Satellite-to-ground laser comms startup LightPost Starry Sky closes nearly RMB 100 million in Pre-A and Pre-A+ rounds within six months | Unity Ventures portfolio
The first team in the industry to propose a high-availability, high-speed satellite-to-ground laser communication technology path and complete on-orbit verification.
"LightPost Starry Sky" announced the completion of consecutive Pre-A and Pre-A+ funding rounds. The Pre-A round was led by Yuanqi Capital, while the Pre-A+ round was led by Unity Ventures, with follow-on investments from Tongchuang Weiye and Beijing Zhongguancun Science City Innovation Development.
LightPost Starry Sky focuses on high-speed satellite-to-ground laser communications, positioning itself to become a global leader in space laser communication products and solutions.
Unity Ventures believes that commercial aerospace and space-based computing power represent the golden track of the next decade, with high-speed satellite-to-ground data transmission serving as the core prerequisite for industry breakout. LightPost Starry Sky is one of the very few domestic companies to have achieved in-orbit verification of 100Gbps-class satellite-to-ground laser communications. The company possesses deep technical moats, and its team combines both research depth and industrial execution capability, indicating tremendous growth potential ahead.
Beijing LightPost Starry Sky Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "LightPost Starry Sky") recently announced the completion of consecutive Pre-A and Pre-A+ funding rounds. The Pre-A round was invested by Yuanqi Capital, and the Pre-A+ round was led by Unity Ventures, with follow-on investments from Tongchuang Weiye and Beijing Zhongguancun Science City Innovation Development.
The funds will be primarily allocated to the iteration of core technologies for high-speed satellite-to-ground laser communications, scaled production, and market expansion, further solidifying the company's global leading position in the satellite-to-ground laser communications field.
Founded in 2024, LightPost Starry Sky is a hard-tech innovation enterprise addressing the strategic needs of communications, navigation, remote sensing, and computing constellation deployment. Focusing on high-speed satellite-to-ground laser communications, the company is committed to becoming a global leader in space laser communication products and solutions, helping customers build future-oriented integrated space-air-ground networks.
The company's technology originates from nearly 20 years of research accumulation at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. Leveraging two core technologies — Mode Diversity Reception (MDR) and high-speed coherent communication algorithms for atmospheric channels (SpaceDSP) — the company has successfully overcome the world-class challenge of atmospheric turbulence's impact on space laser communications. It is the only team in the industry to have earliest proposed a high-availability, high-speed satellite-to-ground laser communications technical path and completed full-scenario in-orbit verification across communications, navigation, and remote sensing.
Figure 1: Integrated Space-Air-Ground Satellite-to-Ground Communications Network Architecture
On the product front, the company has completed development of an end-to-end satellite-to-ground laser communications solution based on mode diversity reception, supporting reliable transmission at ultra-high communication rates of 100Gbps/200Gbps per channel. This represents the world's first commercial-oriented high-speed satellite-to-ground laser communications equipment, with globally leading technical specifications.
Looking ahead, as core technologies continue to break through, product functions are continuously optimized, and the industrial ecosystem steadily matures, the company will build integrated space-air-ground networks based on satellite-to-ground laser communications, shaping an entirely new space network ecosystem.
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