Ezra Feilden
Ezra Feilden is currently Co-Founder & CTO at Starcloud and serves as Executive Officer, Director at Lumen Orbit, Inc. He founded Starcloud, a startup that is still running. His expertise includes materials engineering, deployable space structures, and solar technologies.
Gatik raises $200.0M Series D, bringing total equity funding to $504.7M; listed among 15 largest US rounds of September 2026
AlleyWatch lists the largest US startup funding rounds for September 2026 (titled as August in headline), including detailed company profiles; one highlighted deal: Santa Clara-based autonomous trucking company Gatik raised $200.0M in a Series D, bringing its total equity funding to $504.7M.
Starcloud Raises $250M Series A Extension, Valued at $2.3B to Build Orbital AI Data Centers
Redmond-based Starcloud raised a $250 million Series A extension, valuing the company at $2.3 billion and bringing total funding to $450 million to build orbital data centers for AI. The round was led by Manhattan West and includes new strategic investors such as Nvidia and Cisco Investments, continuing a collaboration that began when Starcloud launched an NVIDIA H100 GPU to orbit in November 2025.
Starcloud raises $250M from Manhattan West, Nvidia and others to outfit satellites with Nvidia Space-1 chips
Starcloud raised $250 million in a Series A extension — led by Manhattan West and including Nvidia and Cisco Investments — to build a constellation of data-center satellites using Nvidia’s Space-1 Vera Rubin Module for in-space AI processing, bringing its total funding to $450 million and valuing the company at $2.3 billion.
Starcloud Raises $170M, Reaches $1.1B Valuation to Build Solar-Powered Space Data Centers
Starcloud, a Redmond-based startup building solar-powered space data centers, raised $170 million to reach a $1.1 billion valuation just 17 months after its Y Combinator demo day. The company demonstrated AI computing in orbit with its Starcloud-1 satellite and plans a more powerful Starcloud-2 launch later this year.
Starcloud Raises $10M More, Totaling $21M Seed to Launch Solar-Powered Orbital Data Centers
Starcloud, formerly Lumen Orbit, has raised a total of $21 million in seed funding to develop space-based data centers powered by large solar panel arrays. These orbital data centers aim to reduce terrestrial data center impacts and improve processing of satellite data by handling computations in space.
Seattle Startup Lumen Orbit Raises $11M Seed Round to Build Space-Based Data Centers for AI
Lumen Orbit, a Seattle-area startup founded in 2023, raised $11 million in seed funding to develop data centers in space for AI and technology services on Earth. The company, valued at $40 million, plans to launch a full-scale prototype in 2025 and is led by CEO Philip Johnston and co-founders with aerospace and space tech backgrounds.
Bellevue Startup Lumen Orbit Raises $2.4M to Launch 300 Satellites for AI Data Processing in Space
Lumen Orbit, a Bellevue-based startup, raised $2.4 million in a pre-seed round to launch a constellation of about 300 satellites aimed at processing data in space using onboard AI before downlinking it to Earth. The company’s founders include ex-McKinsey associate Philip Johnston, Oxford Space Systems and Airbus engineer Ezra Feilden, and former SpaceX software engineer Adi Oltean.
Organizations
See all 6-
Lumen Orbit Executive Officer, Director 2025–present · current
-
Starcloud Co-Founder & CTO 2024–present · current
-
Oxford Space Systems Senior Mechanical Engineer 2023 · past
Education
-
Imperial College London PhD, Materials Engineering · 2014–2017
-
Imperial College London MSc, Materials Science and Engineering, First/Distinction · 2009–2013
