Spotlite closes €3.5M for satellite infrastructure monitoring

Portuguese Spotlite
has closed a €3.5 million seed round to accelerate its global expansion. The
round is co-led by Índico Capital Partners and Explorer Investments.

Founded in 2017 by Ricardo Cabral and
Martino Correia, Spotlite offers a platform that converts satellite data into
actionable infrastructure insights, helping asset owners and operators reduce
operational CapEx through solutions such as predictive maintenance and remote
auditing.

The company’s proprietary technology
combines data from multiple satellite sources to continuously monitor a wide
range of risks across thousands of kilometres, without the need for physical
inspections or on-site sensors. Its platform delivers fully automated insights
and alerts, enabling infrastructure managers to anticipate issues such as
landslides, ground and slope subsidence, vegetation encroachment, flooding,
fire hazards, and third-party interference well in advance.

Initially focused on the
transportation sector, the software has since been extended to cover mining
sites, energy infrastructure, and buildings. Spotlite’s mission is to make
infrastructure monitoring scalable and accessible for both small and large public
and private organisations, helping asset owners extend the lifespan of critical
infrastructure and enhance resilience in an increasingly challenging
environmental context.

Spotlite CEO Ricardo Cabral noted that
the funding represents a significant milestone both for the company and for
Portugal’s expanding spacetech sector:

We are helping infrastructure
operators shift from reactive to proactive maintenance,  empowering companies with AI-powered
data-driven decisions.

With this funding, Spotlite plans to expand into new
markets and further enhance its platform’s capabilities. The company is
positioning itself as an emerging reference in infrastructure intelligence,
offering tools that support a safer, smarter, and more resilient built
environment.