Another cohort of the CASSINI Business Accelerator has wrapped up its 6-months programme. Below we outline the key achievements and results of the Batch 6 startups that participated in the accelerator from November 2025 until April 2026. This latest group of space innovators has demonstrated remarkable resilience and technical prowess in scaling their space-based solutions.
Revenue generation and customer growth
Throughout the batch, companies generated a total of 1117 sales leads. This has been translated into 543 qualified prospects and 348 concrete opportunities, indicating a solid progression from early engagement to structured commercial discussions.
Besides, the companies’ commercial activity translated into a cumulative revenue of approximately €30 million across the cohort, from which €5 million was generated from new customers.
Compared to the previous batch, this cohort doubled the revenue generation, showing a significant emphasis on sales and business development among participants. This growth is further explained by a strategic shift toward bootstrapping, as many companies prioritized organic expansion over the traditional venture capital model.
Investment and funding dynamics
In parallel with revenue generation, a few companies strengthened their financial position through a combination of private and public funding.
On the private funding, €2.7 million was raised through an equity round specifically, with an additional private funding totalling €1.35 million. This reflects a mix of fundraising strategies across the cohort, from larger equity rounds to smaller financing instruments. Public funding, in its turn, amounted to €703.016 in grants and subsidies.
Rather than relying heavily on external capital, this batch shifted focus on self-financing through revenue generation. This suggests a more disciplined, revenue-driven approach to growth, with sales performance playing a central role in sustaining operations and scaling activities, rather than depending on significant capital injections.
Job creation and organisational growth
The cohort also demonstrated measurable progress in team expansion, creating approximately 66 new full-time equivalent (FTE) positions over the 6-months period, an increase of more than 15%. At the end of the programme, the cohort collectively employed 421 FTEs.
Out of 421 FTEs, 91 FTEs (22%) are women, reflecting a moderate yet tangible contribution to workforce diversity within the sector.
What’s Next
Batch 6 demonstrates solid progress in pipeline expansion, revenue performance, access to funding, and team growth. A clear pattern emerging from this batch is the strong emphasis on commercial execution as the primary lever for scaling. The startups shifted their efforts towards customer acquisition and revenue generation, placing clients at the core of their strategy. This reflects a more self-sustained growth approach, with less reliance on external capital and a greater dependence on building consistent, market-driven traction.
As we are closing the CASSINI Business Accelerator chapter for these companies, we wish them all the best with everything coming up. We remain curious on how these ventures will reshape the future of the European space economy going forward.
