Stories about how space companies are raising money to take on next-gen missions.
The round, which brings Stoke’s total fundraising to $990M, will enable the launcher to boost production of Nova, complete its work at Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, and prepare for its expected high launch cadence.
Seraphim, a London-based venture capital firm founded in 2016, has established Seraphim Space Europe GmbH in Berlin to broaden its investment in the European space ecosystem outside of the UK.
K2 has locked in $195M in funding without even flying an orbital mission. Its first customer mission, Gravitas, is planned for next year.
“We were not fundraising,” Cinnamon told Payload. “What it really came down to was Interlagos is uniquely equipped to really help us on the sales side of the house.”
Alongside its debut in the space industry, the Golden, CO-based startup also announced it had already flown two demos of its tech to orbit.
Varda Space Industries closed a $187M Series C yesterday. In the wake of the fundraise, Payload sat down with Will Bruey, Varda’s CEO, to discuss how the new funds will be put to use.
“All of my initial experience came from scaling Elon [Musk]’s company.”
The Denver, CO-based startup emerged from stealth today with $4M in pre-seed funding to help it develop a fully reusable satellite bus that can fly a mission, re-enter Earth’s atmosphere, and fly again.
Grab a bucket. It’s raining cash in Europe.
“It’s dramatically scaling up our ability to build.”
Kindred led the round, which included Neo, Giant Step Capital, O’Shaughnessy Ventures and Alumni Ventures.
Less than four years after its founding, the Series C brings Impulse’s total financing to $525M.
