Focus: Investors
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Finance
Tomorrow.io to Go Public Via SPAC to Fund Satellite Constellation
Weather forecasting company Tomorrow.io is going public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger that will fund its plans for a satellite constellation. Tomorrow.io announced Tuesday that it will combine […]
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Finance
Anuvu Secures $50M Investment for MicroGEO Constellation
Anuvu, formerly known as Global Eagle, has secured a commitment for $50 million of growth capital to support its constellation plans. The company announced Tuesday that Apollo Capital Management LP, […]
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Finance
Astroscale Completes its Largest Financing Round Yet, Raising $109M
Astroscale has achieved a significant financing milestone, completing the largest funding round in its history. The company announced Nov. 25 that it has closed its Series F round with additional […]
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Finance
Comtech Hits Back at Claims from Shareholder Outerbridge
Comtech Telecommunications is in a public dispute with shareholder Outerbridge Capital Management ahead of its upcoming fiscal 2021 annual meeting of stockholders this month. On Monday, Comtech issued a presentation […]
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Finance
Telesat Becomes a Public Company
Telesat is now a public company, which the Canadian operator says will bring investment opportunities for its planned broadband constellation Lightspeed. Friday marked the completion of a deal first announced […]
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Finance
Mynaric Places Shares on US Nasdaq Market
Laser communication company Mynaric, which is publicly traded in Germany, placed shares in the Nasdaq market on Friday. Mynaric announced Friday that it is publicly offering American Depositary Shares (ADSs), […]
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Finance
Momentus Reports $200K in Revenue During First-Ever Quarterly Financials
Momentus released its first-ever quarterly financials since going public on Tuesday, reporting $200,000 in revenue for the third quarter of 2021. The company is developing in-space transportation solutions including the […]
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Finance
HawkEye 360 Closes $145M Funding Round
Commercial Radio Frequency (RF) data provider HawkEye 360 has closed a $145 million Series D funding round. The company has now raised a total of $302 million, and its prior […]
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Finance
Terran Orbital to Go Public Through SPAC Valued at $1.58B
Terran Orbital is the latest space company to go public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger. The company announced plans on Oct. 28 to merge with Tailwind Two […]
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Finance
ABL Space Systems Nearly Doubles Valuation After Closing Additional Series B Funding
Smallsat launcher in development ABL Space Systems has closed a $200 million expansion of its Series B investment round raising the company’s valuation from $1.3 billion to $2.4 billion. The […]
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Finance
Infostellar Raises $6.2M in Series B Financing to Grow Network of Ground Station Service
Japanese Ground Segment as a Service (GSaaS) company Infostellar has raised 700 million yen ($6.16 million), in a Series B funding round. This brings total funding to 1.9 billion yen […]
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Finance
Private Equity Firms White Hat, Magnetar Invest $100M in Comtech
Comtech Telecommunications is receiving a $100 million capital injection that the company said will accelerate growth in its satellite technology, 911 business, and M&A strategy. The company announced Monday that […]
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Finance
CNBC Report: SpaceX Valuation Hits $100 Billion
The valuation of Elon Musk’s SpaceX crossed $100 billion following a share sale by existing investors announced this week, CNBC has learned. SpaceX has an agreement with new and existing investors […]
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Finance
Comtech Shareholder Protests Leadership Decision
Outerbridge Capital Management, which owns approximately 4.95% of Comtech Telecommunications Corp.’s common stock, sent a letter to the Comtech board of directors on Wednesday detailing a lack of faith in […]
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Connectivity
Eutelsat Increases Stake in OneWeb, Announces Globacom Deal
Eutelsat now has a close to 23% stake in OneWeb. The company announced Oct. 6 that it is spending another $165 million to increase its stake in OneWeb from 17.6% […]
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Finance
Isotropic Systems Closes $37M Funding Round
Isotropic Systems, which plans to become a key player in the burgeoning antenna industry, has secured another $37 million in Series B funding. The equity funding round was announced Sept. […]
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Finance
Xona Space Systems Raises $8M to Fund its First PNT Mission
Satellite navigation startup Xona Space Systems has raised $8 million in a funding round that the company says will fully fund its first mission. The Seraphim Space Investment Trust and […]
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Finance
Boeing Shifts HorizonX Investment Arm to Partnership With AE Industrial Partners
Boeing on Thursday said it has entered a strategic partnership with the private equity firm AE Industrial Partners (AEI) to manage and expand its HorizonX venture capital arm that has already made […]
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Finance
Viasat Reports Record Revenue in Q1 2022 With COVID Recovery
Viasat reported record revenue of $665 million during the first quarter of its 2022 fiscal year, a 25% increase from the same time last year. This revenue boost came from […]
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Finance
Northrop Grumman Space Business Exceeds Expectations With 34% Growth
Northrop Grumman reported strong second quarter financial results on July 29, led by a number of programs in its Space Systems and Mission Systems segments. The company again raised its […]
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Finance
Spire Lowers 2021 Revenue Forecast Due to Contract Delays, SPAC Merger Costs
Space-based data company Spire Global released financial results reporting a roughly 35% increase in revenue in the first half of the year, compared to the same time period in 2020 […]
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Finance
Airbus Sees Stable Revenues in Defense and Space in First Half of 2021
Revenues at Airbus Defence and Space were flat in the second quarter of 2021, at 2.4 billion euros ($2.9 billion), compared to the same quarter in 2020. This was in […]
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Finance
Boeing’s Defense and Space Division Gets Q2 Boost from Military Aircraft Sales
Boeing‘s Defense, Space & Security division reported $6.9 billion in revenue in its second quarter 2021 (Q2) financial results, a 4% bump from the same time period in 2020. Most […]
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Finance
Momentus Drops Valuation to $567M
Momentus has cut its valuation in half as it has gone through challenges with its special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger. The in-space transportation company announced June 29 that it […]
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Finance
Bharti to Become OneWeb’s Largest Shareholder With Additional $500M Investment
Bharti Global will invest $500 million more into OneWeb, fully funding the Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation company and making Bharti Global the company’s largest shareholder. In the deal announced June […]
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Finance
AWS Selects LeoLabs, HawkEye 360, Ursa Space for Startup Accelerator
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has selected a crop of space startups for a new program called the AWS Space Accelerator, in collaboration with space investor firm Seraphim. The companies selected […]
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Finance
LeoLabs Closes $65M Series B Financing Round
LeoLabs has closed a $65 million Series B financing round, bringing the Space Situational Awareness (SSA) startup’s total funding to more than $100 million. The funding round, announced Thursday, was […]
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Finance
Momentus SPAC Merger Receives Extension
Momentus special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger has received an extension to its closing date. Shareholders of the SPAC, Stable Road Acquisition Corp., voted to approve extending the business combination […]
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Finance
CEO Peter Platzer: SPAC Puts Spire on a Clear Path to $1 Billion Target
More than a year ago, Spire Global CEO Peter Platzer began working on a plan to get the company ready to go public. As Spire’s constellation of just over 100 […]
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Finance
Northrop Grumman Space Sales Jump 29% in Q1
Northrop Grumman’s Space segment saw sales increase 29% in the first quarter of 2021, the company reported Thursday. Sales were $2.5 billion in Q1 of 2021, up from $1.9 billion […]

























