Tag: Startups
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Zeno Power raises $50M in funding to fuel development of next-gen nuclear batteries
An artist’s conception shows a lunar rover powered by a nuclear battery. (Zeno Power Illustration) Zeno Power, a startup that’s headquartered in Seattle as well as Washington, D.C., today announced the completion of a $50 million funding round to boost the development of nuclear batteries for maritime and space applications. The Series B round was…
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Portal Space Systems raises $17.5M for orbital spacecraft powered by solar heating
An artist’s conception shows the Supernova spacecraft in orbit. (Portal Space Systems Illustration) Bothell, Wash.-based Portal Space Systems says it has raised $17.5 million in seed funding to accelerate the development of its Supernova space vehicle, which aims to harness the heat of the sun to power rapid-response maneuvers in orbit. The oversubscribed investment round…
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Lumen Orbit changes its name to Starcloud and raises $10M for space data centers
An artist’s conception shows data-center spacecraft being added to an orbital array. (Starcloud via YouTube) Redmond, Wash.-based Starcloud got its start just last year under a different name — Lumen Orbit — but the newly renamed company is already filling out its seed funding round with $10 million in fresh investment for space-based data centers.…
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Seattle-area firm launches program to back new space ventures with million-dollar bets
Fuse has come up with a mission patch for its program to back early-stage space ventures. (Fuse Graphic) Seattle-area venture capital firm Fuse wants to light a spark for entrepreneurs focusing on the final frontier, and it’s willing to invest a million dollars to turn a good idea into a great startup. The Fuse Space…
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Stoke Space brings in $260M for further development of its fully reusable rocket
Stoke Space’s rocket engine test lights up a vertical test stand in Moses Lake, Wash. (Stoke Space Photo) Kent, Wash.-based Stoke Space says it’s raised $260 million in a new founding round to finish the development of its fully reusable Nova rocket and complete construction of a launch complex in Florida. Investors in the Series…
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Stoke Space hotfires rocket engine on new vertical test stand — a ‘very big deal’ for Washington startup
The Stoke Space rocket engine test lights up a vertical test stand in Moses Lake, Wash. (Stoke Space Photo) Stoke Space successfully hotfired its first-stage rocket engine on a new vertical test stand at the company’s Moses Lake, Wash., facility on Wednesday in what was called “a very big deal” for the 4-year-old startup. The company…
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Lumen Orbit, a Seattle-area startup that wants to put data centers in space, raises $11M
Lumen Orbit’s co-founders are, from left, CEO Philip Johnston, chief technology officer Ezra Feilden and chief engineer Adi Oltean. (Lumen Orbit Photo) Bellevue, Wash.-based Lumen Orbit, a startup founded earlier this year, raised $11 million to fuel plans to put data centers in space that power technology and AI services back down on Earth. The seed…