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Varda Space Industries

Varda Space Industries

El Segundo, California · Founded 2021
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Valuation
—Est.
Raised
$328MEst.
Stage
Series C
Open roles
110

Expanding the economic bounds of humankind with the world's first orbital manufacturing & reentry platform.

Funding History
Series C$187M
Jul 2025 · Lead: Natural Capital, Shrug Capital
Participants: Founders Fund, Peter Thiel, Khosla Ventures, Caffeinated Capital, Lux Capital, Also Capital
+108% · 2.08x · 15 mo vs. Series B
Series B$90M
Apr 2024 · Lead: Caffeinated Capital
Participants: Lux Capital, General Catalyst, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures
+114% · 2.14x · 33 mo vs. Series A
Series A$42M
Jul 2021 · Lead: Khosla Ventures, Caffeinated Capital
Participants: Lux Capital, General Catalyst, Founders Fund
+367% · 4.67x · 7 mo vs. Seed
Seed$9M
Dec 2020 · Lead: Founders Fund, Lux Capital
Participants: Fifty Years, Also Capital, Raymond Tonsing, Justin Mateen, Naval Ravikant
Round Size Change
Latest Round Change
+108%2.08x
$187M Series C vs. $90M Series B
Seed
$9M
Dec 2020
+367% · 4.67x
→
7 mo
Series A
$42M
Jul 2021
+114% · 2.14x
→
33 mo
Series B
$90M
Apr 2024
+108% · 2.08x
→
15 mo
Series C
$187M
Jul 2025
Open roles at Varda Space Industries
W Series Vehicle SchedulerEl Segundo, CAVehicle Integration & Test Internship - Summer 2027El Segundo, CAThermofluids Engineer IIEl Segundo, CAThermal Hardware and Test Engineer IIEl Segundo, CAThermal Engineering Internship - Summer 2027El Segundo, CASupply Chain PlannerEl Segundo, CAStructures Engineering Internship - Summer 2027El Segundo, CASpace Systems Engineer II, AvionicsEl Segundo, CA
Showing 8 of 110Median posted comp $140K – $179K (61 postings)Careers page ↗
Leadership
Will Bruey
Co-founder & CEO
Delian Asparouhov
C-Founder & Chairman
News & press
Varda Announces Biopharma Leader Mikael Dolsten will Join Board as Space-Based Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Accelerates
Varda Space Industries Successfully Reenters W-6, Validating Autonomous Navigation and Advanced Thermal Protection Systems
Varda Space Industries and United Therapeutics Collaborate to Advance Microgravity-Enabled Treatments for Rare Pulmonary Disease
Dreams of making drugs and tissues in space get closer to reality
The space race is coming for pharma: Why drug development is heading to lower Earth orbit
This startup wants to make drugs in orbit. If it succeeds, it could transform the space economy
A space startup is teaming with a pharma company to manufacture lung disease drugs in orbit
Could this be the moment that drug manufacturing takes off in orbit?
Thiel-Backed Varda to Take Drugs to Space for Microgravity Test
Varda to collaborate with United Therapeutics on microgravity drug research
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