Space startups backed by SPARX
SPARX has backed 4 space companies tracked by Space Bandits, across logistics, in-space manufacturing, launch and more. Those companies have raised $63.5M in disclosed funding between them. All of them are still operating independently.
ElevationSpace Small re-entry spacecraft returning materials made in orbit back to Earth.
Interstellar Technologies Developing ZERO, a small-satellite launcher burning liquid biomethane.
Orbital Lasers Space-based lasers for debris detumbling, plus satellite LiDAR.
Warpspace Optical inter-satellite data relay network in medium Earth orbit.
Rounds we have on record
Every round below names SPARX in the reporting we cite. This is what the portfolio above is built from, not an inferred relationship.
| ElevationSpace | Series B: 6.4 billion yen (about $40M), taking the total raised to about $63.5M (2026-06)source ↗ |
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| Orbital Lasers | Series A: 3.02 billion yen (about $20M) (2026-03)source ↗ |
| Interstellar Technologies | Series F (final close): 20.1 billion yen (about $129.7M) in total: 14.8 billion yen equity plus 5.3 billion yen debt. This figure is the whole Series F and already includes the 8.9 billion yen announced in July 2025 and the 7 billion yen Woven by Toyota alliance of January 2025, so the tranches must not be summed. (2026-01)source ↗ |
| Warpspace | Series C: undisclosed (2026-01)source ↗ |
| Warpspace | Series A (first close): 400 million yen (about $3.6M) (2021-04)source ↗ |
Portfolios are built only from funding rounds we have documented with a source, so this shows the space investments we can evidence, not necessarily every one SPARX has made. Missing something? Tell us and we will add it with the source. How we verify.
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