Week in Space Data, every Friday.
Tokyo-based developer and operator of micro-satellites, building a standard 6U satellite bus and scaling up to 50 kg-class satellites, with constellation work in maritime communications (VDES), remote sensing and lunar navigation. It raised 8 billion yen in a Series B round in February 2025.
Tokyo-based developer and operator of micro-satellites, building a standard 6U satellite bus and scaling up to 50 kg-class satellites, with constellation work in maritime communications (VDES), remote sensing and lunar navigation. It raised 8 billion yen in a Series B round in February 2025.
Not ranked: Data in 1 pillar; at least 2 are needed to rank.
1 of 5 inputs measured · Insufficient data · 25% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Headcount, Market value, Reported revenue
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
A pillar score averages the company’s percentiles among the tracked companies with a value: relative standing, not a grade. Inputs measured 2026-10-16 (UTC) · methodology v6. Every input, its value and percentile · How it is computed
The Space Score ranks companies relative to each other on public data we hold. It describes; it does not rate, forecast or recommend. It is not a credit rating and not investment advice. Full disclaimer
Sources: Founded, Headquarters
For information only, not investment advice. SpaceNexus is not a registered investment adviser, broker or dealer, and nothing here is a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any security. Data may be delayed, estimated or incomplete; check the source before acting. Full disclaimer
4 private rounds on record. Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
Latest funding round
Series B · $52M
Feb 4, 2025 · led by Incubate Fund / JIC Venture Growth Investments / WiL
Checking for a discussion…
Compiled Oct 16, 2026 from 6 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Latest sourced round
Series B: ¥8.00B (about $51.5M)
Co-led by Incubate Fund and JIC Venture Growth Investments and WiL. Dollar figure converted at 0.00643845 JPY/USD (ECB euro foreign exchange reference rates) on Feb 4, 2025
Source: ArkEdge Space
Announced Feb 4, 2025
Sourced rounds on record
4 rounds, $74.9M disclosed
Every round has a disclosed amount
Published rounds with a source link only, on the same rules as the funding tracker. Each round links the source that states its figure; amounts in other currencies are converted to dollars at the rate shown on the funding tracker.
Satellites owned or operated
8 in orbit of 11 launched
Latest: AE1a
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as owner or operator. "In orbit" is GCAT status O. Counted under GCAT organisation code ARKE. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Satellites built
12 payloads launched, 8 in orbit
Latest: AE1a
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as manufacturer. Counted under GCAT organisation code ARKE. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Mar 30, 2026
Tokyo University
Built one of its satellites (latest RWASAT-1)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Sep 24, 2019
Co-led Series B (Feb 4, 2025)
ArkEdge Space, Feb 4, 2025
JIC Venture Growth Investments
Co-led Series B (Feb 4, 2025)
Satellite data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0.
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 16). ArkEdge Space: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/arkedge-space
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "ArkEdge Space: Company dossier." Data as of October 16, 2026. Accessed October 16, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/arkedge-space.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_arkedgespace_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{ArkEdge Space}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/arkedge-space}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/arkedge-space},
urldate = {2026-10-16},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-16; each fact links its primary source}
}WiL
Co-led Series B (Feb 4, 2025)
ArkEdge Space, Feb 4, 2025
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Capital
Took part in Series A (additional close) (Mar 29, 2022)
ArkEdge Space, Mar 29, 2022
Took part in Series A (additional close) (Mar 29, 2022)
ArkEdge Space, Mar 29, 2022
SPARX Innovation for the Future
Took part in Series A (additional close) (Mar 29, 2022)
ArkEdge Space, Mar 29, 2022
Took part in Series A (first close) (Jan 26, 2022)
ArkEdge Space, Jan 26, 2022