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Starcloud raises $250M Series A extension from Nvidia and Cisco Investments, valued at $2.3B to build AI data centers in orbit
Starcloud raised a $250 million extension to its Series A, bringing total funding to $450 million and a $2.3 billion valuation to pursue AI-powered data centers in orbit with backing from Nvidia and Cisco Investments.
Starcloud raises $250M at $2.3B valuation to build orbital data centers, targets 88,000 satellites
Starcloud raised $250 million at a $2.3 billion valuation to build orbital data centers and expand AI infrastructure, bringing total funding to $450 million since 2024. Investors include Manhattan West, Nvidia and Cisco Investments; funds will support manufacturing, engineering with Nvidia, and procurement as the company pursues a constellation of 88,000 satellites and 20 GW of orbital compute.
Starcloud Raises $250M Series A Extension Led by Manhattan West, Valuing Company at $2.3B; Nvidia Joins Investors
Redmond-based Starcloud raised $250 million in a Series A extension led by Manhattan West, valuing the company at $2.3 billion and bringing total capital raised to $450 million since its 2024 founding. The company, which launched the first Nvidia H100 GPU to orbit on Starcloud-1 in November 2025, is partnering with Nvidia on the Space-1 Vera Rubin Module to deploy more space-rated GPUs and scale AI compute using orbital data centers.
