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K2 Space funding, valuation and investors
Builds high-power satellite buses and spacecraft platforms for large commercial and defense payloads.
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Series D
$500M · July 30, 2026
Latest known valuation
$6.8B
Series D · July 30, 2026
Total disclosed equity funding
$750M
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
private
growth · Torrance, California
Investors in latest funding
Lead: Kleiner Perkins , ICONIQ Growth
Other: Lightspeed Venture Partners , Altimeter Capital , Spark Capital
Overview
K2 Space builds standardized, high-power satellites for defense and commercial customers. Brothers Karan and Neel Kunjur founded it in 2022. Its Gravitas spacecraft reached orbit in March 2026. K2 raised a $500 million Series D on July 30, 2026 at a $6.8 billion valuation and is scaling production in Torrance, California.
Why K2 Space is interesting
Builds high-power satellite buses and spacecraft platforms for large commercial and defense payloads. Its 2026 American Dynamism 50 inclusion creates an opportunity to contextualize funding, delivery milestones, manufacturing readiness and relevant competitors.
Product & use cases
Founded in 2022 by brothers Karan and Neel Kunjur, K2 Space develops standardized high-power satellite systems. Its Gravitas satellite reached orbit in March 2026. The company is scaling manufacturing in Torrance, California.
Key facts
- July 30, 2026: raised a $500M Series D at a $6.8B valuation, co-led by Kleiner Perkins and ICONIQ Growth (Cooley).
- March 2026: first Gravitas spacecraft reached orbit.
- Torrance factory's planned production capacity of 100 satellites per year is not actual delivered annual production.
- Torrance satellite factory targets up to 100 satellites annually; this is design capacity, not achieved shipments.
- a16z AD50 2026 Systems selection; portfolio investment not implied.
Funding history (newest first)
Series D
2026-07-30 $500M Valuation: $6.8B- Kleiner Perkins (lead)
- ICONIQ Growth (lead)
- Lightspeed Venture Partners (participant)
- Altimeter Capital (participant)
- Spark Capital (participant)
Source: Read source · cooley.com
Series C
2025-12-11 $250MSource: Read source · k2space.com
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Competitive landscape
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Impulse Space adjacent
Space transportation vehicles rather than large satellite platforms.
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Apex Space direct
Standardized satellite buses for defense and commercial operators.
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Astranis adjacent
Vertically integrated satellites focused on communications.
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