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notablefinancialupdated 23 Jul2026-07-21

ORiS raises 5 million euros for satellite laser power-beaming tech

ORiS

Per SpaceNews: the Turin startup raised 5 million euros to develop laser-based wireless power beaming for satellites.

Image: spacenews.com
// sources · 2 attached
  1. [1]trade pressspacenews.com↗
  2. [2]trade press · corroborationtech.eu↗

what happened

ORiS raised a 4.5 million euro pre-seed round led by Earlybird and co-led by Pitchdrive, plus a 500,000 euro grant from the Piedmont Region's start-up consolidation program, per SpaceNews. The Turin-based startup, a Politecnico di Torino spinoff, is developing laser-based wireless power transmission to recharge satellites in orbit without relying on solar panels, and plans a first in-space demonstration in the first quarter of 2027 with Dcubed.

why it matters

Orbital power beaming is an emerging category alongside players like the US's Star Catcher; a working laser power grid could let satellite operators shed the mass and cost tied to solar arrays and batteries, particularly for smaller spacecraft that cannot carry large panels.

signal-to-noise

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3base tier 3 from lead source class "trade" (SpaceNews) spacenews.com-1corroboration crawl ran and found nothing+1Free corroboration found this sweep: Tech.eu independently covered the same ORiS pre-seed round with matching figures, a distinct outlet from the SpaceNews lead. The prior crawl's found_none is superseded by an actual second source, not re-litigated. tech.eu+1survived uncontested past the persistence window (caps at 4)
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2→32026-07-23 · Free corroboration found this sweep: Tech.eu independently covered the same ORiS pre-seed round with matching figures, a distinct outlet from the SpaceNews lead. The prior crawl's found_none is superseded by an actual second source, not re-litigated.3→42026-08-04 · survived uncontested past the persistence window (caps at 4)
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quick facts

Companies
ORiS
Category
financial
Impact
notable
SNR
4 / 5
Event date
2026-07-21
Published
2026-07-21 05:33 UTC
#funding#europe

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