Katalyst, Hubble, Until Labs: $200M+ Deep Tech & Defense Moves

Servicing spacecraft, Bluetooth satcom & organ cryo fuel dual-use momentum. Satellite Spotlight, Edition 39.

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Imagining Forward
September 29, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes

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Dm to speak on the panel. We are hosting a satcom panel at SF Tech Week and a space industrialization panel at LA Tech Week next month.

deal flow

government

  • Katalyst Space wins $30M NASA SBIR award to build a servicing spacecraft (SC).

  • Firehawk Aerospace wins $4M AFWERX TACFI to extend rocket motor range (AT).

  • Solstar Space wins $150k NASA CLPS award to launch lunar wifi (PD).

  • Cubic Defense wins USAF cost-plus-fixed-fee award for secure satcom antennas (AT).

  • Proteus Space wins NASA award for multi-mission spacecraft design concepts (ED).

seed

  • Icarus raises $6.1M Seed by Soma Capital, Xtal for space cargo robotics (TC).

series A+

  • Hubble Network raises $70M Series B by YC, RPM Ventures for bluetooth satcom (VS).

  • Until Labs raises $58M Series A by Founders Fund, Lux, & Field for organ cryopreservation (LT).

m&a

  • Voyager Tech acquires BridgeComm optical terminals to scale secure satcom (VS).

  • Vitesse with Thrive Capital acquires Spacetime Engineering antenna tech for satcom (SN).

headlines

  • Axiom Space & Redwire partner to install solar array wings for commercial space station (AS).

  • Germany Defense Ministry tcommits $41B in space infrastructure & resilience (VS).

  • Maxar Intelligence & Taiwan AIDC partner on autonomous drones (VS).

  • Germany Media Broadcast Satellite & Innospace partner on launch services (VS).

  • Voyager Tech with Starlab Space and Vivace partner to build AI space station (SD).

community spotlight

SoCal Deep Tech Week
today, 09/29

  • $50k pitch competition x Rocket Mixer (NYC).

  • B2B Pre Seed + Seed meetup (NYC).

tuesday, 09/30

  • Female founder breakfast x Red Sea Ventures (NYC).

  • Networking dinner (NYC).

  • Happy Hour x Liquidity (NYC).

  • Supper club x Brex (NYC).

  • -1 to SPC fireside (NYC).

  • Founder x Investor panel (NYC).

wednesday, 10/01

  • B2B founder mixer x JPM (NYC).

  • Andrew rooftop mixer (NYC).

thursday, 10/02

  • Mini golf mixer x JPM (NYC).

  • Founder mini golf (NYC).

  • Pitch night (SF).

friday, 10/03

  • Deep Tech lunch x NVIDIA (NYC).

saturday, 10/04

  • NASA space app hackathon (SF).

sunday, 10/05

  • AI, Energy & Carbon panel (NYC).

upcoming

  • SF Tech Week.

  • Seattle Tech Week.

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