What Solenix does

Solenix is a privately held Swiss engineering and consulting firm founded in 2004 that delivers software engineering services to the space market. Its core offering is a professional services model — a team of software professionals providing ground segment development, services marketplace support, instrument expertise, and downstream development to space-industry clients. The firm maintains four European offices in Switzerland (Härkingen), Germany (Darmstadt), Italy (Frascati), and Portugal (Trofa), co-locating near major ESA and European programme hubs, and operates under a sales-led, direct-engagement GTM targeting government and platform-operator buyers.

The company's primary client is the European Space Agency (ESA), for whom it contributes to the Italian IRIDE programme and the DestinE Platform ecosystem — a flagship European digital-twin-of-Earth initiative operated by an Atos-led consortium. In July 2024, Solenix launched CityNexus, an urban digital twin application hosted on the DestinE Platform targeting climate-resilient urban planning use cases such as traffic congestion and air quality. This launch represents a measured move from pure services toward a productized offering deployed on third-party platform infrastructure.

The business model is project-based consulting with quote-driven, non-publicly disclosed pricing. No funding rounds, acquisitions, or public market activity are present in the source material; Solenix appears to be a bootstrapped, founder/privately-held consultancy with no disclosed institutional investors. Marketing is limited to a blog, LinkedIn, and Facebook presence, consistent with a B2B services firm reliant on direct relationships and programme-level reputation rather than broad demand generation.

Name

Solenix

Legal name

Solenix

Website

https://solenix.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Solenix is a Swiss-founded (2004) engineering and consulting firm delivering software services to the European space market, primarily serving ESA through contributions to the IRIDE programme and DestinE Platform ecosystem across four European offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Space Engineering Services

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Guided Missiles & Space Vehicles & Parts (3760)

akta.pro primary industry

Ground Segment Systems (Ground Stations, TT&C, Mission Ops) (IMABACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Testing, Inspection, Certification & Commissioning (TICx) Technical Services (BPAHAIAL), Enterprise Application UX, Portals & Low-Code Extensions (BPAEAGAM)

Keywords

• Space engineering services
• Ground segment software
• Digital twin solutions
• Space consulting
• Earth observation software

Headquarters

HQ city

Kappel

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Engineering and Consulting Services: Solenix provides engineering and consulting services in the space market through a team of highly skilled software professionals, delivering smart and reliable solutions to clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Solenix is an international engineering and consulting firm serving the space market. Its software team delivers smart and reliable solutions spanning ground segment development, services marketplace integration, and instrument expertise for flagship European space initiatives such as ESA's IRIDE programme and the DestinE Platform. The company also develops applications on top of these platforms, including CityNexus for climate-resilient urban digital twins.

Product overview

Solenix is an international company providing engineering and consulting services in the space market, with a software team of highly skilled professionals focused on delivering smart and reliable solutions. The company's product portfolio includes CityNexus, an application on the DestinE Platform for urban digital twins and climate resilient urban planning. Solenix is also involved in the IRIDE programme contributing to downstream development activities including ground segment, services marketplace, and instrument expertise.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CityNexus An innovative application built on the DestinE Platform that delivers urban digital twin capabilities for climate-resilient urban planning, addressing challenges such as traffic congestion and poor air quality. Targeted at city planners and space-agency ecosystem users.
• Space Engineering and Consulting Services Project-based engineering and consulting services for space industry clients covering ground segment development, services marketplace integration, instrument expertise, and downstream development activities. Targeted at government space agencies and space platform operators.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• European Space Agency (ESA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSolenix is involved in the IRIDE programme, contributing to downstream development activities including ground segment, services marketplace, and instrument expertise. The company also contributes to the DestinE Platform ecosystem.
• TU DelftminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSolenix cooperates with TU Delft on World Environment Day initiatives, demonstrating commitment to environmental awareness and academic partnerships.
• DestinE Platform (Atos consortium)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSolenix's CityNexus application operates on the DestinE Platform, a flagship European initiative creating a digital twin of Earth. The platform is managed by an Atos consortium including Mews Partners and ACRI-ST.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• RHEA Group: European space engineering and cyber-security consultancy headquartered in Belgium, providing software, systems engineering, and operations support to ESA, EU, and national space programmes — directly comparable to Solenix's role on ground segment and Earth-observation programmes.
• HE Space Operations: European space-specialised engineering services firm (part of the CS Group family) supplying software and systems engineers to ESA, EUMETSAT, and other agencies — same customer base, same service model, and similar headcount scale to Solenix.
• CS Group (CS Communication & Systèmes): European engineering and digital systems company with a dedicated space division delivering ground-segment systems, mission software, and embedded solutions for ESA and institutional customers — competes head-to-head with Solenix for the same type of space software engineering work.
• GMV: Spanish-headquartered technology group with a large space division providing ground-segment software, satellite control systems, and GNSS/EO applications to ESA, EU, and commercial customers — closely comparable in services, mission, and customer mix to Solenix, though at significantly larger scale.
• Planetek Italia: Italian Earth-observation and space software company delivering downstream applications, ground-segment support, and digital-twin services — directly comparable to Solenix's Italian operations and its CityNexus-style downstream EO applications.

Broad incumbents

• Telespazio: Large European space-services prime (Leonardo/Thales) operating ground segments and providing Earth-observation and navigation services to ESA, EU, and national agencies — competes with Solenix as a prime on the same programmes where Solenix is a sub-contractor.
• Serco Group: International public-services operator with a significant space division providing satellite operations, ground-segment support, and engineering services to ESA, EUMETSAT, and UKSA — competes in the same European institutional space-services market as Solenix, but at much larger scale and as a tier-1 contractor.
• CGI: Global IT and systems-integration group with a dedicated space business unit delivering ground-segment systems, mission software, and space data services to ESA, EU, and defence customers — overlaps with Solenix in space software engineering and systems integration work.
• Atos: European IT services major and lead of the DestinE Platform consortium with which Solenix is integrated; competes with Solenix for downstream and platform-development work on European digital-twin and Earth-observation programmes.
• Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace: Norwegian defence and aerospace group with a space business providing ground stations, satellite operations, and EO services — competes for European institutional ground-segment and space-data work, though from a much broader aerospace and defence portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/solenix.ch
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/solenix

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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