Hiranya Jayakody
Co-founder and CTO
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HEO
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Building with Atoms and Bits: 5 Founders Making Hard Tech in Australia | HEO, Alloy, Vexev, Zabidou, AntaresAbout HEO
HEO delivers on-demand, high frequency imagery and insights on the most important assets in space. We are building out a network of non-Earth imaging (NEI) sensors by partnering with Earth observation satellite constellations and launching our own cameras as hosted payloads to achieve proliferation of NEI sensors across all orbits in the Earth-Moon system. HEO deploys highly autonomous software to inspect satellites at scale for government, defence, and commercial customers. We are headquartered in Australia with offices in the UK and USA.
- Sector
- Space situational awareness / satellite imaging
- Business model
- Hardware + SaaS (space imaging)
- Founded
- 2016
- Headquarters
- Sydney
- Offices
- Sydney, London, Arlington (VA), Tokyo
- Markets
- Australia, UK, US, Japan
- Latest round
- US$25M Series B, led by Beaten Zone Venture Partners (2026)
Sources: satnews.com, heospace.com, innovationaus.com, payloadspace.com
The people on Day One.
Will Crowe
Co-founder and CEO, HEO
Hear from the team.
Oversubscribed with Brendan Hill Building with Atoms and Bits: 5 Founders Making Hard Tech in Australia | HEO, Alloy, Vexev, Zabidou, Antares
With Will Crowe
Oversubscribed with Brendan Hill Inside HEO: Australia’s Secret Space Camera Company | Hiranya Jayakody, Steve Baxter, Jessy Wu
With Hiranya Jayakody
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Backers heard on Day One.
Airtree VenturesSeries A, 2023 · 4 on Day One 
Steve BaxterSeries A, 2023 · Founder and Lead Investor Also backed by Salus VC, Y Combinator, In-Q-Tel, David Harding.
Sources: spacewatch.global, startupdaily.net, satnews.com
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