Startup Name: | OroraTech |
Country: | Germany |
Date Founded: | /12/2018 |
Financial Stage: | Round A |
Area: | CleanTech |
Financing Stage:
Seed:Raised money: | 1500000 USD |
Valuated at: | 4000000 USD |
Investor: | ConActivity, Germany |
Closing Date: | 12/2019 |
Raised money: | 6'000'000 USD |
Valuated at: | 13'000'000 USD |
Investor: | Findus Venture, Austria |
Closing Date: | 05/2021 |
Raised money: | 10'000'000 USD |
Valuated at: | 30'000'000 USD |
Investor: | Edaphon private impact fund, Belgium |
Closing Date: | 03/2023 |
Current Year: | 4000000 USD |
1 year ago: | 1000000 USD |
2 years ago: | 500000 USD |
3 years ago: | 0 USD |
Team member 1: | Thomas Gruebler |
Position: | Co-Founder & CEO |
LinkedIn Profile: | View Profile » |
Bio: | since 2018: Co-Founder & CEO OroraTech 2012-2017: Study Master of Science at Technical University of Munich 2014-2016: Manage & More Consulting 2015-2017 Working Student at fos4x 2013 Trainee at Magazino 2006-2013 Working Student at Infineon Publications: Advances in the Development of theAttitude Determination and ControlSystem of the CubeSat MOVE-II Demonstration of a Rocket-BorneFiber-Optic Measurement System:The FOVS Experiment on REXUS15 Investigating a Mass-ReproducibleAttitude Determination and ControlSystem on the nanosatellite MOVE-II |
Team member 2: | Martin Dr. Langer |
Position: | CTO |
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Bio: | since 2019: Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of OroraTech, Munich, Germany. Managing the company’s technical development, acquiring third party funding, defining the future technology roadmap and vision. 2018-2019: Postdoctoral Researcher at TUM, group lead of the Small Satellite research group (5 PhD students). Research on robust hard- and software for nanosatellites. 2018: Doctoral Dissertation (Dr.-Ing.) on “Reliability Assessment and Reliability Prediction of CubeSats through System Level Testing and Reliability Growth Modelling”, Final Grade: Summa Cum Laude 2013-2018: PhD candidate and project engineer at the Chair of Astronautics, TUM. - Project lead of MOVE-II: acquisition of funding, supervision of about 250 students through all project phases, test campaign, launch organization, and mission operations. MOVE-II launched into space in December 2018 (SCN: 2018-099Y), MOVE-IIb launched into space in July 2019 (SCN: 2019-038N). - Systems engineer for First-MOVE, launched into space in November 2013: launch preparation, mission operations, lessons learned and project closure of TUM’s first CubeSat (SCN: 2013-066Z). 2014-2017: Deputy Head of Branch Munich, DGLR (German Society for Aeronautics and Astronautics) (volunteer service). 2012-2013: R&D Engineer in Aerospace Engineering, Assystem. Based in Munich, Germany, and Toulouse, France. 2011:Diploma (Dipl.-Ing.) on “Impact of Space Radiation on the COTS Components of a Space Computer”. 2006-2011:Study of Aerospace Engineering, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany. Overall grade: 1.6 Publications: [1] A. Czechowicz, F. Razaei, A. Bach, F. Schummer, Z. Zhu and M. Langer, "NewSpace NewManufacturing - Injection Molding of Satellite Structures," 2021 IEEE Aerospace Conference (50100), 2021, pp. 1-11, doi: 10.1109/AERO50100.2021.9438309. [2] D. Rashkovetsky, F. Mauracher, M. Langer and M. Schmitt, "Wildfire Detection From Multisensor Satellite Imagery Using Deep Semantic Segmentation," in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, vol. 14, pp. 7001-7016, 2021, doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2021.3093625. [3] L. Geismayr, F. Schummer, M. Langer, M. Binder, G. Schlick, “Thermo-Mechanical Design and Analysis of a Multispectral Imaging Payload using Phase Change Material”, 71st International Astronautical Congress (IAC) – The CyberSpace Edition, 12-14 October 2020. [4] U. Walter, A. Knopp, M. Langer, M. Killian, „Gutachten zu Einsatzmöglichkeiten von Satelliten in Bayern“, Gutachten für das Bayerische Digitalministerium (StMD), August 2020. [5] R. Carvalho, J. Estela, M. Langer, “Nanosatellites: Space and Ground Technologies, Operations and Economics”, Wiley, 2020, ISBN: 978-1-119-04203-7. [6] M.E. Seyedabadi, M. Falanga, M. Azam, N. Baresi, R. Fléron, V. Jantarachote, V. Juarez Ortiz, Y. Julca, M. Langer, S. Manuthasna, N. Martinod, M. R. Mughal, M. Noman, J. Park, A. Pimnoo, J. Praks, L. Reyneri, A Sanna, T. C. Sisman, J. Some, T. Ulambayar, X. Yu, X. Dong, L. Baldis, “Science Missions Using CubeSats”, Chin. J. Space Sci., 2020, 40(4): 443-461. DOI:10.11728/cjss2020.04.443. [7] J. Kiesbye, D. Messmann, M. Preisinger, G. Reina, D. Nagy, F. Schummer, M. Mostad, T. Kale, M. Langer, “Hardware-In-The-Loop and Software-In-The-Loop Testing of the MOVE-II CubeSat”, Aerospace 2019, 6, 130. [8] S. Rückerl, D. Meßmann, N. Appel, J. Kiesbye, F. Schummer, M. Fähling, L. Krempel, T. Kale, A. Lill, G. Reina, P. Schnierle, S. Würl, M. Langer, „First Flight Results of the MOVE-II Satellite”, Proceedings of the 33rd Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, Logan, UT, August 2019. [9] F. Schummer, T. Kale, J. Bachler, R. Amann, M. Langer, R. Roj, S. Langbein, P. Dültgen, A. Czechowicz, „IRESA – Intelligent Redundant Space Actuator “, proceedings of the IEEE Aerospace Conference, Mar 2 - 9, 2019, Big Sky, Montana, USA. 10.1109/AERO.2019.8741968 [10] M. Langer, A. Lill, F. Schummer, M. Weisgeber, S. Rückerl, A. Hoehn, U. Walter, “Reliability Assessment of CubeSats through System Level Testing and Reliability Growth Modelling, Proceedings of the International Conference on CubeSat Technology, 24-27 October 2018, Arequipa, Peru. [11] M. Langer, “Reliability Assessment and Reliability Prediction of CubeSats through System Level Testing and Reliability Growth Modelling”, Doctoral Dissertation, Technical University of Munich, 2018. |
Team member 3: | Axel Dr. Roenneke |
Position: | Chief Commercial Officer |
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Bio: | since 2023: Chief Commercial Officer at OroraTech 2015-2013: Vice President Key Account & Sales: Beyond Gravity 2008-2015: Senior Vice President Business Development: MT Aerospace 2005-2008: Managing Director: NGL Prime 2002-2004: Head Reusable Systems Program: Airbus Defense & Space |