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Former British Army intelligence operator's Crowd Threat raises £1M to expand global threat intelligence
By Marcus Chen
Satellite sovereignty takes centre stage as Marble Imaging raises €6M
Marcus Chen
Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · St. Paul, MN
Marcus manages the day-to-day editorial workflow across all brands, coordinating coverage assignments and ensuring editorial standards are met. He previously served as city editor at the Pioneer Press and holds a degree in Political Science from Carleton College.
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Marble Imaging, founded to fill a critical capability gap in Europe's intelligence infrastructure, has raised an additional €6 million led by Cherry Ventures. This extends the initial €5.3 million seed round led by High-Tech Gründerfonds. Marble Imaging is a big-data EO company founded in August 2023 in Bremen, Germany, building its constellation of very-high-resolution (VHR) satellites to provide up to hourly EO data and analytics for time-critical insights of our planet. Marble is setting up Germany's first commercial constellation of (VHR) satellites. VHR imagery is a core input for security and commercial intelligence, yet Europe and many of its partners depend on non-European providers. This makes them vulnerable to being cut off from coverage over key areas of interest, as seen in Ukraine or the Strait of Hormuz, creating major economic and security knowledge gaps. The data and derived EO-based analytics will be vital in supporting rapid decision-making with regard to defenc
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