WARSAW, September 23, 2020 - Greenberg Traurig represented OTB Ventures, a leading venture capital firm specialized in investments in technology companies originating in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), in the launch of a dedicated investment vehicle to support Europe’s leading space technologies - OTB Space Program I – backed by the European Investment Fund and the European Commission through the InnovFin for Equity programme.
Coinciding with the launch OTB Space Program I, OTB Ventures and its managed funds have committed USD 30 million in equity investment in ICEYE, a European leader in small satellite synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) technology. This investment by OTB Ventures forms a cornerstone to ICEYE’s USD 87 million series C funding round.
The Greenberg Traurig team working on the transaction included Partners: Aleksander Janiszewski, Thédoor Melchers, Wietse de Jong, Cees van Oevelen, Thomas van der Vliet and Sabine Schoute, Of Counsel Lilian Welling-Steffens, Senior Associate Paulina Kimla-Kaczorowska, Associate Jeroen Den Dunnen and Senior Associate Paul Schouten.
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