# Draper Associates' Aerospace & Space Investments: 15 Startups in Its Portfolio (2026) > The 15 Aerospace & Space startups Draper Associates has backed, by stage: $363M raised between them. From the rounds we track; updated nightly. Source: https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps/draper-associates-aerospace-space-portfolio (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) ## Pre-seed and seed 6 - [Gama](https://millionrounds.com/company/gama) - [MightyFly](https://millionrounds.com/company/mightyfly) - [Satellites On Fire](https://millionrounds.com/company/satellites-on-fire) - [Mothership Aeronautics](https://millionrounds.com/company/mothership-aeronautics) - [Precious Payload](https://millionrounds.com/company/precious-payload) - [Aquarian Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/aquarian-space) ## Stage not reported 4 - [Gravitics](https://millionrounds.com/company/gravitics) - [Reaction Dynamics](https://millionrounds.com/company/reaction-dynamics) - [Slingshot Aerospace](https://millionrounds.com/company/slingshot-aerospace) - [*K* Kubos](https://millionrounds.com/company/kubos) ## Series A 3 - [*SA* Scout AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/scout-ai) - [Natilus](https://millionrounds.com/company/natilus) - [Vermeer](https://millionrounds.com/company/vermeer) ## Series B 2 - [Venus Aerospace](https://millionrounds.com/company/venus-aerospace) - [Near Space Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/near-space-labs) ## Segment by segment ### Pre-seed and seed 6 startups · $32M raised - [**Gama**](https://millionrounds.com/company/gama) Gama is a French deep-space technology company based in Ivry-sur-Seine. France $17M - [**MightyFly**](https://millionrounds.com/company/mightyfly) MightyFly is an aerospace and logistics company based in the San Francisco Bay Area, founded in 2019. United States $10M - [**Satellites On Fire**](https://millionrounds.com/company/satellites-on-fire) Satellites on Fire is an Argentine climate-tech company founded in 2020, specializing in AI-powered wildfire early detection and a Argentina $2.7M - [**Mothership Aeronautics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/mothership-aeronautics) Autonomous Airships as a Platform for Persistently Airborne Robotic Systems - $1.4M - [**Precious Payload**](https://millionrounds.com/company/precious-payload) Precious Payload is a US/UAE space-tech startup founded in 2017 by Andrei Maksimov and Andrei Rebrov. United States $1.2M - [**Aquarian Space**](https://millionrounds.com/company/aquarian-space) Aquarian Space is a developer of a communication network for interplanetary exploration. United States $60K ### Stage not reported 4 startups · $64M raised - [**Gravitics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/gravitics) Gravitics is an aerospace company that designs and manufactures large space structures for human life in space. United States $49M - [**Reaction Dynamics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/reaction-dynamics) Reaction Dynamics is a rocket company that develops breakthrough launch technology based on hybrid propulsion. Canada $6.1M - [**Slingshot Aerospace**](https://millionrounds.com/company/slingshot-aerospace) Slingshot Aerospace builds space data, analytics, and simulation solutions. United States $4.8M - [*K* **Kubos**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kubos) Kubos develops a cloud-native mission control platform for satellite operations. United States $4.5M ### Series A 3 startups · $157M raised - [*SA* **Scout AI**](https://millionrounds.com/company/scout-ai) United States $116M - [**Natilus**](https://millionrounds.com/company/natilus) Natilus is a San Diego-based aerospace company founded in 2016, focused on developing blended-wing-body (BWB) aircraft to enhance United States $28M - [**Vermeer**](https://millionrounds.com/company/vermeer) Vision based, global navigation for GPS-denied and spoofed environments United States $14M ### Series B 2 startups · $110M raised - [**Venus Aerospace**](https://millionrounds.com/company/venus-aerospace) Venus Aerospace is a Houston-based aerospace startup founded in 2020, focused on developing reusable hypersonic aircraft and advan United States $90M - [**Near Space Labs**](https://millionrounds.com/company/near-space-labs) Near 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. 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