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Iceye, a Finnish company that builds radar satellites that see through clouds and darkness, just hit a 10-billion-euro valuation — and the buyers weren’t venture funds chasing the next SpaceX, but European governments preparing for a world without American satellite intelligence

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Iceye’s satellites photograph the Earth through cloud, smoke, and total darkness, bouncing radar pulses off the ground from orbit instead of waiting for sunlight. On June 9, 2026, the company’s investors decided that capability was worth more than 10 billion euros — roughly four times what Iceye was valued at six months earlier — in a Series F round led by General Atlantic that, together with a se...
Iceye, a Finnish company that builds radar satellites that see through clouds and darkness, just hit a 10-billion-euro valuation — and the buyers weren’t venture funds chasing the next SpaceX, but European governments preparing for a world without American satellite intelligence | Huntaegis