Top 17 Startups in the Space Travel Industry

1) SpaceX

SpaceX is a private aerospace and aviation firm that develops, builds, and launches sophisticated rockets and spacecraft.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• City: Hawthorne
• Started in: 2002
• Founders: Elon Musk
• Number of employees: 5001-10000
• Funding amount: $7,460,112,010
• Number of funding rounds: 43
• Number of investors: 45

You can find their website here.

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2) Astra

Astra is a rocket launch company that specializes in satellite delivery and launch.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• City: Alameda
• Started in: 2016
• Founders: Adam London, Chris Kemp
• Number of employees: 101-250
• Funding amount: $100,000,000
• Number of funding rounds: 3
• Number of investors: 8

You can find their website here.

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3) Axiom Space

Axiom Space is a business developing the first multinational commercial space station.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• City: Houston
• Started in: 2016
• Founders: Kam Ghaffarian, Michael Suffredini
• Number of employees: 101-250
• Funding amount: $150,000,000
• Number of funding rounds: 4
• Number of investors: 19

You can find their website here.

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4) Firefly Aerospace

Firefly Aerospace provides tiny payloads with cost-effective and dependable launch vehicles, spacecraft, and in-space services.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• City: Cedar Park
• Started in: 2014
• Founders: Eric Salwan, Maureen Gannon, Max Polyakov, Michael Blum, PJ King, Thomas Markusic
• Number of employees: 251-500
• Funding amount: $196,557,023
• Number of funding rounds: 6
• Number of investors: 10

You can find their website here.

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5) Isar Aerospace

Isar Aerospace is a space technology firm that specializes in satellite constellation launch systems.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Germany
• City: Munich
• Started in: 2018
• Founders: Daniel Metzler, Josef Fleischmann, Markus Brandl
• Number of employees: 101-250
• Funding amount: $176,718,945
• Number of funding rounds: 3
• Number of investors: 11

You can find their website here.

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6) Phase Four

Electric propulsion (EP) for tiny spacecraft.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• City: El Segundo
• Started in: 2015
• Founders: J. P. Sheehan, Simon Halpern
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: $29,565,499
• Number of funding rounds: 6
• Number of investors: 10

You can find their website here.

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7) Infinite Composites

Advanced gas storage systems for aircraft, industrial gas, and transportation applications are designed, developed, and manufactured by ICT.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• City: Tulsa
• Started in: 2010
• Founders: Matt Villarreal, Michael Tate
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: $5,435,205
• Number of funding rounds: 14
• Number of investors: 14

You can find their website here.

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8) Astroscale

Astroscale was formed by an IT entrepreneur who recommended approaching the business of orbital debris mitigation with a start-up ethos.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Japan
• City: Sumida
• Started in: 2013
• Founders: Miki Ito, Mitsunobu Okada, Nobu Okada
• Number of employees: 51-100
• Funding amount: $204,200,000
• Number of funding rounds: 8
• Number of investors: 28

You can find their website here.

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9) GITAI

GITAI is a robotics company that creates remote-controlled robots to take the place of astronauts in commercial space stations.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Japan
• City: Tokyo
• Started in: 2016
• Founders: Sho Nakanose
• Number of employees: 1-10
• Funding amount: ¥2,395,000,000
• Number of funding rounds: 4
• Number of investors: 12

You can find their website here.

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10) Ispace Technologies

Ispace Technologies is a cis-lunar space resource exploration firm that finds, collects, and delivers lunar ice to customers.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Japan
• City: Tokyo
• Started in: 2010
• Founders: Takeshi Hakamada
• Number of employees: 101-250
• Funding amount: $128,814,148
• Number of funding rounds: 7
• Number of investors: 19

You can find their website here.

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11) Gilmour Space Technologies

Gilmour Space Technologies is a space rocket development business that focuses on developing low-cost hybrid launch vehicles.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Australia
• City: Pimpama
• Started in: 2012
• Founders: Adam Gilmour
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: A$27,000,000
• Number of funding rounds: 3
• Number of investors: 3

You can find their website here.

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12) ALE

ALE is an extraterrestrial entertainment corporation that creates artificial meteor showers and shooting stars on demand.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Japan
• City: Tokyo
• Started in: 2011
• Founders: Lena Okajima
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: $2,226,094,682
• Number of funding rounds: 5
• Number of investors: 8

You can find their website here.

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13) iSpace China

iSpace is a company that creates and builds commercial space shuttles.

Details of the startup:

• Country: China
• City: Beijing
• Started in: 2016
• Founders: Dongyi Zhang, Guosong Wu
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: $276,524,285
• Number of funding rounds: 4
• Number of investors: 29

You can find their website here.

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14) Mancando

Mancando is an automotive parts provider that provides auto repair shops with car worn components.

Details of the startup:

• Country: China
• City: Guangzhou
• Started in: 2015
• Number of employees: 101-250
• Funding amount: $114,302,119
• Number of funding rounds: 4
• Number of investors: 6

You can find their website here.

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15) Wayz.ai

Wayz.ai is a Chinese firm that provides smart location and mapping services.

Details of the startup:

• Country: China
• City: Wuhan
• Started in: 2017
• Founders: Tao Chuang, Vincent Tao
• Number of employees: 251-500
• Funding amount: $80,000,000
• Number of funding rounds: 1

You can find their website here.

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16) Yihang.ai

Yihang.ai is a company that creates self-driving cars.

Details of the startup:

• Country: China
• City: Changchun
• Started in: 2015
• Founders: Yuxing Chen
• Number of employees: 1-10
• Funding amount: $47,152,006
• Number of funding rounds: 4
• Number of investors: 8

You can find their website here.

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17) Spacety

Spacety is a commercial microsatellite company that provides spacecraft scientific and technology validation tests.

Details of the startup:

• Country: China
• City: Changsha
• Started in: 2016
• Founders: Justin Yang, Weijia Ren
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: $36,679,947
• Number of funding rounds: 3
• Number of investors: 9

You can find their website here.

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