Satellites on Fire
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Satellites on Fire is an Argentine climate-tech startup founded in 2020 by secondary school students Franco Rodriguez Viau, Ulises Lopez Pacholczak, and Joaquin Chamo at ORT Buenos Aires, after family friends of Rodriguez Viau lost their homes to wildfires in Cordoba 1. The company builds an AI-powered wildfire detection platform integrating satellite imagery from eight-plus satellites, tower cameras, fire propagation modeling, and real-time alerts, detecting fires approximately 35 minutes ahead of NASA’s FIRMS service 1. The platform monitors 21 countries across four continents with over 55,000 users 1. In 2025, the system was involved in the response to more than 600 wildfires 1. Previous funding included $250,000 from Tim Draper and Adam Draper 1.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
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| 2026-04-09 | Seed | $2.7M | Dalus Capital | Draper Associates, Draper Cygnus, VitaminC, Savia Ventures, Avesta Fund, Reciprocal, Zenani Capital, Innventure, Air Capital, Gain VC, Antom VC, Embarca Tech 12 |
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The Next Web, “Climate-tech startup Satellites on Fire has raised $2.7M,” April 2026. https://thenextweb.com/news/satellites-on-fire-wildfire-ai-raises-2-7m↩↩↩↩↩↩
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ImpactAlpha, “Satellites on Fire lands $2.7 million to bring early wildfire detection tech to the US,” April 2026. https://impactalpha.com/satellites-on-fire-lands-2-7-million-to-bring-early-wildfire-detection-tech-to-the-us/↩