2023年5月17日

瓦爾達空間產業,太空製造啟動想徹底改變藥品的生產,半導體,,正在籌集2500萬美元新資本,將其投資後估值在5億美元左右,根據被TechCrunch的文檔。瓦爾達的募捐來的恰是時候,它正準備發送首次航天器軌道。啟動了雄心運行軌道上的多個自治的“太空工廠”能夠製造敏感材料隻能在零重力環境中產生的。雖然太空製造並不新鮮,由於多年的研究在國際空間站,公司尚未能大規模生產的空間環境也沒有產品返回地球。2500萬美元的項目前期C“家人和朋友”輪被提出作為一個特殊目的載體(SPV)由側門企業管理,已在瓦爾達的前兩輪投資。側門的投資者之一,喬丹Croom,於2021年9月加入瓦爾達的載荷和機製。根據他的LinkedIn, Croom主要集中”早期深/前沿科技等行業的空間,機器人技術,能源,環境,和運輸”在側門。該公司可能已經更新了其詞表。喧囂的基金規模,幫助組織SPV,請求感興趣的投資者提交,5月31日線的錢。這個故事Varda拒絕置評。 The company’s inaugural mission will fly on SpaceX’s Transporter-8 ride-share mission in June. The spacecraft, which was manufactured by Rocket Lab as part of a bulk-order buy, will contain small Varda-made manufacturing and reentry modules. After spending around three months in orbit, the company hopes to return between 40-60 kilograms of material to Earth. Among the applications that Varda is planning on targeting is pharmaceuticals. Microgravity has major implications for drug development, and could improve bioavailability, extend shelf life, and offer other breakthroughs. The total addressable market for these products and others – including semiconductors and fiber optic cables – could be astronomical. Last fall, Varda brought on a life sciences market development lead and a VP of biopharma business development to expand its relationships with potential pharmaceutical customers, according to LinkedIn. In March, the company also hired a principal pharmaceutical scientist. The El Segundo, California-based startup was co-founded by Will Bruey, an engineer who had a nearly six-year tenure at SpaceX working on its Dragon spacecraft, and Founders Fund principal Delian Asparouhov. The company has raised a notable amount of funding since being founded in the fall of 2020, including an $11 million seed round and a $42 million Series A . However, according to documents from HF Scale, Varda has raised $150 million to date from investors. Varda faces competition from companies including Redwire, Space Forge and the Exploration Company that also have ambitions to manufacture sensitive materials in space.