to monitor 12 million energy assets worldwide. - Daria Stepanova, CEO of AIRMO

Methane emissions are responsible for 30% of global warming, yet 70% of leaks go unreported. For energy companies, this is not just an environmental problem — methane leaks cost the industry approximately $30BN every year.

AIRMO technology is already deployed commercially on drones and aircrafts for monitoring missions across Europe, Central Asia and MENA. The world's largest energy companies (e.g. Uniper) and validators (e.g. OSCE) already using AIRMO for infrastructure monitoring. TotalEnergies supported AIRMO R&D activities at TADI since 2023.‍

Methane leakage reduction is the most effective way to decarbonise the energy industry today. AIRMO’s ability to quantify GHG emissions from space with such high precision is a game-changer, finally solving a significant transparency problem for the energy sector. Having backed the team since inception, we are proud to continue supporting their journey as they move toward their first satellite launch. - Alina Bassi, Principal at Ananda Impact Ventures

The capital will be used to move AIRMO from successful pilots to scaled commercial operations. AIRMO will be launching its first satellites into space in 2027 to begin operational data delivery. AIRMO will be scaling airborne monitoring campaigns across Europe, MENA, and Central Asia, moving into routine operational monitoring and funding payload integration into Endurosat satellite. The funding will also be used to drive international expansion, with AIRMO establishing a local presence in MENA.

Founded by Daria Stepanova — a rocket scientist and serial entrepreneur with 12 successful satellite launches to her name — AIRMO has assembled a team of world-class experts. They include Dr. Christoph Grobbel (advisor), formerly CFO and co-founder of South Pole and Terra Impact Ventures; Dr. Errico Armandillo (CSO), former ESA Head of Optoelectronics with 28 years of expertise building complex optical instruments; and David Vilaseca (CTO), with 15 years of experience in designing remote sensing space missions.