EDGX closes €2.3m funding round
August 11, 2025
Belgian spacetech startup EDGX has closed a €2.3 million seed funding round to accelerate commercialisation of EDGX Sterna, the next generation edge AI computer for satellites. The startup has also closed a multi-unit deal with a satellite operator worth €1.1 million and unveiled plans of an in-orbit demonstration on a SpaceX Falcon 9 mission in February 2026.
The funding round was co-led by the imec.istart future fund and, with participation from the Flanders Future Tech Fund, managed by the Flemish investment company PMV. EDGX has also attracted further funding from existing investor imec.istart, one of Europe’s top-ranked university-affiliated accelerators.
The EDGX Sterna Computer is a high-performance data processing unit (DPU) powered by NVIDIA technology. It provides the computational performance and AI acceleration needed to run complex algorithms directly in orbit. This capability eliminates the traditional bottleneck of sending raw datasets to Earth for processing, enabling satellite operators to deliver faster data-driven services.
EDGX’s Sterna computer is powered by its SpaceFeather software stack, built for autonomous, resilient, and upgradeable satellite operations. It includes a space-hardened Linux OS with full traceability, a dedicated supervisory system for autonomous health monitoring, radiation fault detection and recovery, and an in-orbit application framework for deploying new capabilities post-launch. Together, SpaceFeather and Sterna enable smarter, more flexible missions with reduced downtime and lower operating costs.
In Earth observation, Sterna supports intelligent surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) by analysing high-resolution imagery directly onboard. This means satellites can immediately detect and flag objects like ships, vehicles, or infrastructure, and respond to time-sensitive events such as floods, wildfires, or earthquakes. The result: faster decisions, more efficient missions, and life-saving intelligence turning passive observation into real-time situational awareness. Sterna also powers 5G and 6G from orbit.
In addition to the in-orbit demonstration in February, two further flights are already scheduled for 2026 and EDGX is rapidly positioning itself as a leader in AI-driven space infrastructure.
Nick Destrycker, founder and CEO at EDGX, commented: “Customers aren’t waiting for flight validation, they’re signing now. With a full launch manifest, secured commercial contracts, and our first mission set for Falcon 9, this funding enables us to scale to meet demand for real-time intelligence from space.”
Wouter Benoot, founder and CTO at EDGX, commented: “Going from zero to a hundred, all-in, on a space startup is ambitious. Taking that mindset into Sterna’s development meant new challenges, constant learning, but real progress. What makes it work is the team. Each engineer brings fresh ideas, a drive to understand space, and a passion to make it real. We’re building a subsystem that powers the next generation of satellites.”
Roald Borré, Head of Venture Capital and member of the Executive Committee at PMV, said: “This round of financing will enable us to support EDGX’s strong team in bringing promising Flemish technology to market and developing it further. EDGX is one of the few European players to offer a product that is high-performance, accessible and robust, giving it unique advantages in the fast-growing market for edge computing in space, not least in terms of strengthening Europe’s technological position in a strategic sector such as space infrastructure”
Kris Vandenberk, managing partner at imec.istart future fund, added: “EDGX represents exactly the kind of transformative infrastructure play we look for. The space industry is hitting a fundamental bottleneck; we’re generating massive amounts of data in orbit but still using outdated ‘store and forward’ architectures. EDGX is solving this by bringing AI-powered edge computing directly into space, enabling satellites to analyse and act on data in real-time rather than waiting for ground processing.”
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