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# Foresight Group backs UK defence sensing startup SpaceAM in undisclosed seed round
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-08-17-spaceam-foresight-seed/
- Published: 2026-08-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-01T10:49:49.000Z
- Description: Gloucestershire firm SpaceAM closed a seed round led by Foresight Group's venture fund, joined by the UK Defence Unicorn Fund, to scale its parachute free autonomous sensor systems for defence and space; the investment size was not disclosed.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Industry, investment and R&D, Defence and space, #news, #verified

Verified [Foresight Group press release, 17 August 2026](https://foresight.group/news-insights/news/2026/spaceam-closes-seed-round-backed-by-foresight-and-with-funding-from-the-uk-defence-unicorn-fund/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish the round's size, valuation, or that SpaceAM's sensors have been fielded operationally.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. UK VC seed funds already-UK-owned startup; round size and fielding undisclosed. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)