Stories about how space companies are raising money to take on next-gen missions.
Spaceium, an in-orbit refueling service, raised a $6.3M seed round led by Initialized Capital with participation from 15 additional VC firms and angel investors. The Y-Combinator-backed startup plans to use the funding to demonstrate its refueling technology in orbit and expand its team. “Fuel for spacecraft is a massive bottleneck in the industry,” Spaceium CEO […]
The new FUSE Space Program will invest $1M in early space companies. The CEOs of Quindar and Lumen Orbit will serve as scouts, helping to find founders and ideas that would make good investments.
Stoke Space raised $260M to continue developing its fully reusable Nova rocket and to complete the build out of its launch pad, the company announced yesterday.
The unexpected retirement has Sierra searching for a new leader.
The SAR data collector has plans for a thirty satellite constellation.
The best and worst of space technology in 2024.
”[T]ier one mining companies are taking notice…now they’re looking to put their foot on the gas.”
Pixxel’s sensors capture 150 wavelengths at 5-m resolution in a 40-km swath.
Space is a nascent market with vast, unbounded potential, where an early-stage startup can become a dominant business integral to the very infrastructure of the space economy for decades to come.
Interestingly, for an accelerator shooting for the Moon, one-third of this first cohort operates largely outside the space industry.
Adara Ventures Energy Fund and existing investor Molten Ventures led the round, with further support from NOA, Lockheed Martin, Seraphim, Ridgeline, and Stellar Ventures.
