Who invested in Moon Express

2 rounds we have observed, with the 4 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Aerospace & SpaceIndustry 4.0

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$33Mraised across 2 rounds since 2017, from 2 sources

$20MSeries B$13MBridge

Latest round: Bridge, $13MOct 2018
Biggest round: $20MSeries B · Jan 2017
Investors: 4

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

20172018

$20MSeries B$13MBridge

First round: Series B, $20M
Biggest round: $20M
Between rounds: 21 months

The rounds

Oct 2018
Bridge$13M1 new
- Minerva Capital Group
Reported by Spacenews
Jan 2017
Series B$20M3 new
Reported by TechCrunchSEC filing: $5.0M sold, first sale Dec 2016

Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.

Daven K MaharajExecutive Officeri
Robert D RichardsExecutive Officer, Directori

On the board, as filediAdeo K RessiBarney D PellNaveen K Jain

Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

Series B2017Bridge2018

Founders Fund

Collaborative Fund

Autodesk

Minerva Capital Group

Everyone who backed them

Founders FundVC firm1round

Collaborative FundVC firm1round

AutodeskGrowth equity1round

Minerva Capital GroupPrivate equity1round

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Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Moon Express as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.