Tag: venture capital
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SpaceX backer Steve Jurvetson shares financing lessons from the final frontier
Venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson talks about investing in SpaceX during “A New Space Age,” a conference presented by The Economist at Seattle’s Museum of Flight. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) Few space geeks are geekier than Silicon Valley venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson: His office at Draper Fisher Jurvetson in Menlo Park, Calif., is festooned with…
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Spaceflight Industries issues $150 million investment offer amid high-flying plans
An artist’s conception shows Black Sky’s imaging satellites in orbit. (Black Sky Illustration) Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries is seeking as much as $150 million in new investment as it gets ready for a key rocket launch and a dramatic expansion of its satellite presence. The outlines of the offering are described in documents filed today with…
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Aerospace startups use Starburst’s shark tank in Seattle to keep their dreams afloat
Seattle-based MatterFab is working on a 3-D printer that looks like a walk-in freezer but can use laser microwelding to make metal components out of powder. (Credit: MatterFab) Some aerospace ventures came to Starburst Accelerator’s shark tank in Seattle today to find investors. Others were looking for customers. But unlike the TV version of “Shark…
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Starburst Venture raises $200 million for aerospace startups (and heads for Seattle)
Starburst Ventures aims to back startups that can follow in SpaceX’s footsteps. (SpaceX Photo) On the eve of its first event in Seattle, Starburst Accelerator says it has set up a $200 million venture fund to invest in aviation and aerospace startups over the next three years. Starburst Venture, formed in collaboration with Singapore-based Leonie…
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Blue Origin and SpaceX vets raise cash for Relativity Space, a stealthy startup aiming to build rockets ‘with zero human labor’
Two engineers with experience at Blue Origin and SpaceX have raised almost $10 million for their own rocket startup, Relativity Space, which promises to build orbital rockets “with zero human labor.” The funding rounds are described in two documents filed in May and this month with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The first filing reports that $1.1…
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Spaceflight raises $19M to help launch micro-satellites through innovative ‘ride share’ program
Spaceflight’s SHERPA In-Space Tug offers a platform for hosting payloads for periods up to three years Spaceflight Industries, which helps the U.S. government, Planet Labs and other customers launch small satellites on larger space transportation vehicles, has snagged $19.2 million in financing, according to a SEC filing. Backers of the company — which is led…