# Gama

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/gama

- Industry: Aerospace
- Headquarters: Paris, France
- Website: www.gamaspace.com
- Total disclosed funding: $2.2M
- Latest round: Seed (Mar 21, 2022)
- Investors on record: 4

## About

Based in Paris, France, and founded in 2020 by its CEO, Louis de Gouyon Matignon, and co-founders Andrew Nutter and Thibaud Elziere, Gama develops solar sails that use light as a means of propulsion for spacecraft. In March 2022, Gama Alpha raised EUR 2 million in seed funding from new investors Bpifrance and Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales. Individual investors also participated in the round. 

Gama offers a Gama Alpha space-weather warning system to alert satellite operators and utilities on Earth of geomagnetic storms, advancing solar weather forecasting, carrying cargo to the Moon or Mars, and balloon-like rovers to Titan or Venus, helping remove space debris, conducting station keeping operations, or hovering at high latitudes above Earth for communications and observation.

The company will use the seed funding to develop and launch its spacecraft in October 2022 on a SpaceX rideshare mission.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Mar 21, 2022, $2.2M — Bpifrance, Kima Ventures, Centre National dEtudes Spatiales, Possible Ventures

## Investors

- Bpifrance — Seed
- Kima Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/kima-ventures) — Seed
- Centre National dEtudes Spatiales — Seed
- Possible Ventures — Seed