Space startups backed by Founders Fund
Founders Fund has backed 3 space companies tracked by Space Bandits, across components & subsystems, logistics, propulsion and more. Those companies have raised $871.6M in disclosed funding between them. All of them are still operating independently.
Impulse Space Mira and Helios orbital transfer vehicles, founded by SpaceX employee number one
Varda Space Orbital manufacturing
Akash Systems Supplying the next generation of satellites
Rounds we have on record
Every round below names Founders Fund in the reporting we cite. This is what the portfolio above is built from, not an inferred relationship.
| Varda Space | Series C: $187M (2025-07)source ↗ |
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| Impulse Space | Series C: $300M (2025-06)source ↗ |
| Akash Systems | Series A: $14.5M ($10M new equity plus $4.5M converted notes) (2019-07)source ↗ |
Portfolios are built only from funding rounds we have documented with a source, so this shows the space investments we can evidence, not necessarily every one Founders Fund has made. Missing something? Tell us and we will add it with the source. How we verify.
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