Late-Stage (Series C+) space startups
The late-stage cohort: still private, no longer small. Many of these will be the next graduations from this directory. 36 active companies, $9.5B disclosed between them.
Stoke Space The fully reusable Nova rocket
True Anomaly Spacecraft for space security
Impulse Space Orbital transfer vehicles
K2 Space Mega-class satellite buses
Astranis Space Technologies Corp Small dedicated GEO satellites
The Exploration Company Nyx, the reusable cargo capsule
Axiom Space Commercial space stations
Apex Satellite buses off assembly lines
Varda Space Orbital manufacturing
Loft Orbital Turnkey satellite deployment
Gilmour Space Low-cost hybrid rockets
Kepler Communications High-bandwidth data and IoT
Pixxel Hyperspectral imaging satellites
GHGSat Monitoring greenhouse gases
LEO Labs Satellite observation from Earth
Chang Guang Satellite The world's biggest sub-meter constellation
Fleet IoT Connectivity
Galactic EnergyChina's most-flown private rocket
GalaxySpace Mass-producing broadband satellites
i-Space Developing a commercial space shuttle
Iceye Timely and reliable satellite imagery
Interstellar Technologies ZERO, the biomethane launcher
Isar Aerospace Spectrum, Europe’s private orbital rocket
LandSpace Methane rockets that land
MinoSpaceSatellites built to order, 10 kg to a ton
Muon Space Constellations as a service
Orienspace Big solid rockets launched from ships
Pale Blue Water-fuelled satellite propulsion
PLD Space Commercial launch services
Relativity Space 3D printed rockets
Skylo Satellite IoT connectivity
Space BD Launch and ISS brokerage
Space PioneerFirst private Chinese liquid rocket to orbit
Spacety Small radar satellites at high cadence
Ursa Major Technologies Engines for small satellites
Warpspace Optical relay between satellites
Other stages: Self-funded · Pre-seed · Seed · Series A · Series B
Stages reflect each company's last publicly disclosed round as we've verified it (how we verify). Spotted one that's moved on? Tell us and we'll fix it same day.
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