ORiS Raises €5M to Build a Laser-Powered Energy Grid for Satellites, Drones, and the Moon
ORiS, a Turin based deeptech startup, has raised €5 million ($5.7 million) in pre seed funding — one of the largest space focused pre seed rounds globally — to develop laser based wireless power transmission (WPT) for... The company's LOONA drone charging platform has already demonstrated wireless power transfer to...
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ORiS, a Turin based deeptech startup, has raised €5 million ($5.7 million) in pre seed funding — one of the largest space focused pre seed rounds globally — to develop laser based wireless power transmission (WPT) for...
The company's LOONA drone charging platform has already demonstrated wireless power transfer to a hovering drone at over 100 meters, validated through the NATO DIANA accelerator programme.
ORiS has completed a feasibility study with Thales Alenia Space for lunar power delivery and been selected by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) for two lunar infrastructure studies.
What are the key details of ORiS' €5 million funding round, including the investors, the founding team's background, and how the Turin-basedArtist's concept of ORiS's laser-based wireless power transmission system for in-orbit satellite energy delivery.
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A satellite running low on power in orbit today has few options: drift into the dark, throttle down its payload, or end its mission. ORiS (Orbital Recharge in Space), a Turin-based deep-tech startup, is working on a different solution — using lasers to beam power from one spacecraft to another. The company has now secured one of the largest pre-seed rounds ever raised by a space-focused startup to make that vision a reality.
Announced on July 21, 2026, ORiS closed a total of €5 million ($5.7 million) in funding, comprising a €4.5 million equity pre-seed round and a €500,000 regional grant from the Piedmont Region's startup consolidation programme .
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ORiS, a Turin based deeptech startup, has raised €5 million ($5.7 million) in pre seed funding — one of the largest space focused pre seed rounds globally — to develop laser based wireless power transmission (WPT) for...
What are the key points to validate first?
ORiS, a Turin based deeptech startup, has raised €5 million ($5.7 million) in pre seed funding — one of the largest space focused pre seed rounds globally — to develop laser based wireless power transmission (WPT) for... The company's LOONA drone charging platform has already demonstrated wireless power transfer to a hovering drone at over 100 meters, validated through the NATO DIANA accelerator programme.
What should I do next in practice?
ORiS has completed a feasibility study with Thales Alenia Space for lunar power delivery and been selected by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) for two lunar infrastructure studies.
ORiS Raises €5M to Build a Laser-Powered Energy Grid for Satellites, Drones, and the Moon
ORiS, a Turin based deeptech startup, has raised €5 million ($5.7 million) in pre seed funding — one of the largest space focused pre seed rounds globally — to develop laser based wireless power transmission (WPT) for... The company's LOONA drone charging platform has already demonstrated wireless power transfer to...
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ORiS, a Turin based deeptech startup, has raised €5 million ($5.7 million) in pre seed funding — one of the largest space focused pre seed rounds globally — to develop laser based wireless power transmission (WPT) for...
The company's LOONA drone charging platform has already demonstrated wireless power transfer to a hovering drone at over 100 meters, validated through the NATO DIANA accelerator programme.
ORiS has completed a feasibility study with Thales Alenia Space for lunar power delivery and been selected by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) for two lunar infrastructure studies.
What are the key details of ORiS' €5 million funding round, including the investors, the founding team's background, and how the Turin-basedArtist's concept of ORiS's laser-based wireless power transmission system for in-orbit satellite energy delivery.
