# Astranis: space company profile

> Astranis: Astranis builds small GEO broadband satellites, its MicroGEO line, at a fraction of the size and cost of traditional geostationary communications satellites, each dedicated to one country.

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- Data as of: profile last verified 2026-09-04
- How the numbers are made: https://spacenexus.us/methodology#space-score

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## Profile facts

- Name: Astranis (legal name Astranis Space Technologies Corp.)
- What it does: Astranis builds small GEO broadband satellites, its MicroGEO line, at a fraction of the size and cost of traditional geostationary communications satellites, each dedicated to one country. (SpaceNexus analyst note)
- Sector: satellite, broadband
- Headquarters: San Francisco, CA, US
- Founded: 2015
- Employees: 201-500
- Chief executive: John Gedmark
- Status: active
- Ownership: private
- Publicly traded: no
- Website: [https://www.astranis.com](https://www.astranis.com) (SpaceNexus profile)
- Profile claimed by the company: no
- Profile last verified: 2026-09-04

## Funding

- Raised privately: $836M (6 private rounds on record (1 with no stated amount, counted but not added). Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.)
- Last Round: Series E (May 2026)

| Date | Round | Amount (USD) | Lead investor | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-09-30 | Credit Facility | $468.0M | - | [SatNews](https://satnews.com/2026/09/30/astranis-secures-468-million-exim-direct-loan-to-expand-microgeo-satellite-manufacturing/) |
| 2026-05-06 | Series E | $300.0M | Snowpoint Ventures / Franklin Templeton | [Payload](https://payloadspace.com/astranis-raises-300m-series-e/) |
| 2026-05-06 | Credit facility | $155.0M | Trinity Capital | [Payload](https://payloadspace.com/astranis-raises-300m-series-e/) |
| 2024-07-24 | Series D | $200.0M | Andreessen Horowitz Growth Fund / BAM Elevate | [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/astranis-is-set-to-build-omega-constellation-after-200m-series-d/) |
| 2023-04-14 | Venture (equity and debt) | undisclosed | Andreessen Horowitz | [SpaceNews](https://spacenews.com/astranis-fully-funds-omega-with-200-million-fundraise/) |
| 2021-04-14 | Series C | $280.8M | BlackRock (funds managed by) | [SEC EDGAR Form D](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1715660/000171566021000003/0001715660-21-000003-index.htm) |
| 2020-02-13 | Series B | $41.7M | Venrock | [SEC EDGAR Form D](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1715660/000171566020000001/0001715660-20-000001-index.htm) |
| 2020-02-13 | Debt facility | $50.0M | TriplePoint Capital | [SpaceNews](https://spacenews.com/astranis-raises-90-million-in-debt-and-equity-ahead-of-first-launch/) |
| 2020-01-22 | SAFE (converted into Series C) | $30.8M | - | [SEC EDGAR Form D](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1715660/000171566021000002/0001715660-21-000002-index.htm) |
| 2018-12-16 | SAFE | $5.0M | - | [SEC EDGAR Form D](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1715660/000171566021000001/0001715660-21-000001-index.htm) |
| 2018-03-01 | Series A | $13.5M | Andreessen Horowitz | [SEC EDGAR Form D](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1715660/000171566018000002/0001715660-18-000002-index.htm) |
| 2015-12-09 | debt | $4.4M | - | [SEC EDGAR Form D](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1715660/000171566018000001/0001715660-18-000001-index.htm) |

- Rounds come from company announcements, regulatory filings and press reports. Amounts, valuations and investors are as reported and may be incomplete or later revised. Not investment advice, and not an offer or solicitation for any security.

## Space Score

- Score 631 of 1000, tier Contender.
- Rank =20 of 96 ranked companies (shared with 1 other company on the same total).
- 7 of 8 inputs measured, high confidence, 100% of applicable pillar weight backed by data; measured 2026-10-22 02:10 UTC.
- Scale (38% of this total): 44 of 100; not measured: Reported revenue
- Government space demand (25% of this total): 88 of 100
- Capital access (19% of this total): 91 of 100
- Momentum (19% of this total): 39 of 100
- Flight record (20% nominal, dropped): does not apply
- Every input, value and percentile: [breakdown](https://spacenexus.us/rankings/space-score-methodology?company=astranis#breakdown)
- The Space Score is a 0 to 1000 snapshot of a space company's size and activity, relative to the other companies we track. It combines size (headcount, market value and revenue, 30%), U.S. federal space contracts (20%), equity raised (15%), momentum (15%) and, for launch companies, orbital launches (20%), so it leans heavily on size. It is descriptive: not a forecast, a rating or investment advice.
- The Space Score ranks companies relative to each other on public data we hold. It describes; it does not rate, forecast or recommend. It is not a credit rating and not investment advice.

## Government contracts (latest)

| Award date | Agency | Title | Value (USD) | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-29 | DoD | CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT MINIMUM GUARANTEE | $100K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA881926FB009_9700_FA881926DB013_9700) |
| 2025-07-28 | DoD | DESIGN, DEVELOP, TEST, AND PRODUCE GLOBAL VARIANTS OF THE PROTECTED TACTICAL SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SPACE VEHICLES, ASSOCIATED GROUND SYSTEMS AND ANCHOR STATIONS | $7.5M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA880725FB019_9700_FA880725DB004_9700) |
| 2024-06-14 | DoD | MICROGEO SUPPORT OF PROTECTED TACTICAL WAVEFORM OVER COMMERCIAL AND COMMERCIAL INTEGRATION WITH PROTECTED TACTICAL ENTERPRISE SERVICE | $3.3M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA880724CB005_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-) |

## Operations

- Open roles on the SpaceNexus jobs board: 181

## Sources

- [SpaceNexus company database](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles): profile facts, with the verification date above
- Each funding round's cited source: SEC filings, company announcements and press reports, linked per round
- Federal award records: contract awards

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