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Juan Carlos Cortés is an aeronautical engineer from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid with 30 years of experience in aerospace R&D and innovation management, particularly at CDTI.
The Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities coinvested in PLD Space’s Series C through the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) and its Innvierte fund.
The Spanish government participated in PLD Space’s Series C round through the CDTI (INNVIERTE fund) and COFIDES.
Alén Space, Cal Poly, CDTI, Open Cosmos, PLD Space, Satlantis, and the Universities of Sevilla, Granada, Málaga, Politécnica de Madrid, and Vigo are participating as organizing entities at SSSIF 2026.
PLD Space credited the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, CDTI, and the Spanish Space Agency (AEE) for support in the ESA Launchers Challenge program.
The primary investor in the Nazca Aeroespacial y Defensa Innvierte I fund is the Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico y la Innovación (CDTI), which will provide nearly 300 million euros.
The C3E project has a joint investment of €71.5 million, with €50 million contributed by CDTI and €21.5 million contributed by INTA.
Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico y la Innovación (CDTI) and Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA) signed an agreement on 15 December at the Ministry of Defense headquarters to develop the Centro de Experimentación y Ensayo Espacial (C3E).
The owner of the payload is CDTI, the Center for Technological Development and Innovation of the Government of Spain.
CDTI has supported PLD Space through the INNVIERTE program since 2019 to support capitalization of technology companies in co-investment with private investors.
CDTI made an additional investment commitment of more than $2,900,000 in PLD Space.