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Create a landscape editorial hero image for this Studio Global article: What are the key details of ORiS' €5 million funding round, including the investors, the founding team's background, and how the Turin-based. Article summary: ORiS, a Turin-based deep-tech startup developing laser-based wireless power transmission (WPT) systems for space and dual-use applications, has secured €5 million ($5.7 million) in a pre-seed round announced July 21, 202. Topic tags: general, general web, user generated. Style: premium digital editorial illustration, source-backed research mood, clean composition, high detail, modern web publication hero. Use reference image context only for broad subject, composition, and topical grounding; do not copy the exact image. Avoid: logos, brand marks, copyrighted characters, real person likenesses, fake screenshots, UI text, readable text, watermarks, charts with fa
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A satellite running low on power in orbit today has few options: drift into the dark, throttle down its payload, or end its mission. ORiS (Orbital Recharge in Space), a Turin-based deep-tech startup, is working on a different solution — using lasers to beam power from one spacecraft to another. The company has now secured one of the largest pre-seed rounds ever raised by a space-focused startup to make that vision a reality.
Announced on July 21, 2026, ORiS closed a total of €5 million ($5.7 million) in funding, comprising a €4.5 million equity pre-seed round and a €500,000 regional grant from the Piedmont Region's startup consolidation programme .
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What is the short answer to "ORiS Raises €5M to Build a Laser-Powered Energy Grid for Satellites, Drones, and the Moon"?
ORiS, a Turin based deeptech startup, has raised €5 million ($5.7 million) in pre seed funding — one of the largest space focused pre seed rounds globally — to develop laser based wireless power transmission (WPT) for...
What are the key points to validate first?
ORiS, a Turin based deeptech startup, has raised €5 million ($5.7 million) in pre seed funding — one of the largest space focused pre seed rounds globally — to develop laser based wireless power transmission (WPT) for... The company's LOONA drone charging platform has already demonstrated wireless power transfer to a hovering drone at over 100 meters, validated through the NATO DIANA accelerator programme.
What should I do next in practice?
ORiS has completed a feasibility study with Thales Alenia Space for lunar power delivery and been selected by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) for two lunar infrastructure studies.
The equity portion was led by Earlybird Venture Capital and co-led by Pitchdrive, with participation from Galaxia, Vento, and Fondo Piemonte Next . The additional €500,000 grant came from the Italian regional programme "Consolidamento patrimoniale e crescita delle start up innovative" .
At roughly €5 million, the round ranks among the largest space-focused pre-seed rounds globally .
Founding Team
ORiS was founded at Politecnico di Torino and incubated at I3P (the university's startup incubator) and ESA BIC Turin . The CEO and co-founder is Andrea Villa, and the founding team was named to Forbes Under 30 Italy 2024 . At the time of the funding announcement, the company had approximately 15 employees .
How ORiS Plans to Use the Capital
The company will deploy the funds across four main areas :
R&D on critical subsystems: Accelerating development of the laser-based wireless power transmission (WPT) technology, which is designed to beam power to a receiving satellite's existing solar arrays without requiring modifications .
Team expansion: Growing the technical staff beyond the current 15 .
Infrastructure build-out: Moving into new offices with laboratory and clean-room capabilities .
In-orbit demonstration: A first mission planned for Q1 2027 in partnership with Dcubed on the ARAQYS-D3 platform, aiming to demonstrate laser power beaming across a 10-meter distance in orbit. A second mission with an undisclosed partner is planned later that year .
Technology Roadmap
1. In-Orbit Satellite Energy Grid
ORiS's core technology uses a multi-laser system on a transmitting spacecraft to beam power directly to a receiving satellite's solar arrays. The company says the system is designed to be compatible with any standard solar panel, enabling in-orbit recharging, higher payload duty cycles, operation through eclipse periods, and longer mission lifetimes as solar panels degrade .
2. LOONA Drone Charging (Near-Term Validation)
Developed within the NATO DIANA accelerator programme, LOONA is ORiS's terrestrial wireless power transmission prototype for recharging drones. In its most advanced field test (LOONA-2), the company demonstrated wireless power transfer to a hovering drone at a distance of 102 meters at the Calvarina Training and Testing Facility, a former NATO base . This dual-use path provides near-term revenue and a practical testbed for the same laser technology destined for orbit .
3. Lunar Applications
ORiS is studying wireless power transmission to surface assets such as rovers. The team has completed a feasibility study with Thales Alenia Space for this use case and has been selected by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) for the ALBS study and the ASI-funded DESIGN programme, both focused on lunar power infrastructure .
