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Astranis

Backed byFranklin Templeton

About Astranis

Astranis designs, builds, and operates advanced satellites for high orbits, with a mission to expand humanity's reach into the solar system. It serves large enterprises, sovereign governments, and the US military with dedicated, secure networks, and currently has five satellites on orbit as it plans to launch many more. Astranis has raised over $750 million in funding from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Blackrock, and Fidelity, and employs about 450 engineers and entrepreneurs at its Northern California headquarters, which spans 153,000 square feet. The company is servicing a backlog of more than $1 billion in commercial contracts and is a preferred partner for uptime, data security, network visibility, and customization.

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Company at a glance

IndustryAerospace and Defense
Team Size201-500
StageSeries E
Founded2015
Location
San Francisco, United States
Investors
ACE Early Stage Partners ·AME Cloud Ventures ·Andreessen Horowitz ·Astranis ·Baillie Gifford ·BAM Elevate ·BlackRock ·Fidelity Management & Research Company ·Fifty Years ·Franklin Templeton ·Friends & Family Capital ·Harpoon Ventures ·Indicator Fund ·Industry Ventures ·Koch Strategic Platforms ·Monashee Investment Management ·Nimble Partners ·Refactor Capital ·Rising Tide Fund ·Snowpoint Ventures ·Soma Capital ·Trinity Capital ·TriplePoint Capital ·Uncorrelated Ventures ·Venrock ·Y Combinator
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About the Team

Team Distribution

  • Engineering67%
  • Operations25%
  • Other4%
  • Sales3%
  • Leadership0%

Where the Team Studied

  1. 1.University of California, Berkeley
  2. 2.Stanford University
  3. 3.Georgia Institute of Technology
  4. 4.University of California, Davis
  5. 5.Cornell University

Team Worked At

  • NASA
  • SpaceX
  • Apple
  • Tesla
  • Northrop Grumman

Funding History

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