# i-Space: space company profile

> i-Space: i-Space became the first Chinese private company to reach orbit, with its Hyperbola-1 rocket in 2019, and is now developing the reusable, liquid-fueled Hyperbola-2.

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- Data as of: profile last verified 2026-02-09
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## Profile facts

- Name: i-Space (legal name Beijing Interstellar Glory Space Technology Co., Ltd.)
- What it does: i-Space became the first Chinese private company to reach orbit, with its Hyperbola-1 rocket in 2019, and is now developing the reusable, liquid-fueled Hyperbola-2. (SpaceNexus analyst note)
- Sector: launch, small-lift
- Headquarters: Beijing, China, China
- Founded: 2016
- Employees: 201-500
- Chief executive: Peng Xiaobo
- Status: active
- Ownership: private
- Publicly traded: no
- Website: [https://www.i-space.com.cn](https://www.i-space.com.cn) (SpaceNexus profile)
- Profile claimed by the company: no
- Profile last verified: 2026-02-09

## Funding

- Raised privately: $729.9M (1 private round on record. Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.)
- Last round: Series D++ (Feb 2026)

| Date | Round | Amount (USD) | Lead investor | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-12 | Series D++ | $729.9M | Tongchuang Weiye (Cowin Capital) / Jingming Capital | [36Kr Europe](https://eu.36kr.com/en/p/3681779490680449) |
| 2025-09-18 | Series D+ (first close) | $98.5M | Chengdu Major Industrialization Project Phase II Equity Investment Fund (Chengdu Advanced Capital) | [Shanghai Securities News via Eastmoney](https://fund.eastmoney.com/a/202509183517602718.html) |
| 2025-03-11 | Series D | undisclosed | Sichuan Tianfu Xinyun Digital Economy Development Fund | [SpaceNews](https://spacenews.com/chinas-ispace-secures-d-round-funding-targets-december-orbital-launch-and-landing/) |
| 2020-08-25 | Series B | undisclosed | Beijing Financial Street Capital Operation Center; CICC Alpha; Taizhonghe Capital; CITIC Securities | [SpaceNews](https://spacenews.com/chinese-space-launch-firm-ispace-raises-173-million-in-series-b-funding/) |

- 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 496 of 1000, tier Emerging.
- Rank 55 of 156 ranked companies (likely between 43 and 70 given the pillars we have not measured).
- 3 of 7 inputs measured, medium confidence, 81% of applicable pillar weight backed by data; measured 2026-10-10 02:10 UTC.
- Scale (38% of this total): 59 of 100; not measured: Market value, Reported revenue
- Government space demand (20% nominal, dropped): does not apply
- Capital access (19% of this total): 97 of 100
- Momentum (19% of this total): not measured; counted at the roster median, 50; not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
- Flight record (25% of this total): 0 of 100; not measured: Launch success rate (12 months)
- Every input, value and percentile: [breakdown](https://spacenexus.us/rankings/space-score-methodology?company=i-space-china#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.

## Operations

- Open roles on the SpaceNexus jobs board: 0

## 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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