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Varda Space Industries manufactures products in microgravity aboard autonomous spacecraft and returns them to Earth, having closed a $187 million Series C round.
ACTIVEVarda Space Industries, founded in 2021 and based in El Segundo, California, develops spacecraft that process pharmaceuticals in microgravity and return them to Earth in reentry capsules. It has completed six reentry missions since its first launch in 2023 and announced a $251M Series D in September 2026.
Varda Space Industries, founded in 2021 and based in El Segundo, California, develops spacecraft that process pharmaceuticals in microgravity and return them to Earth in reentry capsules. It has completed six reentry missions since its first launch in 2023 and announced a $251M Series D in September 2026.
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Not measured: Headcount, Market value, Reported revenue
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
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5 private rounds on record. Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
Autonomous orbital factory and reentry capsule for microgravity manufacturing.
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Compiled Oct 13, 2026 from 12 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Space federal awards
1 award, $25K obligated
Awards with activity since Oct 1, 2018, as searched Sep 24, 2026. Awarded Mar 15, 2024 to Mar 15, 2024; most from NASA (1 award)
Counts awards the government's own product code or programme title marks as space work, or the space research industry code; the satellite-telecoms industry code counts only together with a space agency, office or a space word in the award's own description. Obligated dollars, not ceilings; umbrella contracts (IDVs) are left out because their orders are counted one by one. Amounts as USAspending reported them on Sep 24, 2026.
Source: USAspending.gov recipient profile (all awards, not only space)
Latest award Mar 15, 2024
Latest space award
$25K from NASA
MINIMUM GUARANTEED
Source: USAspending.gov award record
Awarded Mar 15, 2024
Form D notices
3 offerings reported on Form D
Latest filed Jan 18, 2022; first sale Oct 14, 2021
Each offering counts once: a later amendment (Form D/A) replaces its original. Form D names no round label and no investors. Filings for a merger or SPAC deal are left out.
Latest sourced round
Series D: $251.0M
Co-led by Lux Capital and Natural Capital
Source: PR Newswire
Announced Sep 30, 2026
Sourced rounds on record
6 rounds, $582.0M disclosed
Every round has a disclosed amount
Published rounds with a source link only, on the same rules as the funding tracker. Each round links the source that states its figure; amounts in other currencies are converted to dollars at the rate shown on the funding tracker.
Open roles
110 open roles
30 days ago: 93 (Sep 14, 2026). 90 days ago: before our daily count began (Aug 13, 2026)
Roles on the company's own jobs board, read by our daily sync. Listings posted or paid for on SpaceNexus are not counted. Earlier daily counts include every listed role.
Source: Company jobs board (Greenhouse)
Counted Oct 13, 2026
Satellites owned or operated
0 in orbit of 7 launched
Latest: W-6
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as owner or operator. "In orbit" is GCAT status O. Counted under GCAT organisation code VARDA. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Satellites built
4 payloads launched, 0 in orbit
Latest: W-6
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as manufacturer. Counted under GCAT organisation code VARDA. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Mar 30, 2026
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
1 space award, $25K obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Mar 15, 2024
Built 3 of its satellites (latest W-3)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Mar 15, 2025
Satellite data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0.
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 13). Varda Space Industries: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/varda-space-industries
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Varda Space Industries: Company dossier." Data as of October 13, 2026. Accessed October 13, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/varda-space-industries.
BibTeX
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author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{Varda Space Industries}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/varda-space-industries}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/varda-space-industries},
urldate = {2026-10-13},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-13; each fact links its primary source}
}Took part in Series D (Sep 30, 2026)
PR Newswire, Sep 30, 2026
Took part in Series D (Sep 30, 2026)
PR Newswire, Sep 30, 2026
Took part in Series D (Sep 30, 2026)
PR Newswire, Sep 30, 2026
Took part in Series D (Sep 30, 2026)
PR Newswire, Sep 30, 2026
Took part in Series D (Sep 30, 2026)
PR Newswire, Sep 30, 2026
Giant Step
Took part in Series D (Sep 30, 2026)
PR Newswire, Sep 30, 2026
Took part in Series D (Sep 30, 2026)
PR Newswire, Sep 30, 2026
Co-led Series D (Sep 30, 2026)
PR Newswire, Sep 30, 2026
Co-led Series D (Sep 30, 2026)
PR Newswire, Sep 30, 2026
Co-led Series C (Jul 10, 2025)
SpaceNews, Jul 10, 2025