SAN FRANCISCO – Spaceflight training startup Orbite has raised $4 million to expand its business, which combines astronaut training with luxury vacations. After raising $4 million in a Series A […]

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SAN FRANCISCO – French propulsion startup Ion-X raised 13 million euros ($13.67 million) in a Series A funding round announced Dec. 10. With the investment, the spinoff of the French […]

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SAN FRANCISCO – Los Angeles startup Matter Intelligence has emerged from stealth with $12 million to develop a unique Earth-observation sensor suite. The suite, which combines a high-resolution camera with […]

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Early-stage investor Tamarack Global is hunting for more space opportunities after announcing the close of a $72 million fund Oct. 30.

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MILAN – Many institutional investors and private equity firms aren’t looking to invest in the space sector. To attract funding, it may help to stop talking about space and explain […]

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PARIS — Italian space logistics firm D-Orbit has raised 150 million euros ($168 million) in a two-part Series C funding round. After announcing investments of 100 million euros in January, […]

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SAN FRANCISCO – Without context, Interlune’s plan to extract Helium-3 from lunar regolith to fulfill terrestrial demand sounds improbable. Even Interlune co-founder and chief technology officer Gary Lai was skeptical […]

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LOGAN, Utah — German startup Dcubed raised 4.4 million euros ($4.8 million) in a Series A funding round. With the investment, announced Aug. 5, Dcubed will expand production, demonstrate in-space […]

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British financial advisor Citicourt & Co is looking to raise 100 million pounds ($129 million) in its first venture capital fund to invest in sustainability-focused space opportunities.

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Southern California startup Sift raised $17.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Google Ventures.

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Helicity Space, a California startup developing fusion engines for spaceflight, announced an investment April 2 from Lockheed Martin Ventures.

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Phantom Space Corp. closed a bridge round to fund the Tucson, Arizona-based startup’s development and manufacturing of satellites and launch vehicles.

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The launch vehicle startup plans to manufacture, test and begin launching rockets and satellites from the Bowen Orbital Spaceport in North Queensland.

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The aftermath of a “bubble” of investment in space startups in recent years could cause many companies to struggle to raise additional funding even as overall market conditions improve.

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While venture capital has retrenched, “the government has stepped up and created a tailwind for the space industry."

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Earth observation startup Albedo raised $35 million to build and launch its first high-resolution satellite into very low Earth orbit.

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Demand is strong for an online platform unveiled in early December by OurSky, a startup that raised $9.5 million to simplify tracking of objects and activities in space.

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With $7.5 million in the bank, Sift, a startup founded by former SpaceX software engineers, is focused on growing its team and customer base.

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Helicity Space, a California startup developing fusion engines, has raised $5 million in a seed funding round.

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With the investment, Kuva Space will accelerate development of cameras and related technology for its hyperspectral satellite constellation.

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A series of large fundraising deals in Europe since the start of the year is raising hopes that the region could be turning a corner for early-stage space investments. European […]

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Shield Capital, a venture firm that invests in defense and space startups, announced that retired U.S. Air Force general David Goldfein has joined its national security advisory board.

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In some sectors of the space industry, innovative technologies from startups don’t stand much of a chance to be part of a DoD program due to institutional and cultural barriers, said Jordan Noone, co-founder and general partner of Embedded Ventures.

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The global space industry is expected to eclipse $1 trillion over the next few decades. And while casual onlookers sometimes express skepticism of this rapid growth, the venture industry is clearly enticed by how space technologies can power the global economy.

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