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. 21 active companies, $6.2B disclosed between them.
True Anomaly Autonomous spacecraft and software for space security and orbital pursuit training
Stoke Space Fully reusable Nova rocket with a novel regeneratively cooled second stage
Astranis Space Technologies Corp Next generation internet satellites
Axiom Space Commercial space stations
Apex Productized satellite buses on assembly lines instead of one-off builds
Impulse Space Mira and Helios orbital transfer vehicles, founded by SpaceX employee number one
K2 Space Mega-class satellite buses built for the heavy-lift launch era
Varda Space Orbital manufacturing
Loft Orbital Turnkey satellite deployment
Gilmour Space Low-cost hybrid rockets
Kepler Communications High-bandwidth data and IoT
GHGSat Monitoring greenhouse gases
World View Enterprises Stratospheric observation and launch services
Fleet IoT Connectivity
Hawkeye 360 Global intelligence network
i-Space Developing a commercial space shuttle
Iceye Timely and reliable satellite imagery
Isar Aerospace Spectrum, the first orbital launch vehicle developed in continental Europe by a private company
Orbex Private launch services
Relativity Space 3D printed rockets
Ursa Major Technologies Engines for small satellites
Other stages: Self-funded · Seed · Series A · Series B
Stages reflect each company's last publicly disclosed round as we've verified it. Spotted one that's moved on? Tell us and we'll fix it same day.
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