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About Us
We’re building stratospheric technologies for smarter Earth observation.
Our Mission
Our mission is to build technology that helps humanity manage complexity. By combining space systems, AI, and human expertise, we create real-time Earth intelligence - tools that bring transparency, predictability, and cooperation, so society can focus on progress instead of chaos.
40+
Payloads Successfully Deployed
€6.3M
Raised in funding
25
Team Members
200+
Successfull Flights
Team
Leadership Team
Advisory Board
Technology
Manufacturing and Operations
Communication and Marketing
Business Development
Sustainability
A certified commitment to sustainability
We are a certified B Corp, meeting standards for social and environmental responsibility. This reflects our decisions, technology, and operations with long-term impact in mind.
Humanitarian Aid
Stratostats® enhances relief efforts with efficient communication, data collection, and assessments in critical situations.
Community
We work with communities on social initiatives, tackling challenges and creating positive impact.
Zero Emissions
Our zero-emission tech uses circular design to minimize environmental impact.
Our journey until now
2016
First experimental launch
At 16, Jonathan Polotto sees a stratospheric balloon experiment in the US and decides to replicate it. With just €1000 and a group of friends, he builds a polystyrene probe, equips it with an amateur camera and GPS receiver, and launches it. The probe reaches 36.000 m altitude, is recovered, and Jonathan is moved to tears watching the footage from above.
2018
The Space Pizza and the 47.000 m record
After a few years, Jonathan aims even higher and wants publicity. He secures a pizzeria sponsor, upgrades the probe’s electronics, and becomes the first person ever to send a pizza into the stratosphere reaching 47.000 m altitude. Media coverage is overwhelming: newspapers and TV pick up the story, and companies start contacting him to “send their products to space".
2019
Founding Involve Productions
Riding the wave of unconventional launches, Jonathan establishes Involve Productions, an unconventional marketing agency. Between 2019 and 2020, he runs multiple brand-driven campaigns using stratospheric balloons for viral marketing activities. The revenue from these activities funds his next vision: an aerospace startup.
2021
Creation of Involve Space and first team
Involve Space is officially launched as an innovative startup. Jonathan sold the marketing agency project to focus on aerospace now. The first hire is Alessandro Piazza, Jonathan’s high‑school classmate and still software developer today; alongside him joins an industrial designer. Throughout 2021, the trio focuses on R&D: designing in‑house balloons, building tech probes, and refining launch and recovery processes.
2022
First scientific missions and institutional network
In the second half of the year, the first science‑driven missions take off: environmental data analysis, aerial photography, in‑flight testing of satellite components. Engagements with ESA and ASI, plus mentorship from industry experts, accelerate technological maturity. That same year, Jonathan runs an humanitarian-educational lab in a Kenyan slum where children launch their own probe into the stratosphere. Thanks to the advertising on that project, Claudio Piazzai (now COO and Board member) wrote to Jonathan on Instagram: "*Hey, nice to meet you! It seems like you do crazy things and we both want to do something big in our life*".
2023
Focus on Earth Observation and international growth
With Claudio on board and market research in hand, a strategic use case emerges: Earth observation via stratosphere. Throughout 2023 Involve Space dedicates efforts to optimizing balloons for long‑duration flights, developing advanced onboard control software, lowering operating costs versus traditional satellites.