# Lux Capital's Aerospace & Space Investments: 10 Startups in Its Portfolio (2026)

> The 10 Aerospace & Space startups Lux Capital has backed, by stage: $3.8B raised between them. From the rounds we track; updated nightly.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps/lux-capital-aerospace-space-portfolio (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

## Stage not reported

4

- [Planet](https://millionrounds.com/company/planet)
- [Whisper Aero](https://millionrounds.com/company/whisper-aero)
- [SkySelect](https://millionrounds.com/company/skyselect)
- [Heliux](https://millionrounds.com/company/heliux)

## Series C and later

4

- [Impulse Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/impulse-space)
- [Varda Space Industries](https://millionrounds.com/company/varda-space-industries)
- [Cambridge Aerospace](https://millionrounds.com/company/cambridge-aerospace)
- [Orbital Insight](https://millionrounds.com/company/orbital-insight)

## Growth

2

- [Apex](https://millionrounds.com/company/apex)
- [EnduroSat](https://millionrounds.com/company/endurosat)

## Segment by segment

### Stage not reported

4 startups · $166M raised

- [**Planet**](https://millionrounds.com/company/planet) Planet is solving complex human problems learning from forms, processes and (eco)systems in Nature. United States $108M
- [**Whisper Aero**](https://millionrounds.com/company/whisper-aero) Whisper Aero is harnessing the power of air more cleanly, efficiently, and quietly than ever before. United States $47M
- [**SkySelect**](https://millionrounds.com/company/skyselect) SkySelect is an AI-powered eProcurement-as-a-Service (ePaaS) platform focused on the aircraft parts procurement industry. United States $9.0M
- [**Heliux**](https://millionrounds.com/company/heliux) Heliux is a San Francisco-based software company founded in 2023. United States $2.4M

### Series C and later

4 startups · $2.2B raised

- [**Impulse Space**](https://millionrounds.com/company/impulse-space) Impulse Space is a private aerospace startup based in Redondo Beach, California, founded in September 2021 by Tom Mueller, a propu United States $1.3B
- [**Varda Space Industries**](https://millionrounds.com/company/varda-space-industries) Varda Space Industries is a private American company based in El Segundo, California, focused on space manufacturing. United States $438M
- [**Cambridge Aerospace**](https://millionrounds.com/company/cambridge-aerospace) Cambridge Aerospace is a UK-based defense technology startup founded in September 2024. United Kingdom $400M
- [**Orbital Insight**](https://millionrounds.com/company/orbital-insight) Orbital Insight builds SaaS technology to understand what happens on and to the Earth with AI and machine learning United States $120M

### Growth

2 startups · $1.4B raised

- [**Apex**](https://millionrounds.com/company/apex) Ian Cinnamon, CEO, and Max Benassi, CTO, founded Apex in 2022 to solve one of the space industry's biggest challenges: the satelli United States $1.1B
- [**EnduroSat**](https://millionrounds.com/company/endurosat) EnduroSat is a Bulgarian satellite manufacturer and space service provider based in Sofia, founded in 2015 by Raycho Raychev. Bulgaria $309M

**How this map is made.** Every startup here works in Aerospace & Space and has raised money in a round we track that names Lux Capital as an investor. Each sits under the stage of its latest round. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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