# Aquila Space Technologies

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/aquila-space-technologies-pty

- Industry: Renewable Energy
- Headquarters: Sydney, Australia
- Website: www.aquila.earth
- Total disclosed funding: $2.1M
- Latest round: Seed (May 8, 2023)
- Investors on record: 7

## About

Based in Sydney, Australia, and founded in 2022 by co-founders Joseph Thomas, Billy Jeremijenko, Ian Hendry, Ruby Jones, Nelson Smith, Pol Gurri and Muhammad Hanif, Aquila Space Technologies Pty Ltd. engages in the commercialization of wireless energy transmission technology. The company builds an ecosystem for electric vehicle builders, integrators, energy providers, and transmission operators to help accelerate the electrification transformation. In June 2023, Aquila Space Technologies Pty Ltd. raised AUD 3 million in seed funding led by investor Blackbird, with participation from other investors Icehouse Ventures, Possible Ventures, and StarMate.

Aquila Space Technologies Pty Ltd. offers a light-based energy network that extends and improves the capabilities of energy distribution infrastructure. By beaming energy with lighthouse modules and redirecting it with mirrors for capture in specialized solar panels to create transmission pathways and shift renewable energy worldwide, accelerating their uptake. The solution solves the problems of environmental monitoring, electric mobility, and transportation of vital supplies at scale, across enormous distances, and much more.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, May 8, 2023, $2.1M — StartMate, Blackbird, Icehouse Ventures, Possible Ventures, Phase One Ventures, Palm Beach Ventures, Alua Nominees Pty Ltd

## Investors

- StartMate (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/startmate) — Seed
- Blackbird (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/blackbird) — Seed
- Icehouse Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/icehouse-ventures) — Seed
- Possible Ventures — Seed
- Phase One Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/phase-one-ventures) — Seed
- Palm Beach Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/palm-beach-ventures) — Seed
- Alua Nominees Pty Ltd — Seed