Key Partnerships
Beyond the investors and space agencies, ORiS has established a network of partnerships that lend credibility to its roadmap :
Telespazio Germany: Signed a Memorandum of Understanding for in-orbit services.
Thales Alenia Space: Engaged via the Space Business Catalyst programme and the lunar feasibility study.
ESA's Meta.Morphos programme: Focused on morphing structures for space applications.
CISAS (University of Padua): A research partner on the technology development.
What's Next
With the €5 million in hand, ORiS is moving from terrestrial demonstrations to the critical next step: proving its laser power-beaming technology can work in the vacuum of space. The first in-orbit demonstration in early 2027, if successful, would mark a major milestone toward building the space economy's first energy distribution grid — one powered not by cables, but by light.
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The equity portion was led by Earlybird Venture Capital and co-led by Pitchdrive, with participation from Galaxia, Vento, and Fondo Piemonte Next . The additional €500,000 grant came from the Italian regional programme "Consolidamento patrimoniale e crescita delle start up innovative" .
At roughly €5 million, the round ranks among the largest space-focused pre-seed rounds globally .
Founding Team
ORiS was founded at Politecnico di Torino and incubated at I3P (the university's startup incubator) and ESA BIC Turin . The CEO and co-founder is Andrea Villa, and the founding team was named to Forbes Under 30 Italy 2024 . At the time of the funding announcement, the company had approximately 15 employees .
How ORiS Plans to Use the Capital
The company will deploy the funds across four main areas :
R&D on critical subsystems: Accelerating development of the laser-based wireless power transmission (WPT) technology, which is designed to beam power to a receiving satellite's existing solar arrays without requiring modifications .
Team expansion: Growing the technical staff beyond the current 15 .
Infrastructure build-out: Moving into new offices with laboratory and clean-room capabilities .
In-orbit demonstration: A first mission planned for Q1 2027 in partnership with Dcubed on the ARAQYS-D3 platform, aiming to demonstrate laser power beaming across a 10-meter distance in orbit. A second mission with an undisclosed partner is planned later that year .
Technology Roadmap
1. In-Orbit Satellite Energy Grid
ORiS's core technology uses a multi-laser system on a transmitting spacecraft to beam power directly to a receiving satellite's solar arrays. The company says the system is designed to be compatible with any standard solar panel, enabling in-orbit recharging, higher payload duty cycles, operation through eclipse periods, and longer mission lifetimes as solar panels degrade .
2. LOONA Drone Charging (Near-Term Validation)
Developed within the NATO DIANA accelerator programme, LOONA is ORiS's terrestrial wireless power transmission prototype for recharging drones. In its most advanced field test (LOONA-2), the company demonstrated wireless power transfer to a hovering drone at a distance of 102 meters at the Calvarina Training and Testing Facility, a former NATO base . This dual-use path provides near-term revenue and a practical testbed for the same laser technology destined for orbit .
3. Lunar Applications
ORiS is studying wireless power transmission to surface assets such as rovers. The team has completed a feasibility study with Thales Alenia Space for this use case and has been selected by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) for the ALBS study and the ASI-funded DESIGN programme, both focused on lunar power infrastructure .
Key Partnerships
Beyond the investors and space agencies, ORiS has established a network of partnerships that lend credibility to its roadmap :
Telespazio Germany: Signed a Memorandum of Understanding for in-orbit services.
Thales Alenia Space: Engaged via the Space Business Catalyst programme and the lunar feasibility study.
ESA's Meta.Morphos programme: Focused on morphing structures for space applications.
CISAS (University of Padua): A research partner on the technology development.
What's Next
With the €5 million in hand, ORiS is moving from terrestrial demonstrations to the critical next step: proving its laser power-beaming technology can work in the vacuum of space. The first in-orbit demonstration in early 2027, if successful, would mark a major milestone toward building the space economy's first energy distribution grid — one powered not by cables, but by light.
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