Quarterly release · Q2 2024
Which investors led the most disclosed space funding rounds in the quarter, and over the trailing twelve months.
Data as of · computed
Back-computed edition
This period closed before the release began publishing on a calendar. The figures are computed from the same tables, but this is a back-calculation rather than what we would have published at the time. Scheduled editions begin with 2026-Q2.
22 with a disclosed amount
A floor: undisclosed rounds contribute nothing
54.5% — the ranking below sees only these
11 in Q1 2024
Investors ranked by the number of rounds they are recorded as leading inside the quarter.
| # | Investor | Rounds led | Disclosed total | Median round | Sectors backed | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a16z | 2 | $70.0M | $35.0M | ground-segment; manufacturing | Hubble Network; K2 Space |
| 2 | General Atlantic | 1 | $5.00B | $5.00B | launch | SpaceX |
| 3 | Andreessen Horowitz | 1 | $750.0M | $750.0M | launch |
The same ranking over the four quarters ending with this one — the stabler table, and the one to cite for "most active".
| # | Investor | Rounds led | Disclosed total | Median round | Sectors backed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andreessen Horowitz | 3 | $1.07B | $200.0M | launch; manufacturing; satellite |
| 2 | Lux Capital | 3 | $171.0M | $30.0M | analytics; manufacturing |
| 3 | a16z (Andreessen Horowitz) | 2 | $900.0M | $450.0M | infrastructure; launch |
| 4 |
Investors ranked by rounds they appear in at all, lead or otherwise. A different question from the lead table, and a weaker denominator.
| # | Investor | Rounds | Disclosed round value | Sectors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Atlantic | 2 | $5.29B | infrastructure; launch |
| 2 | Baillie Gifford | 2 | $5.25B | launch |
| 3 | Founders Fund | 2 | $765.0M | infrastructure; launch |
| 4 | Fidelity Investments | 1 | $5.00B | launch |
Investors who led a round this quarter and led none in the previous 4 quarters of our records.
| Investor | Rounds led | Disclosed total | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| a16z | 2 | $70.0M | Hubble Network; K2 Space |
| General Atlantic | 1 | $5.00B | SpaceX |
| Coatue Management | 1 | $290.0M | Sierra Space |
| Bessemer Venture Partners | 1 | $245.6M | Rocket Lab |
| AE Industrial Partners | 1 | $175.0M | Firefly Aerospace |
| Riot Ventures | 1 |
Every round recorded in the quarter, largest disclosed first, with its source. This is the row set the tables above are computed from.
| Date | Company | Sector | Stage | Amount | Lead | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-10 | SpaceX | launch | Tender Offer | $5.00B | General Atlantic | Bloomberg |
| 2024-06-01 | SpaceX | launch | Series N | $750.0M | Andreessen Horowitz | — |
| 2024-06-01 | Shield AI | defense | F | $300.0M | — | — |
| 2024-05-01 | Sierra Space |
Coverage limits travel with the numbers, here and in every export of them.
SpaceNexus Most Active Space Investors, Q2 2024. SpaceNexus, data as of 2024-06-30. https://spacenexus.us/releases/most-active-investors/2024-Q2. https://spacenexus.us/releases/most-active-investors/2024-Q2 (retrieved 2026-09-15).
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| SpaceX |
| 4 | Coatue Management | 1 | $290.0M | $290.0M | infrastructure | Sierra Space |
| 5 | Bessemer Venture Partners | 1 | $245.6M | $245.6M | launch | Rocket Lab |
| 6 | AE Industrial Partners | 1 | $175.0M | $175.0M | launch | Firefly Aerospace |
| 7 | Riot Ventures | 1 | $100.0M | $100.0M | defense | True Anomaly |
| 8 | XYZ Venture Capital | 1 | $95.0M | $95.0M | manufacturing | Apex |
| 9 | Khosla Ventures | 1 | $90.0M | $90.0M | manufacturing | Varda Space Industries |
| 10 | Radical Ventures | 1 | $36.0M | $36.0M | analytics | Pixxel |
Computed over the 12 of 22 rounds in the quarter that name a lead investor.
Showing the first 10 of 11 rows. 1 more in this table, plus every column the display leaves out.
| Mitsubishi Electric |
| 2 |
| $156.0M |
| $78.0M |
| infrastructure |
| 5 | a16z | 2 | $70.0M | $35.0M | ground-segment; manufacturing |
| 6 | General Atlantic | 1 | $5.00B | $5.00B | launch |
| 7 | Rivada Networks | 1 | $2.50B | $2.50B | satellite |
| 8 | Lockheed Martin acquires Terran Orbital | 1 | $450.0M | $450.0M | manufacturing |
| 9 | Aljazira Capital | 1 | $350.0M | $350.0M | infrastructure |
| 10 | Coatue Management | 1 | $290.0M | $290.0M | infrastructure |
Computed over the 46 of 76 rounds in the trailing twelve months that name a lead investor.
Showing the first 10 of 39 rows. 29 more in this table, plus every column the display leaves out.
| 5 |
| T. Rowe Price |
| 1 |
| $5.00B |
| launch |
| 6 | Andreessen Horowitz | 1 | $750.0M | launch |
| 7 | Sequoia Capital | 1 | $750.0M | launch |
| 8 | Coatue Management | 1 | $290.0M | infrastructure |
| 9 | Bessemer Venture Partners | 1 | $245.6M | launch |
| 10 | AE Industrial Partners | 1 | $175.0M | launch |
Only 7 of 22 rounds in the quarter carry an investor list. Disclosed round value is the size of the rounds an investor appears in, NOT the amount that investor put in — we do not hold per-investor allocations and will not infer them.
Showing the first 10 of 15 rows. 5 more in this table, plus every column the display leaves out.
| $100.0M |
| True Anomaly |
| XYZ Venture Capital | 1 | $95.0M | Apex |
| Khosla Ventures | 1 | $90.0M | Varda Space Industries |
| Radical Ventures | 1 | $36.0M | Pixxel |
| Marque Ventures | 1 | $15.0M | Turion Space |
Absence from the lookback window means we recorded no lead credit for that investor, not that the firm was inactive.
| infrastructure |
| Series A Extension |
| $290.0M |
| Coatue Management |
| Press Release |
| 2024-06-25 | Rocket Lab | launch | Follow-on Offering | $245.6M | Bessemer Venture Partners | SEC Filing |
| 2024-04-15 | Firefly Aerospace | launch | Series C | $175.0M | AE Industrial Partners | Press Release |
| 2024-04-01 | True Anomaly | defense | Series B | $100.0M | Riot Ventures | — |
| 2024-06-01 | Apex | manufacturing | Series B | $95.0M | XYZ Venture Capital | — |
| 2024-04-01 | Varda Space Industries | manufacturing | Series B | $90.0M | Khosla Ventures | — |
| 2024-06-11 | Lynk Global | satellite | equity | $85.2M | — | SEC EDGAR Form D |
A blank amount means the round is real and its size was never disclosed. Nothing downstream infers one.
Showing the first 10 of 22 rows. 12 more in this table, plus every column the display leaves out.