Starcloud Raises $250 Million at $2.3 Billion Valuation to Scale AI with Orbital Data Centers
Manhattan West leads, with participation from NVIDIA, Cisco Investments, Benchmark, and EQT, as Starcloud and NVIDIA collaborate on the NVIDIA Space-1 Vera Rubin Module
Starcloud, the company pioneering data centers in space, today announced a $250 million Series A extension funding round at a $2.3 billion post-money valuation. The round was led by Manhattan West, with participation from existing investors Benchmark, EQT, Soma, NFX, 776, and others, alongside new investors NVIDIA, Cisco Investments, Cedar Capital, Goanna Capital, Standard Capital, and others. The funding brings Starcloud's total capital raised to $450 million since its founding in 2024.
This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260821884035/en/ Starcloud founders from left: Ezra Feilden (CTO), Philip Johnston (CEO), Adi Oltean (Chief Engineer)
Starcloud’s collaboration with NVIDIA began when the company flew the first NVIDIA H100 GPU to orbit aboard its Starcloud-1 satellite in November 2025. As announced in March 2026, the two companies are now working together on NVIDIA's Space-1 Vera Rubin Module.
