Pedro Duque

Active Investor

President at Hispasat

Madrid, Spain

Pedro Duque, President at Hispasat is an active investor based in Madrid, Spain. This profile covers what Pedro Duque backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Pedro Duque serves as Board Member at Destinus. Mr. Duque is an Angel Investor. Mr. Pedro Duque served as Board Member at Herius Capital. He started his career at GMV, where he acquired expertise in Orbital Computations and led the corresponding team at ESOC, the Operations Centre of ESA. As a selected Astronaut, he underwent multiple training courses, acquiring experience in Russia, the USA, Japan, and Canada in addition to Europe in 1992. He is a veteran of two space flights; Discovery STS-95 and Soyuz TMA-3. He became the CEO of Deimos Imaging, an Earth Observation company with its satellites, a position he held until 2011. He was a board member of AENA (the largest airport operator in the world) for almost three years. The Board oversaw the listing of the Company on the stock exchange after being fully state-owned. He served in the Government of Spain as Minister for Research and Innovation for 3 years until very recently.

Investor type: Angel
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Invests in: Healthcare & BiotechDigital Health & HealthTechSaaS & EnterpriseSpace & AerospaceIoT & Connected DevicesManufacturing & IndustrialMobility & LogisticsGovTech & Defense
Location: Madrid, Spain
Typical check: $500K
Past investments: 3

Notable investments

Herius Capital - Space FundDestinusArkadia Space

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