2025 was the year of the nine-figure funding round.
Several space companies raised mega dollars last year. Here are some of the highlights:
- Stoke raised a $510M Series D in October, and a $260M Series C in January.
- Impulse closed a $300M Series C in June, led by Linse Capital, to boost production of Impulse’s Mira and Helios spacecraft.
- True Anomaly closed a $260M Series C in May, led by Accel.
- K2 closed a $250M Series C in December, and a $110M Series B in February.
- Apex raised a pair of $200M rounds—a Series C in April, and a Series D in September.
- Loft Orbital closed a $170M Series C in January, led by Tikehau Capital and Axial Partners.
- Ursa Major raised a $100M Series E in November, to scale manufacturing of its hypersonic products, in-space propulsion, and solid-rocket-motor tech.
- EnduroSat closed a $100M+ round in October, to ramp up to build two sats per day.
ISPTech Raises €5.5M to Scale Green Propulsion Tech
Green energy is all the rage in Europe, and the trend is beginning to reach beyond the stratosphere.
Canada’s NordSpace Opens VC Arm for Sovereign Space Investments
The company today launched NordSpace Ventures, which will make investments in “Canadian space, defense, and dual-use technologies”—starting with Wyvern, an EO company based in Edmonton, AB.
Intuitive Machines, Seraphim Announce Fundraising Wins
The space industry is well into its nine-figure funding era.
OQ Technology Lands €25M in EIB Venture Debt Financing
Europe is driving hard on direct-to-device (D2D).
We pride ourselves on being a place for the space community to convene, share ideas, and debate the best path. Often, that looks like our in-person happy hours and summits, where we can get face time, but that also includes publishing thought-provoking opinion pieces from some of the top industry voices.
Here are five of our top op-eds published in 2025:
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