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Rainer Horn

Managing Partner at SpaceTec Partners & SpaceTec Capital

📍 Munich (County), Bavaria, Germany🔄 Updated September 2026💼 7 investments📅 11 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2025
VC🌍 Germany
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Board Member
2025
At Dcubed, we enable the future of space missions with high-performance, flight-proven release mechanisms and deployable structures. From cutting-edge Release Actuators to scalable Deployable Solar Arrays and innovative Deployable Antennas, our technologies are designed for user friendliness, availability, and reliability — whether for smallsats in LEO or large missions to Moon, Mars and beyond. Headquartered in Munich, Germany, with a presence in Denver, Colorado, Dcubed serves a global space industry with off-the-shelf and customizable hardware that accelerates mission timelines and reduces cost and risk. With a proven track record across multiple space missions, we are at the forefront of In-Space Manufacturing and are proud to push the boundaries of whats possible with lightweight, compact, and efficient deployable systems. We work closely with satellite integrators, subsystem builders, space agencies, primes, and emerging players across the globe — building the enabling technologies that will power the next generation of commercial and exploration missions. 🚀 Flight heritage across commercial and institutional missions 🔩 Products: Release Mechanisms, Solar Arrays, Antennas 🛰 Applications: Earth Observation, Satcom, Science, and Exploration Dcubed: Deploy. Enable. Scale.
Board Member
2024
iSEE (Impact Space Expedition & Exploration) is a global leader in space security, providing advanced in-orbit radar sensing and AI-powered analytics for Space Situational and Domain Awareness (SSA/SDA). We deliver precise, real-time intelligence to safeguard government and commercial space assets.
Investor & Advisor
2023
AIRMO is an international climate and space tech company with German roots. We monitor methane emissions using proprietary instruments: spectrometer and atmospheric LiDAR. Our machine learning learning algorithm runs processing enabling leakage detection and quantification. We use in-house built instruments to measure methane from the ground, from the air, and - starting next year - from space. We are a VCs and European Space Agency (ESA) backed startup with the goal to become the global leader in methane emissions monitoring.
Investor
2020
Moonshot is a global alliance of 40+ space pioneers each investing our time, money and connections to level up new space-tech founders, operators and investors through special programs and other opportunities. Weve so far made $800k of investments, currently valued at over $10.3 million, helping create an ecosystem worth $143 million and leading to over 100 new jobs created. We’ve only just begun and today we’re raising new funds, incubating new startups, and onboarding new mentors to further amplify our collective impact. A moonshot isnt a journey to the moon, its a journey to the future - together were building a better world.
Investor & Advisor
2019
Empowering everyday heroes.
Investor & Advisor
2015
Tensor AG is a German technology and aviation company based at the "Donauwörth-Genderkingen" (EDMQ) airfield in Bavaria. It has developed and patented a new rotor technology for gyroplanes that opens up a new market segment in the aviation industry between fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. The companys vision is to fly in areas where it has not been possible before. With its innovative technology, Tensor aims to establish efficient and environmentally friendly airborne locomotion that is independent of infrastructure on the ground. The Tensor Gyroplanes are designed for three possible applications: professional use, personal mobility and cargo transport.
Experience · 11 entries
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2025
Board Member
2025
At Dcubed, we enable the future of space missions with high-performance, flight-proven release mechanisms and deployable structures. From cutting-edge Release Actuators to scalable Deployable Solar Arrays and innovative Deployable Antennas, our technologies are designed for user friendliness, availability, and reliability — whether for smallsats in LEO or large missions to Moon, Mars and beyond. Headquartered in Munich, Germany, with a presence in Denver, Colorado, Dcubed serves a global space industry with off-the-shelf and customizable hardware that accelerates mission timelines and reduces cost and risk. With a proven track record across multiple space missions, we are at the forefront of In-Space Manufacturing and are proud to push the boundaries of whats possible with lightweight, compact, and efficient deployable systems. We work closely with satellite integrators, subsystem builders, space agencies, primes, and emerging players across the globe — building the enabling technologies that will power the next generation of commercial and exploration missions. 🚀 Flight heritage across commercial and institutional missions 🔩 Products: Release Mechanisms, Solar Arrays, Antennas 🛰 Applications: Earth Observation, Satcom, Science, and Exploration Dcubed: Deploy. Enable. Scale.
2024
Partner & Managing Director
Apr 2024
Welcome to Novaspace! Euroconsult and SpaceTec Partners unite to create Novaspace, the premier global consulting firm in the space sector. This strategic merger brings together the distinctive strengths of both entities, significantly amplifying our international presence and service capabilities. Novaspace is dedicated to delivering an integrated value proposition crafted to meet the dynamic and evolving demands of the global space industry. Our mission is to empower decision-makers within the public and private sectors with strategic and technical insights, enabling them to navigate and seize new opportunities within the rapidly evolving space sector. Novaspace presents an expanded portfolio of services, featuring a diverse and comprehensive range of offerings. Through this merger, weve combined expertise in management and technology consulting, top-tier executive summits, and market intelligence. At Novaspace, we believe that by enabling advancements in the space sector, we can shape a brighter future for humankind. Join us in this new chapter! Welcome aboard Novaspace. Learn more: https://nova.space/
Board Member
2024
iSEE (Impact Space Expedition & Exploration) is a global leader in space security, providing advanced in-orbit radar sensing and AI-powered analytics for Space Situational and Domain Awareness (SSA/SDA). We deliver precise, real-time intelligence to safeguard government and commercial space assets.
2023
Investor & Advisor
2023
AIRMO is an international climate and space tech company with German roots. We monitor methane emissions using proprietary instruments: spectrometer and atmospheric LiDAR. Our machine learning learning algorithm runs processing enabling leakage detection and quantification. We use in-house built instruments to measure methane from the ground, from the air, and - starting next year - from space. We are a VCs and European Space Agency (ESA) backed startup with the goal to become the global leader in methane emissions monitoring.
2020
Investor
2020
Moonshot is a global alliance of 40+ space pioneers each investing our time, money and connections to level up new space-tech founders, operators and investors through special programs and other opportunities. Weve so far made $800k of investments, currently valued at over $10.3 million, helping create an ecosystem worth $143 million and leading to over 100 new jobs created. We’ve only just begun and today we’re raising new funds, incubating new startups, and onboarding new mentors to further amplify our collective impact. A moonshot isnt a journey to the moon, its a journey to the future - together were building a better world.
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