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SpinLaunch Closes
$71M Series B Funding Round
September 20, 2022
SpinLaunch has closed a $71
million Series B funding round. The funds will be
used to continue the development and
commercialization of the world’s first kinetic
launch system and satellite product line, designed
to provide low-cost, high-cadence, environmentally
responsible space access.
The round was led by ATW
Partners, and includes Kleiner Perkins, GV, ATMA
Capital, ONA Capital, Lauder Partners, McKinley
Capital, Tyche Partners, as well as John Doerr,
Brook Byers, Asher Delug, Chuck Brady, Andrew
Farkas, and Greg McAdoo. The Series B financing,
which includes equity and debt, brings SpinLaunch’s
total funding to $150 million.
“In the last two years, even
during difficult COVID times, SpinLaunch has shown
remarkable and continued success,” said Wen Hsieh,
General Partner of Kleiner Perkins. “We share in the
company’s goal to realize the full-potential of the
space economy by developing a revolutionary space
launch system that is both very low-cost and
environmentally-sustainable.
“SpinLaunch’s mission is to
bring the world low-cost, sustainable access to
space. We’ve taken a big step in that direction with
the completion of our 33-meter Suborbital Mass
Accelerator,” explained CEO Jonathan Yaney. “We have
completed nine successful flight tests to date,
retiring the technical risk as we prepare the way
for the construction of our full-size Orbital Launch
system. In addition, the team continues to build out
a low cost, mass manufactured, satellite product
line that will ensure our customers have a uniquely
differentiated platform for building space
capabilities.
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