The buzz at DGI London reached a highpoint during this year’s Dragon’s Den competition—and the verdict from the GEOINT community was decisive. Remondo, led by CEO Ido Priel, was awarded Best Startup Technology, earning strong support from both the expert judging panel and the audience of geospatial intelligence professionals in attendance.
This wasn’t a popularity contest. It was a rigorous, expert-driven evaluation in front of one of the most knowledgeable GEOINT audiences in the world.
The Dragons were seasoned industry experts who challenged each startup on technical credibility and market realism. The experts were: Roly Cockwell, Head of Technology of the National Centre of Geospatial Intelligence/Cyber and Specialist Operations Command, UK Ministry of Defence, Leslie Babich of SOFWERX, and Rich Liang, Principal Project Manager, Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaisance, of NATO NCIA. The final vote came from an audience deeply embedded in geospatial intelligence—professionals who understand firsthand the operational demands of modern EO systems.
After the live pitches and Q&A, the audience of geospatial intelligence professionals cast their votes—and overwhelmingly selected Remondo as the most promising solution on the stage.
At the heart of Remondo’s win is its Partial Aperture Imaging System (PAIS) and uniquely engineered foldable optical payload—a combination designed to fundamentally reshape the cost-performance curve of high-resolution imaging from low Earth orbit.
Complementing PAIS is Remondo’s innovative foldable optical payload, engineered to pack efficiently for launch and deploy on orbit.
For operators facing tight mass and volume constraints—especially in rideshare environments—this design directly addresses one of the industry’s most persistent bottlenecks.
The GEOINT market continues to demand:
Remondo’s architecture is aimed squarely at this challenge. By combining deployable optics with partial aperture innovation, the company is working to make ultra-high resolution imagery more accessible to a broader set of commercial and government users.
That value proposition clearly resonated at DGI.
For now, one thing is clear: Remondo captured the room in London—and the industry is paying attention.
