Release date: 7 December 2020
Promoter – Financial Intermediary
SPIRE GLOBAL LUXEMBOURG SARLLocation
Description
The project concerns the Promoter's European capital expenditures and research and development (R&D) activities to further develop features of its new space cubesat platform, to launch new cubesats for a full worldwide service offering and to develop new innovative software applications tailored to customer needs in shipping, aviation, government and weather prediction. The project will comprise the period from 2019 to 2022.
Objectives
The project's main objectives are to support an European new space start-up in its expansion across the EU, by way of financing mainly its innovation and commercial scale-up investments.
Sector(s)
- Telecom - Information and communication
Proposed EIB finance (Approximate amount)
EUR 20 million
Total cost (Approximate amount)
EUR 53 million
Environmental aspects
The investments will concern software research, development and innovation (RDI) activities carried out within existing facilities. Therefore the project will fall under Annex I and II of Directive 2011/92/EC.
Procurement
The Promoter is a private company not operating in the utilities sector and does not have the status of a contracting authority. Thus, it is not covered by EU Directives on procurement.
Status
Signed - 24/07/2020
Disclaimer
Before financing approval by the Board of Directors, and before loan signature, projects are under appraisal and negotiation. The information and data provided on this page are therefore indicative.
They are provided for transparency purposes only and cannot be considered to represent official EIB policy (see also the Explanatory notes).