Startup · $301m raised
Space manufacturing company that grew and returned crystalline pharmaceutical compounds from orbit.
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Varda Space Industries raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Thiel | Unnamed stage | - |
| Vinod Khosla | Unnamed stage | - |
Companies Varda Space Industries acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Varda Space Industries. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
A maker of satellites for in-orbit drugs and materials production has landed an outsized pre-seed round led by New Zealand's GD1, with Airtree and other venture firms taking part.
Investible's note explains its pre-seed backing of satellite startup Outlier Space alongside GD1 and others, arguing uncrewed return-capable platforms will make off-world manufacturing viable as the ISS retires.
Southern Launch raised a $25m Series A with $10m from the National Reconstruction Fund, led by Brindabella and Company and including ex-Macquarie executives and Coupland Asset Management, to grow headcount and launch services.