Tag: Startups
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Former Blue Origin president’s startup raises funding to go after moon resources
Space industry executive Rob Meyerson speaks at a 2016 space conference. (ISPCS via YouTube) A stealthy space venture co-founded by the former president of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says it’s raising funds to move ahead with its plan to harvest resources on the moon and bring them back for use on Earth. Former…
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Fuse leads $6M round for Quindar, which uses AI for satellite support and is partnering with KSAT
A screenshot shows Quindar’s spacecraft management platform at work. (Image via Quindar) A space-centric startup called Quindar says it has successfully closed an oversubscribed $6 million funding round that will give a boost to its cloud-hosted, AI-supported software platform for satellite management. The seed extension round was led by the Seattle-area venture capital firm Fuse,…
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Three Pacific Northwest space companies win awards from Space Force venture fund
An artist’s conception shows Gravitics’ space module in orbit. (Gravitics Illustration) SpaceWERX, which essentially serves as a venture fund for the U.S. Space Force, has awarded contracts worth as much as $1.7 million each to 18 companies — including three startups headquartered in the Seattle area. The Washington state awardees are Marysville-based Gravitics, which is…
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Integrate raises $3.4M and wins Space Force contract for management software
An artist’s conception shows the Space Systems Command’s SpaceDEN facility. (U.S. Space Force Illustration) Seattle-based Integrate says it has raised $3.4 million in funding and secured a $1.25 million contract from the U.S. Space Force to boost its program management software platform into a higher orbit. The year-old startup has also brought Firefly Aerospace on…
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Amazon Web Services gets set to ignite space accelerator program’s third stage
Startups in this year’s AWS Space Accelerator program include, from left, Lunasonde, which is developing a space-based radar sounding system; Raven Space Systems, which is building 3D-printed re-entry capsules; and Rogue Space Systems, which focuses of space robotic systems. The 14 startups selected for Amazon Web Services’ third annual AWS Space Accelerator program include a…
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In its second year, Amazon Web Services’ Space Accelerator boosts 10 far-out startups
Artwork shows the Nyx spacecraft during atmospheric re-entry. (Illustration via The Exploration Company) For the 10 startups participating this year in Amazon Web Services’ Space Accelerator program, the sky is not the limit. One company is building the next generation of ultra-high-resolution satellites for Earth observation. Another startup is developing electric propulsion systems for spacecraft…
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First Mode chief scientist Elizabeth Frank spans the spectrum from Earth’s depths to deep space
First Mode’s chief scientist, Elizabeth Frank, holds her favorite type of meteorite, a pallasite. (First Mode Photo) Lots of tech startups have a chief executive officer and a chief technology officer, and some have a chief operating officer and a chief financial officer as well. But how many have a chief scientist? First Mode, for one. The…
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Kymeta teams up with OneWeb to test mobile satellite broadband service
Kymeta and OneWeb test a u8-based data terminal with OneWeb’s constellation of satellites. (Kymeta Photo) Redmond, Wash.-based Kymeta Corp., the mobile connectivity company backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has joined forces with OneWeb to test satellite broadband services that make use of Kymeta’s u8 flat-panel antenna system. “I’m very happy to report back that…
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Boeing Insitu founders raise cash for Aerovel, which makes drones that take off and land vertically
(Aerovel Photos) An aerospace venture started by the founders of Boeing’s Insitu business unit just raised fresh cash as the company ramps up development of its unmanned aircraft. Aerovel raised $2.4 million, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We’ve reached out to the company for more details about the new funding. Update,…
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Stoke Space raises $9.1 million to create a new breed of reusable upper-stage rockets
A second-stage engine injector blazes at Stoke’s component test facility. (Stoke Space Technologies Photo) Stoke Space Technologies, the Renton, Wash.-based company founded by veterans of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture, has attracted $9.1 million in seed investments for extending rocket reusability to new frontiers. The first goal will be to develop a new kind…