Space technology has moved from government-only programs to a venture-backed commercial sector spanning launch, satellite communications, Earth observation, and in-space infrastructure. Our space-tech coverage tracks the mega-rounds and specialist funds backing this category.
Explore space tech venture capital news below.
Grouped coverage of Cognition’s $2B Series E at $48B, Stoke’s $1B Series E, The Exploration Company’s $450M Series C, Forus’s $150M at $3B, and Sapien’s $180M valuation round — plus Mistral on the September 8 index and recycled aggregator tape.
TEC closed $450M Series C — billed as Europe’s largest space Series C — co-led by Atomico and EQT’s Scaleup Europe Fund with Bessemer, citing >$2B in contracts and a 2028 ISS docking target for Nyx.
Stoke completed an initial $1B Series E co-led by Point72 Ventures and Spark Capital — $2.3B total raised — to fly Nova Pathfinder in early 2027 and build 15-ton Nova Block 2 for 2029.
Grouped coverage of Pixxel’s $100M Series C, Cari’s $32.5M bank-only tranche, Fluencify’s $4.3M pre-seed, and Mokobara’s ~$18M Series C — plus recycled Agnikul/Etched/Netris noise we skipped.
Temasek and Seraphim co-led Pixxel’s $100M Series C — India’s largest single space-tech private round — taking total funding to $195M as Firefly, Honeybee, and Aurora scale after NASA and NRO contracts.
September 1 tape: a16z’s fifth Growth fund now totals $8.5 billion ($1.75 billion top-up, not a new vehicle), Kepler Aerospace $8 million seed for Indian swarm ISR, Cloover’s $100 million lending facility at a claimed $350 million run rate, and Cherubic Fund VI at $68.88 million. YC Summer Demo Day is September 10.
