The newest funding secured by KP Labs based in Gliwice, Poland.
👯 Founder(s): Krzysztof Pacan (Founder); Management Board includes Michał Zachara (CEO), Krzysztof Pacan, and Grzegorz Łada.
📅 Founding year: 2016
🏭 Industry: Space Tech, Aerospace & Defense
💥 Problem: Satellites are collecting data faster than it can be transmitted back to Earth. Additionally, increasing satellite density in orbit and defense needs create an urgent demand for real-time observation and autonomous maneuvering.
📣 Solution: KP Labs provides proprietary hardware computing units, software, and AI algorithms that process and select data directly in orbit in real time. This enables faster and cheaper transmission of critical information back to Earth.
👥 Customers: Space agencies (ESA, NASA), satellite and space equipment manufacturers (Airbus Defence and Space, OHB Hellas, Thales Alenia Space), civilian sector companies, and defense/public sectors (specifically targeting operators of satellites weighing up to 500 kg).
🎳 Team size: Nearly 100 employees.
🌱 Stage: Growth Equity.
💰 Investment amount: 19.4 million PLN (approx. €4.44 million / $4.98 million USD).
🚀 Funded by: Momentum Capital Partners (the first investment fund in the company's share structure).
👁️🗨️ Investor’s perspective:
“KP Labs shows that on advanced technology you can build a growing and profitable business while maintaining high capital efficiency. Thanks to extensive technical competences and many years of experience, the company has developed a strong position in the industry and offers a leading, in our opinion, portfolio of solutions on the European space market.”
— Jeremi Doboszewski, Investment Manager at Momentum Capital Partners.
“KP Labs is a good example of a company that fits into the investment strategy of Momentum Capital Partners. It is a Polish technology that successfully acquires customers not only in Poland, but also on international markets. The company is at the moment of transition from an organization focusing on the service implementation of technological projects to an increasingly scalable product model. Our role is to provide not only capital, but also experience that the company may need at the next stage of this development.”
— Przemek Danowski, Managing Partner at Momentum Capital Partners.
💡 It will be spent on… Strengthening the R&D department, launching serial production of hardware, scaling international sales and marketing activities, and transitioning to off-the-shelf product offerings.
💬 In their own words:
“Over the past years, we have built competences and solutions proven in real space missions in KP Labs. The next stage is the increasing commercialization of our technology and the construction of an organization capable of serving customers on a larger scale. At Momentum Capital Partners, we have found a partner who understands both the specifics of the technology business and the challenges associated with scaling the organization.”
— Michał Zachara, CEO of KP Labs.
💪 Their specialty: They built and operated their own Earth observation satellite (Intuition-1, 2023–2026), ran lunar mapping algorithms on the ISS with Polish astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, and are participating in the Polish national CAMILA mission.
🛣️ Traction:
- Sales growing at ~30% YoY, exceeding 18 million PLN (~€4.12 million) in 2025.
- Flight heritage in 10 space missions.
- Key clients & partners: European Space Agency (ESA), NASA, Airbus Defence and Space, OHB Hellas, Thales Alenia Space.
🔑 Business model: Transitioning from a custom service/project implementation model (custom R&D engineering) into a scalable, productized business model selling off-the-shelf hardware processing units, modular software, and AI algorithms.
💸 Funding so far: €18.17 million (~$20.4 million USD), which includes €13.73 million in public grant financing (FENG, FESL, Smart Growth) and the recent €4.44 million growth equity investment.