Post by True Ventures

Years ago, a handful of ICEYE engineers carried an early prototype onto the roof of their office in Finland and asked a simple question: What if we could see the International Space Station from here? The experiment sounds almost ridiculous. That's part of what makes it memorable. Visionary founders and engineers are often willing to run the small, unlikely experiment that everyone else would dismiss. Not because they know it will work, but because they need to find out. A prototype. A tent. Some scaffolding. A few minutes of orbital cooperation. Reasonable questions. Unreasonable effort. From that rooftop experiment, you can draw a straight line to more than 70 SAR satellites now orbiting Earth, helping governments and organizations see what was previously invisible. Today's €1 billion Series F and €10+ billion valuation is a milestone. But the more interesting story is what it represents: sovereign intelligence from space is becoming critical infrastructure. True was fortunate to be the first investor in Rafal Modrzewski, Pekka Laurila, and the ICEYE team more than a decade ago. We've had a front-row seat to what can happen when builders keep asking "what if?" long after others stop. Read more from Rohit Sharma on the True Blog: https://lnkd.in/eXArjqQC And congratulations to the entire ICEYE team. Welcome General Atlantic, TCV, Qatar Investment Authority, and Nokia. Onward.