Tag: Startups
-
Interlune brings in fresh funding to keep its mission to mine the moon moving forward
An artist’s conception shows Interlune’s robotic harvester on the moon. (Interlune Illustration) Seattle-based Interlune is raising additional investment to support its campaign to identify and extract resources on the moon that can be brought back to Earth, starting with helium-3. The fundraising effort came to light in a document filed with the Securities and Exchange…
-
Orbital Robotics reaches out with a plan to build robotic arms that use AI
An artist’s conception shows a spacecraft with robotic arms preparing to grapple the Hubble Space Telescope. (Orbital Robotics Illustration) A space startup founded by veterans of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is recruiting partners in its quest to build robotic arms powered by artificial intelligence. Founded in late 2024, Puyallup, Wash.-based Orbital Robotics is…
-
Uncommon Thinkers: How Portal’s Jeff Thornburg plans to harness the heat of the sun in the cold of space
Portal Space Systems CEO Jeff Thornburg checks out the vacuum chamber where space hardware is tested. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) Editor’s note: This series profiles six of the Seattle region’s “Uncommon Thinkers”: inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming industries and driving positive change in the world. They will be recognized Dec. 11 at the GeekWire Gala. Uncommon Thinkers is presented in…
-
Stoke Space raises a whopping $510M to accelerate work on its fully reusable Nova launch system
An artist’s conception shows the upper stage of Stoke Space’s Nova rocket in orbit. (Stoke Space Illustration) Kent, Wash.-based Stoke Space Technologies today revealed that it has raised $510 million in fresh funding to accelerate development of its fully reusable medium-lift Nova rocket. The Series D funding round, let by Thomas Tull’s US Innovative Technology…
-
Stoke Space reportedly raising another massive round of funding for its Nova rocket program
Stoke Space’s booster engine blazes during its first hot-fire test in 2024. (Stoke Space Photo) Update: Stoke Space has raised $510 million in Series D funding to accelerate development of its fully reusable medium-lift rocket. Check out the full story. Previously: Stoke Space, one of the Seattle area’s up-and-coming space startups, is said to be…
-
Hubble Network attracts $70M in fresh funding to scale up satellite Bluetooth network
An artist’s conception shows one of Hubble Network’s satellites in orbit. (Hubble Network Illustration) Seattle-based Hubble Network says it has raised $70 million in additional investment to accelerate the growth of its satellite-powered Bluetooth network. “Our vision has always been to connect billions of devices seamlessly and cost-effectively, without requiring hardware or infrastructure,” Alex Haro,…
-
Hubble Network launches Bluetooth satellite system for tracking your devices from orbit
An artist’s conception shows one of Hubble Network’s satellites in orbit. (Hubble Network illustration) A Seattle space startup called Hubble Network is unveiling a system that uses satellites and low-power Bluetooth signals to monitor devices and sensors around the globe. The system, known as the Hubble BLE Finding Network, can open the way for applications…
-
Portal Space Systems plans to put spacecraft manufacturing facility near Seattle-area hub
Portal CEO Jeff Thornburg says the company is expanding its footprint in Bothell, Wash. (Portal Space Systems Photo) Portal Space Systems says it’s setting up its 50,000-square-foot spacecraft manufacturing facility just 3 miles away from its existing design and testing hub in Bothell, Wash. By the end of 2026, the factory should be ready to…
-
Integrate wins $25M Space Force contract for super-secure project management tool
Integrate is supporting the modernization of program execution across space missions with tools designed for speed, transparency and interoperability. (Integrate Photo) Seattle-based Integrate has been awarded a $25 million contract from the U.S. Space Force to support the deployment of its multiplayer project management software for government teams — and for the commercial space contractors…
-
New space startup with several Seattle ties lands $3.5M to develop orbital data centers
A rendering of an orbital data center and TILE platform from Sophia Space, designed to allow customers to analyze data where it is collected in space. (Sophia Space Image) Sophia Space, a new venture working on orbital computing and data centers in space, raised $3.5 million in pre-seed funding, the company announced Monday. The round…