Starlink leads Ukraine, Space Force bets big

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space brew

deal flow

government

• Nuview wins $5M DoD NSIC award to prototype LiDAR satellite for earth observation (ST).

• Redwire wins $2M NASA IDIQ contract to advance drug discovery with in-orbit biotech research (SD).

• Momentus awarded NASA contract to develop in-orbit flight for repair & service robots (SN).

seed

• Astrus raises $8M Seed by Khosla, 1517, Alumni to automate circuit design for fabs (BK).

• Moxso raises $5.5M Seed by Seed Capital, D2, Ugly Duckling to target social engineering threats (AS).

• Minovia wins $350k grant to advance mitochondrial biomarkers for rare genetic & age-related illness (LT).

series A+

• Aerospacelabs raises $110M Series B to expand satellite production plant (SD).

• Orienspace raises $27M-$124M Series B+ to scale Chinese sovereign launch services (SN).

• Assort Health raises $50M Series B by Lightspeed to scale AI call agents for healthcare patients (TC).

• Debut raises $20M Series B+ to expand anti-aging skin formulations (LT).

• Eyebot raises $20M Series A to scale 90-sec vision test kiosks (TC).

• Mechasys raises $16M Series A to expand laser projectors for construction (BK).

• Palmer Energy raises $6.7M Series A by Barclays, Oxford, FirstGroup to expand battery management software (SH).

m&a

• Planetary Tech & Frontier co-sign a $31.3M deal for ocean-based CO2 removal (BK).

headlines

🚀

• US approves $150M FMS to Ukraine for Starlink-led satcom with engineering & logistics support (AT).

• NorthBase & Infostellar partner to share ground station assets & scale distribution (IS).

• Maritime Launch Services & Reaction Dynamics partner to scale Canadian sovereign launch capacity (ML).

• Space Force weighs 4 year cost-plus contract with General Dynamics Mission Systems GDMS to build Tranche 3 ground segment for missile tracking after building out Tranche 2 for $491M (ST).

🤖

• U.S. & Indian VC/PE pledge $1B in deep tech investments, following India’s $11B deep tech R&D budget (TC).

• Veteran Ventures VVC closes oversubscribed $60M fund II targeting dual-use space, UAS, quantum, robotics, edge AI, & cyber tech (ST).

community spotlight

today, 09/02

• Founder & investor breakfast (LA).

• Smart glasses, AI & AR (LA).

• Investor happy hour (LA).

• Web3 demos & panels (SF).

• Female founder Antler interview (SF).

wednesday, 09/03

• Stripe x Verci cafe (NYC).

• FoundersBoost x Techstars happy hour (LA).

• Demo night (SF).

• Art demos & tech (SF).

thursday, 09/04

• Cocktail hour (NYC).

• Robotics, mobility, edge AI (SF).

• Web3 pitch night & happy hour (SF).

• Coworking @ Antler (SF).

friday, 09/05

• Tech ladies walk (NYC).

• Founder investor breakfast (SF).

• Lovable vibe code hackathon (SF).

saturday, 09/06

• Vision lab hackathon (LA).

• Man vs machine challenge (SF).

• Sunset jacuzzi (SF).

upcoming

• Space Business Week

• Space Defense & Security Summit

• SoCal Deep Tech Week

• Denver Startup Week

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