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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 manufactures products in microgravity aboard autonomous spacecraft and returns them to Earth. $187M Series C completed. Successful W-2 capsule reentry demonstrated reliable in-space manufacturing and Earth return capability.
Varda Space Industries manufactures products in microgravity aboard autonomous spacecraft and returns them to Earth. $187M Series C completed. Successful W-2 capsule reentry demonstrated reliable in-space manufacturing and Earth return capability.
Hiring
90 open roles right now →
Latest government contract
MINIMUM GUARANTEED
NASA · $25K · Mar 15, 2024
Latest funding round
Series C · $187M
Jul 10, 2025 · led by Natural Capital / Shrug Capital
Autonomous orbital factory and reentry capsule for microgravity manufacturing.
| Varda HQ & Clean Room | headquarters | El Segundo, US |
| Varda HQ & Clean Room | headquarters | El Segundo, US |
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Compiled Sep 27, 2026 from 8 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 C: $187.0M
Co-led by Natural Capital and Shrug Capital
Source: SpaceNews
Announced Jul 10, 2025
Sourced rounds on record
4 rounds, $241.0M disclosed
Every round has a disclosed amount; we hold 3 more rounds with no source link, not counted here
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
90 open roles
30 days ago: 98 (Aug 28, 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 Sep 26, 2026
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
1 space award, $25K obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Mar 15, 2024
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, September 27). Varda Space Industries: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved September 27, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/varda-space-industries
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Varda Space Industries: Company dossier." Data as of September 27, 2026. Accessed September 27, 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 = sep,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/varda-space-industries}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/varda-space-industries},
urldate = {2026-09-27},
note = {Data as of 2026-09-27; each fact links its primary source}
}Lux Capital
Took part in Series C (Jul 10, 2025)
SpaceNews, Jul 10, 2025
Natural Capital
Co-led Series C (Jul 10, 2025)
SpaceNews, Jul 10, 2025
Shrug Capital
Co-led Series C (Jul 10, 2025)
SpaceNews, Jul 10, 2025