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OCTOBER 2, 2019

SpaceX is one of 14 companies awarded grants from NASA to boost the agency's mission to return to the Moon and to eventually land on Mars.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX has completed raising $850M in new funding, boosting the valuation of the company to an astounding $74 billion, according to CNBC. The funding--which has not been announced by SpaceX--apparently valued SpaceX at $419.99

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JUNE 3, 2019

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has raised over $1 billion in new funding, according to regulatory filings from the firm filed on Friday. According to the regulatory filings, SpaceX raised the $1.022 billion split acros two rounds of funding, one worth $535.7M, and $486.2M in the other.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , led by Elon Musk, is seeking another $250M in funding, which would value SpaceX at an astounding $36 billion. According to CNBC, the funding will go towards the Crew Dragon, Starlink, and Starship. CNBC said that SpaceX raised $1.33 billion in 2019. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Hawthorne, California-based rocket and spacecraft developer SpaceX has just closed a Series N funding round, according to investor Legendary Ventures, which invested in the round. A report in August said SpaceX was raising $1.9 billion in new funding, at a valuation of $46 billion. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has raised another $100M in funding, a regulatory filing by the company on Monday revealed. The funding comes on top of an earlier, $350M funding from earlier this year in the company. No other details on the funding have been announced. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 9, 2021

Los Angeles-based rocket and spacecraft developer SpaceX has acquired Swarm Technologies, a developer of "smallsat" (small satellite) technology. Swarm had raised about $25M in total funding. Financial terms of the buy were not announced, and no details of the acquisition were announced. Swarm has a network of 120.

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JUNE 28, 2021

On Funding?—?The The Denominator Effect I recently wrote a post about funding for investors to think about having a diversified portfolio , which I called “shots on goal.” If you funded 30–40 deals perhaps just 1 or 2 would drive the lion’s shares of returns. Photo credit: Joshua Hoehne on Unsplash On Funding?—?The

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JUNE 30, 2017

Vector , a developer of micro-satellite launch systems and rocket technology whose founders came from SpaceX, said on Thursday that it has raised $21‌M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Sequoia Capital, and also included Shasta Ventures and Lightspeed.

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DECEMBER 18, 2018

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is in the midst of raising another $500M in funding, according to the WSJ, in a funding round to help it bring its constellation of Internet satellites to space. According to the report--citing "people familiar with the fundraising"--the new round values SpaceX at $30.5

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AUGUST 19, 2014

Amount of funding, and the investors involved, have not been disclosed. If true, the valuation of SpaceX near the $10 billion mark would about double its last known valuation of roughly $4.8 spacex venture capital space exploration nasa rocket spaceship satellite elon musk' The report came from TechCrunch. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has been booked to launch the first, privately funded lunar lander mission, as a secondary payload on an upcoming launch from Cape Canaveral. The lunar lander is the second, ride-sharing payload on what is expected to be a mid-February 2019 SpaceX Falcon 9 from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

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DECEMBER 3, 2018

Hawthorne-based SpaceX successfully launched yet another payload into space on Monday morning, carrying 64 satellites into space on the Spaceflight SSO-A: SmallSat Express mission. Among the 64 satellites on the flight is one of the more unusual payloads for SpaceX: an art project for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).

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JULY 28, 2017

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has just raised $350M more in new funding, according to regulatory filings, which reportedly values the company at around $21 billion. Details of the funding have not been announced by SpaceX. SpaceX has previously raised funding from Fidelity, Google, Founders Fund, and DFJ.

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DECEMBER 8, 2020

Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX , which is developing its own constellation of thousands of satellites to provide Internet service to earth, has been selected to receive $886M from the FCC to deploy high speed broadband to the rural United States. According to the FCC, SpaceX was among 180 companies to receive part of $9.2

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FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Los Angeles-based First Resonance, a startup developing what it calls a "factory operating system" designed for hardware companies for use in their manufacturing operations, says it has raised a new round of funding. First Resonance said the funding was led by Blue Bear Capital.

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AUGUST 4, 2014

Hawthorne-based commercial rocket development firm SpaceX --which is led by tech mogul Elon Musk--is setting up a commercial spaceport in Texas, after a number of incentives offered by the state to attract the firm. SpaceX also has plans to launch rockets in California, at Vandenberg Air Force Base. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 24, 2013

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket and spacecraft firm headed by Elon Musk, said over the weekend that it has signed a deal with Thales Alenia Space, to launch a satellite for Turkmenistan. SpaceX said the geostationary transfer orbit satellite will be Turkmenistan''s first, and will be used for communications. READ MORE>>.

