The Series A investment will help the Waterloo-based startup boost its efforts to make satellite images more accessible; the company’s software currently serves about 100 customers in over a dozen different industries. (Financial Post)

Talking point: The space economy has long been the subject of hype, but there are signs it will boom this year, and satellites in particular have been the subject of a lot of recent attention. On Monday, Canadian investors agreed to a $1-billion deal to buy back the homegrown aerospace company MDA from Colorado-based Maxar. A report last month said Apple had “a secret team” of engineers working on creating its own constellation of satellites to provide internet. Amazon is looking for real estate to start building its own constellation of low-orbit satellites for the same purpose. The U.K. is also turning to satellite technology to combat climate change. The attention is driving down prices of satellite-related products, according to SkyWatch co-founder James Slifierz.