Orbital data center (ODC) company Starcloud has announced a $250 million Series A extension funding round to its March $170m Series A, at a $2.3 billion post-money valuation led by Manhattan West.
Manhattan West was joined in the Series A by existing investors Benchmark, EQT, Soma, NFX, 776, and others, as well as new investors Nvidia, Cisco Investments, Cedar Capital, Goanna Capital, Standard Capital, and others.
The company aspires to operate a constellation of 88,000 orbital computing satellites deliver 20GW of capacity, which it has already asked the FCC permission for. The new funding takes Starcloud’s total raise since its 2024 foundation in 2024 to $450 million.
"Last November we put the first NVIDIA H100 in orbit,” said Starcloud co-founder and CEO, Philip Johnston, in a statement. “Today, this fresh capital empowers us to build the infrastructure to launch many more of Nvidia's most advanced GPUs into space.”
Redmond, Washington-based Starcloud, which today employs 25 people, is currently developing the production lines for its Starcloud-3 spacecraft at a new 100,000-square-foot factory in Woodinville, Washington.
