id,date,date_precision,status,transaction_type,round,amount_usd_low,amount_usd_high,lead_or_buyer,co_leads,valuation_usd_low,valuation_usd_high,valuation_basis,valuation_to_run_rate_multiple,multiple_bound,multiple_basis,step_up_vs_prior_closed,price_per_share_usd_low,price_per_share_usd_high,shares,source,source_url,other_source_urls,notes,last_updated
series-a-ext-2026-08-21,2026-08-21,day,Closed round,primary_equity,Series A extension,250000000,250000000,Manhattan West,,2300000000,2300000000,"Post-money, stated by Starcloud",,,,2.09,,,,"Starcloud via Business Wire, 21 Aug 2026",https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260821884035/en/Starcloud-Raises-%24250-Million-at-%242.3-Billion-Valuation-to-Scale-AI-with-Orbital-Data-Centers,https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/starcloud-closes-250m-series-a-extension-at-23bn-valuation-to-scale-ai-on-orbital-data-centers/,"New investors included NVIDIA and Cisco Investments; existing investors Benchmark, EQT, Soma, NFX and 776 took part (DCD).",2026-11-14
series-a-2026-03-30,2026-03-30,day,Closed round,primary_equity,Series A,170000000,170000000,Benchmark,With: EQT Ventures,1100000000,1100000000,Stated by Starcloud (valuation basis not specified),,,,,,,,"Starcloud via Business Wire, 30 Mar 2026",https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260330024111/en/CORRECTING-and-REPLACING-Starcloud-Raises-%24170M-Series-A-at-%241.1bn-Valuation-Led-by-Benchmark-and-EQT-Ventures,https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/30/starcloud-raises-170-million-series-ato-build-data-centers-in-space/,"Raised in two tranches: Benchmark led the first, Benchmark and EQT co-led the second (Starcloud).",2026-11-14
seed-ext-2025-02-26,2025-02-26,day,Closed round,primary_equity,Seed extension (SAFE),10000000,10000000,,,,,,,,,,,,,"GeekWire, 26 Feb 2025",https://www.geekwire.com/2025/lumen-orbit-starcloud-10m-space-data-centers/,,Raised as a SAFE at the same time as the rename from Lumen Orbit (GeekWire).,2026-11-14
seed-2024-12-11,2024-12-11,day,Closed round,primary_equity,Seed,11000000,11000000,,,,,,,,,,,,,"TechCrunch, 11 Dec 2024",https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/11/200-vcs-wanted-to-get-into-lumen-orbits-11m-seed-round/,https://www.geekwire.com/2025/lumen-orbit-starcloud-10m-space-data-centers/,"Raised as Lumen Orbit. Investors included NFX, Y Combinator, FUSE and Soma Capital (GeekWire).",2026-11-14