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Stoke Space

Reusable-rocket startup building Nova, designed so both the booster and upper stage land and refly (full reusability SpaceX hasn't yet demonstrated on Starship); valued at $10B after a $1B Series E in September 2026, roughly 18 months before its first orbital launch.

SpaceKent, United StatesFounded 2019Website โ†—
Last verified Sep 16, 2026

Key Metrics

Valuation
$10B
As of Sep 16, 2026Value Add Pulse research
Total funding
$2.3B
As of Sep 16, 2026Value Add Pulse research

Company Snapshot

Stoke Space is a Space company, based in Kent, United States, founded 2019. Latest valuation $10B (As of Sep 16, 2026, Value Add Pulse research). Total funding $2.3B (As of Sep 16, 2026).

Recent changes

  1. Sep 8, 2026Raised $1B Series E at a $10B valuation TechCrunch
  2. Sep 8, 2026First reported valuation: $10B TechCrunch
  3. Sep 8, 2026First reported total funding: $2.3B TechCrunch
  4. Sep 8, 2026New investor: General Innovation TechCrunch
  5. Sep 8, 2026New investor: Spark Capital TechCrunch
Earlier changes (12)
  1. Sep 8, 2026New investor: Washington Harbour Partners TechCrunch
  2. Sep 8, 2026New investor: Woven Capital TechCrunch
  3. Sep 8, 2026New investor: Glade Brook Capital TechCrunch
  4. Sep 8, 2026New investor: Y Combinator TechCrunch
  5. Sep 8, 2026New investor: Point72 Ventures TechCrunch
  6. Sep 8, 2026Stoke Space Raises $1B to Out-Reuse SpaceX Pulse story
  7. Apr 16, 2026Raised $275M SEC EDGAR Form D
  8. Feb 10, 2026Raised $860M Series D at a $3.42B valuation Value Add Pulse enrichment
  9. Jan 2025Raised $260M Series C at a <$1B valuation Value Add Pulse enrichment
  10. Oct 2023Raised $100M Series B Value Add Pulse enrichment
  11. Dec 2021Raised $65M Series A Value Add Pulse enrichment
  12. Feb 2021Raised $9.1M Seed Value Add Pulse enrichment

Funding History

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DateEventAmountValuationInvestorsSource
Sep 8, 2026Series E$1B$10B
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Apr 16, 2026funding round$275Mโ€”
SEC EDGAR Form D
Feb 10, 2026Series D$860M$3.42B
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Jan 1, 2025Series C$260M<$1B
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Oct 1, 2023Series B$100Mโ€”
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Dec 1, 2021Series A$65Mโ€”
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Feb 1, 2021Seed$9.1Mโ€”
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Valuation over time
$0M$5.5B$11B2026-09
Underlying values
As ofValueMethodSource
Sep 16, 2026$10BReportedValue Add Pulse research
Sep 8, 2026$10BReportedTechCrunch

Investors

Latest Pulse

  1. This Week Showed AI Funding's Two Speeds at OnceStoke Space and Mistral raised a combined $4.2 billion this week while Sapien and NavigateAI, two real vertical-AI companies with paying customers, raised a combined fraction of that -- the same split Pulse has tracked in AI money all year.โ†’
  2. Hardware Is Getting Software's Round Sizes NowStoke Space's $1 billion round joins Castelion's $1.05 billion and Atoms' $1.7 billion as capital-intensive physical-hardware startups now command the round sizes and speed that used to be reserved for software.โ†’
  3. Stoke Space Raises $1B to Out-Reuse SpaceXStoke Space closed a $1 billion Series E led by Point72 Ventures and Spark Capital, pushing total funding to $2.3 billion as it builds a rocket designed so both stages fly back and refly.โ†’

Coverage Timeline

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  1. FUNDINGThis Week Showed AI Funding's Two Speeds at Onceโ†’
  2. FUNDINGHardware Is Getting Software's Round Sizes Nowโ†’
  3. FUNDINGStoke Space Raises $1B to Out-Reuse SpaceXโ†’

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