The best information & research space startups
9 information & research companies in the directory, ranked by disclosed funding, spanning 5 countries.
The layer around the industry rather than in orbit: analysts sizing the market, marketplaces matching missions to suppliers, and the capital platforms connecting founders to investors. Their product is knowing what everyone else is building, which makes them some of the most useful people in the sector to know.
Updated 27 September 2026 · Follow by RSS
State of the sector
As of 27 September 2026
Bryce Space & Tech and Astralytical analyse the industry for governments and companies. Space BD brokers launches and space station experiments. Spaced Ventures lets ordinary investors buy into space companies through equity crowdfunding.
Space BD flew six payloads on Japan's H3 in June 2026 through its rideshare service. In 2025 Bryce Space & Tech won Defense Department contracts in chemical and biological defence.
Several of the 2019 names changed hands. Space Angels became Space Capital in 2020. HOSTmi was bought by Precious Payload in 2022, and Space Impulse by The Quantum Insider the same year.
Latest milestones
Every dated event from the companies below, newest first, each with its source.
Space BD: Series C closes above ¥3.5 billion, total raised ¥6.68 billionSpace BD: Six payloads fly on H3 Flight 6 under its rideshare service
Bryce Space & Tech: Wins about $70M in Department of Defense prime contracts supporting chemical and biological defense
Space Impulse: Launches its space market intelligence platform
Spaced Ventures: Closes the retail portal, pivots to accredited investors and rebrands as Mach33 Financial GroupSpaced Ventures: Records its first exit as Sidus Space buys portal-funded Exo-Space
UKAM: Dissolved by voluntary strike-off at Companies HouseSpace Impulse: Acquired by The Quantum Insider to become a market intelligence businessSpaced Ventures: Its unsolicited SpaceX petition passes $11M in pledges from about 7,500 people
HOSTmi: Acquired by launch-services marketplace Precious PayloadShow 7 earlier milestones
Astralytical: Publishes a second book, Becoming Off-Worldly, on preparing for spaceflightSpaced Ventures: Raises a $1.2M seed led by WorldQuant Ventures, a month after opening its retail investment portalHOSTmi: Signs a brokerage agreement with Southern Launch to match marketplace payloads with launch capacity
Space Angels: Rebrands as Space Capital alongside a new $50M venture fund; the Space Angels brand winds downAstralytical: Publishes founder Laura Forczyk's first book, Rise of the Space Age MillennialsSpace BD: JAXA names Space BD an H-IIA and H3 rideshare providerSpace BD: JAXA picks Space BD to run CubeSat deployment from KiboAll 9 information & research companies
Ranked by disclosed funding.
Astralytical Space analysis and consulting
Bryce Space & Tech Space and technology analytics services
HOSTmi AcquiredSpace services marketplace
Space Angels AcquiredSpace investment network
Space BD Launch and ISS brokerage
Space Dynamix Marketing DormantMarketing for the space industry
Space Impulse AcquiredThe Space Business Network
Spaced Ventures Direct access to smart space capital
UKAM Shut downAnalogue missions
How many information & research space startups are there in 2026?
Space Bandits tracks 9 information & research companies, 4 of them active.
What is the latest news from information & research startups?
The most recent milestone on record is from Space BD, dated 17 June 2026: "Series C closes above ¥3.5 billion, total raised ¥6.68 billion."
How many information & research startups have shut down?
1 of the 9 have shut down, and 1 more are dormant, with no public activity for years. The graveyard records how each one ended.
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