# Rema Matevosyan

> Rema (Hripsime) Matevosyan is the co-founder and CEO of Near Space Labs, a Brooklyn-based company that flies helium-lifted robotic aircraft called Swift into the stratosphere to photograph the Earth at 7-centimeter resolution. Born and educated in Armenia, trained as an applied mathematician in Moscow, she left a PhD program two weeks into an entrepreneurship class to build what she calls her own little space program. In April 2025 the company closed a $20M Series B led by Bold Capital Partners, bringing total funding above $40M, with insurance carriers as anchor customers using the imagery to model wildfire and hurricane damage.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Near Space Labs
- **Organizations:** Near Space Labs, Forbes Business Council, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (prior)
- **From:** Yerevan, Armenia
- **Nationality:** Armenian
- **Education:** Secondary, STEM focus, Physmath School (Yerevan), Bachelor's in Applied Mathematics, Yerevan State University, Master's in Control and Applied Mathematics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), PhD in Systems Engineering (incomplete), Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
- **Known for:** Forbes 30 Under 30 (Manufacturing & Industry, 2019), Became CEO at age 28, Raised $40M+ total funding for Near Space Labs

## Career timeline

- **pre-2017** — Junior Research Fellow at Skolkovo Institute researching distributed space architectures for Earth Observation
- **2017** — Co-founded Near Space Labs with Ignasi Lluch and Albert Caubet after leaving PhD program
- **2017** — Joined New York Urban-X accelerator; relocated the company to Brooklyn
- **2019** — Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in Manufacturing and Industry
- **2025** — Closed $20M Series B led by Bold Capital Partners; expanded coverage to 80% of the US population

## Achievements

- Forbes 30 Under 30 (Manufacturing & Industry, 2019)
- Became CEO at age 28
- Raised $40M+ total funding for Near Space Labs
- Closed $20M Series B in April 2025 led by Bold Capital Partners
- Built stratospheric imaging fleet covering 80% of the US population at 7cm resolution
- Contributor at Forbes Business Council, Inc., Geospatial World, Digital Insurance

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — Announced $20M Series B led by Bold Capital Partners with USAA, Climate Capital, Gaingels and River Park Ventures participating.
- **2025-04** — Near Space Labs coverage expanded to 80% of the US population at 7cm resolution.

## Links

- Website: https://nearspacelabs.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hripsime
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/nearspacerema
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3y1C9Yd1OA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rembimat/

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