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Investor portfolio, from our funding record
Recorded in our rows as: BlackRock (funds and accounts managed by); BlackRock (funds managed by); BlackRock-managed funds.
Counted rounds
4
Led
2
2 as participant
Companies
3
Disclosed round value
$781M
4 of 4 rounds disclosed; whole rounds, not this investor's share
First deal
2021-04-14
Astranis
Latest deal
2026-05-07
Skyroot Aerospace
BlackRock appears on 4 counted private space funding rounds in our records, into 3 companies: recorded as lead on 2 and as a participant on 2.
The earliest is Astranis on 14 April 2021; the latest is Skyroot Aerospace on 7 May 2026.
4 of the 4 rounds disclosed a size, together $781M. That is the size of the rounds BlackRock took part in, not the amount BlackRock invested: we hold no per-investor allocations and do not estimate them.
The investor most often on the same counted rounds as BlackRock is Andreessen Horowitz, on 1 round.
5 other recorded transactions naming BlackRock are not counted in this portfolio; each is listed separately with the class that keeps it out (IPOs and listings: 3, companies not classed as space: 1, state capital: 1).
Private funding rounds into space companies that name BlackRock as lead or participant, newest first, each with its source. Round size is the whole round; a blank size was never disclosed and is not estimated.
| Date | Company | Stage | Role | Round size | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skyroot Aerospace | Other or unlabelled private round | ParticipantAs recorded: BlackRock-managed funds | $60.0M | Via Satellite (opens the source for this round) | |
| AstranisRecorded as Series E | Series D and later | Participant | $300M | Payload (opens the source for this round) | |
| Loft Orbital | Series B | Lead | $140M | SEC EDGAR Form D (opens the source for this round) | |
| Astranis | Series C | LeadAs recorded: BlackRock (funds managed by) | $281M | SEC EDGAR Form D (opens the source for this round) |
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. Full disclaimer
| Stage | Rounds |
|---|---|
| Series B | 1 |
| Series C | 1 |
| Series D and later | 1 |
| Other or unlabelled private round | 1 |
| Sector | Rounds |
|---|---|
| Satellite | 3 |
| Launch | 1 |
| Year | Rounds |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 |
Investors named on the same counted rounds, by the number of rounds shared.
Other recorded transactions that name BlackRock. Each class below is kept out of every figure on this page by the same rule our quarterly funding editions use; they are listed so nothing is hidden.
| Date | Company | Class | Role | Round size | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICEYERecorded as Growth round extension (Solidium-led round) | State capital (government or state-owned funds) | Participant | $65.0M | ICEYE (PR Newswire) (opens the source for this round) | |
| Ursa Major | Private rounds and grants into companies not classed as space (defense and other cross-domain companies without a space subsector) | LeadAs recorded: BlackRock (funds and accounts managed by) | $85.0M | Ursa Major (press release) (opens the source for this round) | |
| Planet LabsRecorded as SPAC Merger | IPOs, direct listings and SPAC mergers | Participant | $250M | No source link on record | |
| Rocket LabRecorded as SPAC Merger | IPOs, direct listings and SPAC mergers | Participant | $777M | No source link on record | |
| Astra SpaceRecorded as SPAC Merger | IPOs, direct listings and SPAC mergers | Participant | $500M | No source link on record |