What if the most important climate infrastructure of the next decade isn’t on Earth?
From methane leaks traced to individual facilities to wildfire detection in minutes, space is becoming the nervous system of climate action.
This week, we take a closer look at the stack forming above our heads across observation, measurement, decision-making, response, and orbital infrastructure.
And highlight 60+ companies building it.
You can’t manage what you can’t see. Now, we finally can.
Better still, meet Joshua Western, CEO and Co-Founder of Space Forge at HackSummit to hear how manufacturing in orbit is shaping the next industrial revolution.
Close your next deal and unlock new funding pathways this April 22-23
100s of Climate Deep Tech’s brightest Founders, Investors and Operators will be at the HackSummit in Lausanne Switzerland. Make sure you’re in the mix.
In today’s edition:
☄️ 60 startups and scaleups building in space
🛰️ Space Forge’s Founder heads to HackSummit
🎤 Altrove, MicroHarvest, Voltfang join the stage
🔝 20 bright builders you’ll want to meet in Lausanne
🪐 60 Ways to Build Infrastructure in Space
Across Europe, the US, and beyond, venture-backed startups are turning space into a climate-grade data layer powering insurers, utilities, agriculture, carbon markets, and governments.
Companies like GHGSat are tracing methane emissions to individual facilities, while Chloris Geospatial quantifies carbon stored in forests with regulatory-grade precision. Others, including OroraTech, are delivering real-time wildfire intelligence from orbit.
As leaders from AIRMO, SPACELIS, Space Solar, Gamaya, and Space4Good tell us, the real breakthrough is about integrating data intelligence directly into operational and financial decision-making.
🛰️ SpaceTech in the HackSummit Spotlight
From reimagining where manufacturing can happen to unlocking materials impossible to make on Earth, Joshua Western is engineering the future, one orbit at a time.
As CEO and co-founder of Space Forge, Josh is pioneering in-space manufacturing to produce next-generation semiconductors using the unique conditions of space.
Since founding the company in 2018, he has grown Space Forge from a Bristol-based startup into a global materials leader operating across the UK, US, and EU, and the creator of the world’s first returnable, relaunchable in-space manufacturing platform.
Under his leadership, Space Forge has delivered a series of industry-firsts, including a record-breaking Series A, the launch of ForgeStar-1, the UK’s first in-space manufacturing satellite, and the UK and Europe’s first in-space manufacturing licence.
Most recently, the company achieved a world-first in orbital semiconductor manufacturing through its Plasma technology.
We’ll hear from Joshua at HackSummit as he sits down for a fireside chat to reveal how these milestones position Space Forge at the forefront of a materials-first industrial revolution, designed in space, with transformative impact on Earth.
🎤 Joining the Speaker Line Up
Europe’s next industrial wave is being built by founders reimagining the materials, manufacturing and energy systems that power modern life.
Pioneers behind that transformation will join the HackSummit stage:
Joonatan Laulainen, Co-Founder and CTO at Altrove applies physics-based AI and lab automation to design and manufacture tangible alternatives for critical materials.
He’ll join Rokas Peciulaitis, Founder and Managing Partner at Contrarian Ventures for a fireside chat on Altrove’s mission to build new materials 100x faster than ever before.
David Oudsandji, Co-Founder and CEO at Voltfang goes beyond battery storage to transform how energy storage is built and deployed across Europe.
He’ll sit down with Beau-Anne Chilla, Partner at FORWARD.one and share his journey to repurpose electric vehicle batteries into modular, scalable energy solutions for commercial, industrial and grid‑scale applications.
Katelijne Bekers, Co-Founder and CEO at MicroHarvest pioneers better protein production through natural fermentation to produce high-quality protein in just 24 hours. She’ll share their latest plans and progress to open an industrial-scale microbial plant in Germany.
Europe’s industrial renaissance is happening now. And many of these builders are heading to HackSummit this April 22-23.
👋 Also Heading to the HackSummit
A Snapshot of Early-Confirmed Startups
Surround yourself in top-tier company at the HackSummit. There’s a growing line-up of stellar Founders joining us, with more space pioneers including OroraTech and Space4Good as well as builders working across manufacturing, materials and mobility.
The early bird ends this Friday, secure your place to lock in the best rate.
Get your pass today and look forward to sparking new ideas with us this April.
Laura at Hack
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