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Jul 29, 2021

Varda Raises $42MM Series A, to Build Humanity’s First Space Factories

Funding co-led by Khosla Ventures and Caffeinated Capital, bringing total to $53mm raised in 7 months since founding

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Freethink

SpaceX successfully launches world's first "space factory"

June 18, 2023

Gizmodo

This Space Factory Will Attempt to Produce Medical Drugs in Orbit

June 14, 2023

Interesting Engineering

The 'world's first space factory' has successfully been deployed

June 13, 2023

Not Boring

Varda: The Space Drug Factory

June 13, 2023

CNN Business

Forget space tourism. This company wants to make drug manufacturing the next big extraterrestrial business

June 12, 2023

The Information

The Overlapping Galaxies of Delian Asparouhov

June 9, 2023

Space News

U.S. Air Force to test hardware at hypersonic speeds on Varda's space capsules

March 21, 2023

Bloomberg

Drugs in Orbit: One Startup's Big Idea for Microgravity

March 15, 2023

CNBC

Space factory startup Varda secures NASA partnerships ahead of demo flight next year

August 5, 2022

Business Wire

Varda Space Industries Orders Fourth Photon Spacecraft from Rocket Lab to Enable In-Space Manufacturing

May 24, 2022

Space News

Varda Space selects SpaceX for launch of first space manufacturing satellite

October 11, 2021

TechCrunch

Varda Space Industries will send its first space factory to orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket

October 11, 2021

Business Wire

Rocket Lab Inks Deal With Varda Space Industries to Supply Multiple Photon Spacecraft for Space Manufacturing Missions

August 11, 2021

CNBC

Rocket Lab and space factories start-up Varda sign deal for three spacecraft

August 11, 2021

TechCrunch

Varda Space Industries closes $42M Series A for off-planet manufacturing

July 29, 2021

CNBC

Space start-up Varda, founded by SpaceX and Founders Fund veterans, aims to build factories in orbit

July 29, 2021

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Varda Announcements

Varda Raises $42MM Series A, to Build Humanity’s First Space Factories

More coverage

SpaceX successfully launches world's first "space factory"

This Space Factory Will Attempt to Produce Medical Drugs in Orbit

The 'world's first space factory' has successfully been deployed

Varda: The Space Drug Factory

Forget space tourism. This company wants to make drug manufacturing the next big extraterrestrial business

The Overlapping Galaxies of Delian Asparouhov

U.S. Air Force to test hardware at hypersonic speeds on Varda's space capsules

Drugs in Orbit: One Startup's Big Idea for Microgravity

Space factory startup Varda secures NASA partnerships ahead of demo flight next year

Varda Space Industries Orders Fourth Photon Spacecraft from Rocket Lab to Enable In-Space Manufacturing

Varda Space selects SpaceX for launch of first space manufacturing satellite

Varda Space Industries will send its first space factory to orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket

Rocket Lab Inks Deal With Varda Space Industries to Supply Multiple Photon Spacecraft for Space Manufacturing Missions

Rocket Lab and space factories start-up Varda sign deal for three spacecraft

Varda Space Industries closes $42M Series A for off-planet manufacturing

Space start-up Varda, founded by SpaceX and Founders Fund veterans, aims to build factories in orbit

Varda in the News

This startup wants to make drugs in orbit. If it succeeds, it could transform the space economy

A plan to make drugs in orbit is going commercial

NASA Heat Shield Technology Enables Space Industry Growth

Varda says it has proven space manufacturing works — now it wants to make it boring

Gizmodo Science Fair: A Satellite That Makes Drugs in Space

Tech Companies Show Off for Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’

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