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L.A. Business Journal

MARCH 30, 2018

Female-focused venture fund raises $10.4 million; Los Angeles tech workers data released; SpaceX gets approval to build satellite-powered broadband network.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Mountain View-based Google confirmed in its quarterly earnings report this week that it was the biggest investor in the recent, $1 billion funding round for Hawthorne-based SpaceX. The remainder of the funding round came from Fidelity, Founders Fund, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Valor Equity Partners and Capricorn.

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JANUARY 20, 2015

Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX , the Los Angeles area commercial rocket and spacecraft developer led by Elon Musk, announced Tuesday afternoon that it has raised a billion dollars in a financing round. SpaceX said the deal gives Google and Fidelity just under 10 percent ownership of the company. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 26, 2016

A new, microsatellite launch firm--founded by veterans of SpaceX--said today that it has raised more than $1M to launch the startup. Vector Space Systems led by former SpaceX executive Jim Cantrell, said it raised $1M in an angel funding to develop a mirosatellite launch company. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 12, 2024

Credit: Apex Today, Apex announced their Series B funding round, led by XYZ Ventures and CRV, with participation from Upfront. Is it because SpaceX spearheaded a pool of startup-minded thinkers who are now starting their own businesses? It’s all of those things.

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OCTOBER 29, 2012

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft successfully touched down at 12:22 p.m. The successful return of the SpaceX Dragon is the first time since the retirement of the Space Shuttle that NASA has been able to return significant amounts of samples and cargo from the ISS.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2012

SpaceX said that it will launch two satellites for Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) in 2014, from Cape Canaveral. SpaceX reports it now has a manifest of 40 launches on its schedule, with 60 percent of those representing commercial launches. Details of the financials behind the latest win were not announced.

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JANUARY 19, 2015

Hawthorne-based rocketship developer SpaceX is close to getting $1 billion from Google , according to reports Monday, as Google seeks to get into the space business. The investment reportedly values SpaceX at more than $10 billion. Neither SpaceX nor Google have commented on the rumors, which were first reported by The Information.

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JANUARY 14, 2016

NASA said Thursday afternoon that it has awarded Hawthorne-based SpaceX one of three awards to deliver cargo to the International Space Station (ISS), as part of a continuation of its efforts to move to commercial rocket launch providers. NASA said the contracts are potentially worth $14 billion, depending on what missions are ordered.

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Hollywood producer plans to fund next blockbuster with cryptocurrency, SpaceX Zuma launch slips again as teams investigate hardware issue and SpaceX expects government support for development of BFR launch system.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket firm headed by PayPal co-founder Elon Musk, has raised another $50M in funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Tuesday. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. Tags: spacex commercial rocket venture capital aerospace space. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2018

[link] Playa Vista-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), the startup founded by Dirk Ahlborn and Bibop Gresta which is one of a number in the LA area focused on bringing the Hyperloop technology to market, says it has received funding worth $1.2 READ MORE>>.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 27, 2017

CAA launches tech startup studio with $12 million in funding, SpaceX details satellite constellation plans to Congress and AirBnB to generate nearly $1 billion in L.A. County activity, study says.

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JUNE 24, 2009

Venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson , of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, is the lead on a $60M venture capital round in Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the space rocket firm headed by Elon Musk, according to PE Week. Tags: jurvetson steve capital venture spacex. Jurvetson is a well known enthusiast for rockets. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 14, 2011

In the second satellite launch deal announced today, Hawthorne-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and ORBCOMM said that SpaceX will carry two new satellites to orbit this year. The two said that SpaceX will launch two, ORBCOMM satellites into geosynchronous orbit, used for data communications. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 19, 2011

Hawthorne-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), the commercial rocket firm run by tech mogul Elon Musk, has scored $75M from NASA as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Development (CCDev2) effort, NASA said Monday. NASA's CCDev2 effort is aimed at accelerating the availability of U.S.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

SpaceX said the launch will insert the satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit. SpaceX is venture backed by Founders Fund, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, as well as Musk's own personal fortune. SpaceX is venture backed by Founders Fund, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, as well as Musk's own personal fortune. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket firm headed by Elon Musk and backed by the Founders Fund and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, said today that it has inked a deal with Astrium to provide dedicated launch serviecs to the European institutional small satellite market. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket firm run by Elon Musk, said this morning that it has hit another milestone on its Dragon Spacecraft. NASA has contracted SpaceX to deliver cargo to the Internation Space Station, starting sometime this year. Tags: spacex nasa spacecraft dragon launch rocket space aerospace.

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