About
Jeroen Cappaert co-founded Spire Global in 2012 and spent more than a decade helping develop it into a NYSE-listed company (NYSE:SPIR) with over $100 million in revenue. He is now owner and CEO of Jeroen Cappaert Consulting, focusing on technology innovation and long-term development programs. His background is in mechanical, electrical, and aerospace engineering, with prior work and research at institutions including NASA Ames, the Von Karman Institute, and the International Space University in areas such as high-enthalpy flow simulation, spacecraft avionics and payload design, and low-thrust astrodynamics.
Founder at Spire
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Spire's investors · 14
Bessemer Venture PartnersRedwood City · $5M – $100M checksEvolution VC PartnersNew YorkExpon CapitalLuxembourg · $550K – $1.6M checksFresco CapitalSingaporeGPO FundNew York · $5M – $10M checksGrishin RoboticsSilicon Valley · $250K – $1M checksKluz VenturesRockvilleLemnos VCSan FranciscoMitsui Global InvestmentMenlo Park · $500K – $10M checksPerennial PartnersSydneyPromus VenturesChicagoSeraphim SpaceLondon · $1.3M – $3.8M checksShasta VenturesMenlo Park · $250K – $6M checksU.S. Air Forcesince 2019
Co-founders at Spire
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Peter PlatzerFounder
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Joel SparkFounder
Experience
- Jeroen Cappaert ConsultingOwner / CEOcurrent2025 — present
- SpireSenior Advisor / Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentLuxembourg, Luxembourg
- SpireCTO & Co-Founder2017 — 2024Glasgow, United Kingdom
- SpireLead payload & Avionics Engineer & Co-Founder2012 — 2024San Francisco, CA
- NASA Ames Research CenterSmlallsat and Fluid mechanics researcher2012Moffett Field, CA
- International Space UniversityStudent2011 — 2012Strasbourg Area, France
- von Karman Institute for Fluid DynamicsIntern - Master's thesis2010 — 2011Brussels Area, Belgium
Skills & more
STK3Matlab22LaTeX18Labview6Solid Edge5Arduino6ANSYS4Linux9Fortran4C9OS X4Windows3
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UnixMS Office toolsMS ProjectSharePointC++EclipseMac OS XEagleEmbedded SystemsAerospace EngineeringCFD developmentSensorsLanguages Dutch · English · French · German
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jeroen Cappaert?
- Jeroen Cappaert co-founded Spire Global in 2012 and spent more than a decade helping develop it into a NYSE-listed company (NYSE:SPIR) with over $100 million in revenue. He is now owner and CEO of Jeroen Cappaert Consulting, focusing on technology innovation and long-term development programs. His background is in mechanical, electrical, and aerospace engineering, with prior work and research at institutions including NASA Ames, the Von Karman Institute, and the International Space University in areas such as high-enthalpy flow simulation, spacecraft avionics and payload design, and low-thrust astrodynamics.
- Where does Jeroen Cappaert work?
- Jeroen Cappaert is Founder of Spire.
- What companies did Jeroen Cappaert found?
- Jeroen Cappaert founded Spire.
- Where did Jeroen Cappaert go to school?
- Jeroen Cappaert studied at INSEAD (High Impact Leadership Executive Program); International Space University (MSc, Space studies); Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics (Master thesis).
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