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Draper Associates' Aerospace & Space portfolio
Draper Associates has backed 15 Aerospace & Space startups in rounds we track, $363M between them, shown by the stage each has reached. The best-funded is Iceye.
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Funding by segment
- Pre-seed and seed$32M6
- Stage not reported$64M4
- Series A$157M3
- Series B$110M2
Where they are based
- United States11$336M
- France1$17M
- Argentina1$2.7M
- Canada1$6.1M
United States
France
Argentina
CanadaFounded
1 without a founding year on record.
Total raised
- Under $1M1
- $1M to $10M6
- $10M to $50M6
- $50M to $250M2
- $250M to $1B0
- $1B and over0
Each dot is a startup: the year it was founded across, the total it has raised up (each line is ten times the one below). Pick a segment to pick it out.
13 of 15 startups shown; the rest have no founding year or amount on record.
- 1 to 2
- 3 to 7
- 8 to 24
- 25 to 99
- 100 and more
- United States11
- France1
- Argentina1
- Canada1
Startups by country, 4 countries in all.
Segment by segment
Pre-seed and seed
6 startups · $32M raised
GamaGama is a French deep-space technology company based in Ivry-sur-Seine.France$17M
MightyFlyMightyFly is an aerospace and logistics company based in the San Francisco Bay Area, founded in 2019.United States$10M
Satellites On FireSatellites on Fire is an Argentine climate-tech company founded in 2020, specializing in AI-powered wildfire early detection and aArgentina$2.7M
Mothership AeronauticsAutonomous Airships as a Platform for Persistently Airborne Robotic Systems-$1.4M
Precious PayloadPrecious Payload is a US/UAE space-tech startup founded in 2017 by Andrei Maksimov and Andrei Rebrov.United States$1.2M
Aquarian SpaceAquarian Space is a developer of a communication network for interplanetary exploration.United States$60K
Stage not reported
4 startups · $64M raised
GraviticsGravitics is an aerospace company that designs and manufactures large space structures for human life in space.United States$49M
Reaction DynamicsReaction Dynamics is a rocket company that develops breakthrough launch technology based on hybrid propulsion.Canada$6.1M
Slingshot AerospaceSlingshot Aerospace builds space data, analytics, and simulation solutions.United States$4.8M- KKubosKubos develops a cloud-native mission control platform for satellite operations.United States$4.5M
Series A
3 startups · $157M raised
- SAScout AIUnited States$116M
NatilusNatilus is a San Diego-based aerospace company founded in 2016, focused on developing blended-wing-body (BWB) aircraft to enhance United States$28M
VermeerVision based, global navigation for GPS-denied and spoofed environmentsUnited States$14M
Series B
2 startups · $110M raised
Venus AerospaceVenus Aerospace is a Houston-based aerospace startup founded in 2020, focused on developing reusable hypersonic aircraft and advanUnited States$90M
Near Space LabsNear Space Labs is a geospatial intelligence and earth observation company based in Brooklyn, New York, with operations in Barcelona, Spain.United States$20M
How this map is made. Every startup here works in Aerospace & Space and has raised money in a round we track that names Draper Associates as an investor. Each sits under the stage of its latest round. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.
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