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Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT)

Mar 13, 2026
Mark Boggett, CEO and co-founder of Seraphim, a specialist SpaceTech investor behind a listed Space Investment Trust. He discusses how satellites and falling launch costs made space investable. He explains focusing on later-stage companies building Earth-focused satellite services, partnering with aerospace incumbents, and how space data plus AI is unlocking commercial uses from climate to mobility.
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INSIGHT

Space As A Universal Enabling Capability

  • Space is a cross‑industry enabling capability like AI, not a vertical, driving defence, climate, mobility, smart cities and IoT.
  • GPS already touches daily life; expanding satellite data will become utility infrastructure for many industries.
INSIGHT

Why Seraphim Avoids Launch And Moon Plays

  • Seraphim avoids launch, tourism and deep‑space exploration and focuses on Earth‑facing space 2.0 (digital infrastructure) and space 3.0 (physical orbital infrastructure).
  • This targets revenue‑generating, commercially relevant services rather than speculative missions.
ANECDOTE

Iceye Radar Constellation Example

  • Example portfolio company Iceye operates ~60 radar satellites able to image a square‑metre through weather day and night and offer hourly revisits globally.
  • They run change‑detection algorithms used by defence (e.g., Ukraine) and industrial customers.
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