Astranis

Astranis builds small, powerful GEO satellites for high orbits.

Robotics and hardware Manufacturing and industrialY Combinator

Latest funding

$300M Series B+ · May 6, 2026

Led by Franklin Templeton · Source: fundraisingfox.com

Total raised: $853.5M across 5 sourced rounds

All 6 rounds ↓

Website: astranis.com.

X: @Astranis · 21,967 followers.

LinkedIn: astranis.

Categories: Robotics and hardware Manufacturing and industrial.

Sectors: Industrials, Aviation and Space, Space Exploration, Satellites.

Stage: Series B+.

Based in: San Francisco, United States.

Founded: 2015.

Total raised: $853.5M in 5 sourced rounds.

Last round: May 6, 2026 · 190 days ago.

Team: 500 people on the team page.

On Recent Funding since: Sep 28, 2026.

Signals

X account@Astranis · created Mar 1, 2018 (8 years old) · 21,967 followers

Website registeredSep 7, 2015 (11 years old)

About Astranis

The company provides dedicated satellite capacity for telecommunications providers, enterprises, and public sector organizations. Astranis sells satellite services to commercial and government customers around the world.

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Astranis | 1 days from X account to first raise on record

@Astranis·Raised $854M in 5 sourced rounds·1 signal before the first raise

Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.

Funding rounds

May 6, 2026
Series B+ · $300M
FFranklin Templeton (lead), SSnowpoint Ventures (lead), AAndreessen Horowitz, BBaillie Gifford, BBAM Elevate, BBlackRock, FFidelity Management & Research Company, FFriends & Family Capital, NNimble Partners
Source: fundraisingfox.com
July 24, 2024
Series B+ · $200M
AAndreessen Horowitz (lead), BBAM Elevate (lead), BBaillie Gifford, BBlackRock, FFidelity
Source: fundraisingfox.com
April 14, 2021
Series B+ · $250M · $1.4B valuation
BBlackRock (lead), AAndreessen Horowitz, BBaillie Gifford, FFidelity, KKoch Strategic Platforms, VVenrock
Source: techcrunch.com
February 13, 2020
Series B+ · $90M
VVenrock (lead), AAndreessen Horowitz, CCantos, FFifty Years, HHarpoon Ventures, IIndustry Ventures, MMatt Kraning, PPage One Ventures, RRefactor, YY Combinator
Source: techcrunch.com
March 2, 2018
Series A · $13.5M
AAndreessen Horowitz (lead), FFifty Years, IIndicator Fund, RRefactor, TTuesday Capital, YY Combinator
Source: finsmes.com
March 1, 2018
X account created
Winter 2016
YY Combinator · batch
Source: ycombinator.com
September 7, 2015
Website created

Founders and team

JG
John Gedmark CEO & Cofounder

@Gedmark · LinkedIn · source: foundertrace.com
RM
Ryan McLinko Cofounder and CTO at Astranis

LinkedIn · source: foundertrace.com
BH
Bryan Hong Director of People Ops & Systems
CK
Christian Keil VP, External Relations
EV
Eric Veber Propulsion Engineer II

Investors

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Sources and API

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