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Developer of the rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE), which it positions for space, defence and high-speed flight, and of the VDR detonation ramjet for flight from take-off to hypersonic cruise.
Developer of the rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE), which it positions for space, defence and high-speed flight, and of the VDR detonation ramjet for flight from take-off to hypersonic cruise.
Not ranked: No measurable space activity in our data (space-coded federal awards or subcontracts, space revenue in the company’s SEC annual report, an orbital launch, or a space-segment profile: for a defense company or a diversified aerospace group, a subsector naming space work, and for a diversified group a space line cited at $100M or more): scored, but not ranked as a space company.
3 of 7 inputs measured · Insufficient data · 44% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Headcount, Market value, Reported revenue
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
A pillar score averages the company’s percentiles among the tracked companies with a value: relative standing, not a grade. Inputs measured 2026-11-08 (UTC) · methodology v8. Every input, its value and percentile · How it is computed
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Sources: Founded, Headquarters, Ownership, Legal name
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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.
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Compiled Nov 8, 2026 from 6 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Form D notices
4 offerings reported on Form D
Latest filed Jun 6, 2023; first sale May 22, 2023
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 B: $91.0M
Lead recorded as Mercury Fund
Source: Payload Space
Announced Jul 8, 2026
Sourced rounds on record
5 rounds, $139.3M 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.
Took part in Series B (Jul 8, 2026)
Payload Space, Jul 8, 2026
Green Sands Equity
Took part in Series B (Jul 8, 2026)
Payload Space, Jul 8, 2026
Took part in Series B (Jul 8, 2026)
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, November 8). Venus Aerospace: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved November 8, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/venus-aerospace
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Venus Aerospace: Company dossier." Data as of November 8, 2026. Accessed November 8, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/venus-aerospace.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_venusaerospace_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{Venus Aerospace}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = nov,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/venus-aerospace}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/venus-aerospace},
urldate = {2026-11-08},
note = {Data as of 2026-11-08; each fact links its primary source}
}Mercury Fund
Recorded as lead of Series B (Jul 8, 2026)
Payload Space, Jul 8, 2026
MESH
Took part in Series B (Jul 8, 2026)
Payload Space, Jul 8, 2026
PEAK6
Took part in Series B (Jul 8, 2026)
Payload Space, Jul 8, 2026
Starboard Star Venture Capital
Took part in Series B (Jul 8, 2026)
Payload Space, Jul 8, 2026