ORiS raises EUR 4.5 million pre-seed round led by Earlybird, backed by CDP Venture Capital-linked Galaxia

• ORiS, a Turin-based deep-tech startup, raised EUR 4.5 million in a pre-seed round to develop laser-based wireless power transmission for satellites.
• The round was led by Earlybird, co-led by Pitchdrive, with participation from Galaxia, Vento, Piemonte Next Fund.
• ORiS also secured a EUR 0.5 million regional grant, taking recently secured funding to EUR 5 million.
• Funding targets technical hiring, subsystem R&D, lab and clean-room expansion, flight model development for a 2027 in-orbit demo with DCUBED.
• ORiS emerged from the CDP Venture Capital ecosystem via Galaxia, positioning the company to build an in-orbit energy distribution grid.

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