69 Best Aerospace Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Aerospace Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 476 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $11.2b. The average funding per company in this subset is $162.1m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Firefly Aerospace logo

Firefly Aerospace

Firefly Aerospace provides launch vehicles, spacecraft, and in-space services for small payloads.

3

Funding Rounds

$425.0m

Money raised

1

Funding Rounds

$60.0m

Money raised

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Charles River Analytics

Charles River Analytics is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based R&D solutions provider in 1983.

9

Funding Rounds

$3.9m

Money raised

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Made In Space

Company developing space manufacturing technologies to support exploration, national security, and sustainable space settlement.

3

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Aireon

Space-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) for global air traffic surveillance.

4

Funding Rounds

$408.0m

Money raised

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Radwin

Radwin is a telecommunications company that develops and manufactures hardware for point-to-point, point-to-multipoint wireless broadband and wireless mobility applications.

1

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Sky and Space Global

Sky and Space Global is an Australian nanosatellite company focused on IoT networks.

2

Funding Rounds

$12.1m

Money raised

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World View

World View is a Tucson, Arizona-based developer and manufacturer of near-space exploration technology for remote sensing for scientific, commercial, economic, and military purposes and stratospheric tourism.

3

Funding Rounds

$48.6m

Money raised

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Amprius

Amprius is a Fremont, California-based nanotechnology company developing silicon nanowires for lithium-ion batteries and founded by Mark Platshon and Yi Cui.

6

Funding Rounds

$98.9m

Money raised

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AirMap

AirMap is a California-based drone industry company improving low-altitude-airspace infrastructure to help drone operators fly safely and legally.

6

Funding Rounds

$46.9m

Money raised

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DJI

DJI is a Shenzen, China-based company developing and manufacturing drone and camera technology.

3

Funding Rounds

$105.0m

Money raised

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Toyon Research Corporation

Toyon Research Corporation is a Goleta, California-based company that researches and develops radio frequency and antenna systems that was founded in 1980.

9

Funding Rounds

$3.9m

Money raised

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Anduril Industries

Anduril builds AI platforms to protect troops, fight wildfires, perform search & rescue missions, and provide border surveillance. It was founded in 2017 and is located in Irvine, California.

7

Funding Rounds

$2.2b

Money raised

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Stoke Space

Stoke Space is a company manufacturing space vehicle components and performing scientific and technological services associated with the space industry.

4

Funding Rounds

$269.4m

Money raised

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Boom Supersonic

Boom Supersonic is a Colorado-based company developing supersonic commercial aircraft.

8

Funding Rounds

$269.6m

Money raised

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Volocopter

An aerospace company that designs electric air taxis. It was founded in 2011 and is located in Bruchsal, Germany.

7

Funding Rounds

$543.5m

Money raised

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OQ Technology

5G satellite telecom operator for global IoT connectivity.

6

Funding Rounds

$55.9m

Money raised

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Hylio

Hylio is a technology company making drones for aerial crop spraying.

1

Funding Rounds

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SimScale

SimScale is a cloud-based CAE software that helps users perform simulations of CAD models.

9

Funding Rounds

$90.0m

Money raised

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Reaction Engines

Reaction Engines Ltd is a company working on hypersonic and space access propulsion.

3

Funding Rounds

$127.8m

Money raised

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Astrocast

Astrocast is an end-to-end satellite IoT network provider, manufacturer, and operator.

4

Funding Rounds

$23.8m

Money raised

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Echodyne

Echodyne is a company developing compact, solid-state, high-performance radar system founded in 2014 by Eben Frankenberg and Tom Driscoll.

5

Funding Rounds

$228.0m

Money raised

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Astrome Technologies

Astrome is a wireless technology development company using wave technology to offer wireless backhaul solutions.

3

Funding Rounds

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Sabrewing Aircraft Company

Sabrewing Aircraft Company is a Camarillo, California-based aerospace and aviation company and a developer of heavy-lift commercial vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

1

Funding Rounds

$1.8m

Money raised

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Analytical Space

Analytical Space is a satellite communications company making satellites equipped with RD-laser communications technology.

3

Funding Rounds

$4.1m

Money raised

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Volansi

Volansi was a company offering delivery service for time-critical shipments using high-speed long-range drones. Volansi was acquired by Sierra Nevada Corporation in October 2022.

4

Funding Rounds

$75.1m

Money raised

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ZeroAvia, Inc.

ZeroAvia is an aerospace company developing practical zero emission aviation powertrains using hydrogen power.

3

Funding Rounds

$80.7m

Money raised

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Orbit Fab

Orbit Fab is a space industry startup developing in-space refueling services founded in 2018 by Daniel Faber.

1

Funding Rounds

$6.0m

Money raised

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Zipline (company)

Zipline is an automated logistics company that designs, manufactures, and delivers medical products.

10

Funding Rounds

$704.5m

Money raised

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Shield AI

Shield AI is a company building artificially intelligent systems like drones for use by military service members and first responders.

10

Funding Rounds

$588.1m

Money raised

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Skyroot Aerospace

Skyroot Aerospace is a company developing space launch vehicles for cost-effective space access.

4

Funding Rounds

$91.0m

Money raised

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Loft Orbital

Loft Orbital is a space infrastructure-as-a-service platform founded in 2017 by Pierre-Damien Vaujour, Antoine de Chassy and Alex Greenberg.

3

Funding Rounds

$186.2m

Money raised

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Hermeus

Hermeus is an Atlanta-based aerospace company focused on developing a hypersonic aircraft founded by AJ Piplica, Skyler Shuford, Michael Smayda and Glenn Case.

4

Funding Rounds

$176.0m

Money raised

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NSLComm

NSLComm is an Israel-based satellite manufacturing company designing fabric-like, flexible dish antennas that expand in space to offer high throughput communications for small satellites.

3

Funding Rounds

$9.3m

Money raised

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Aerones

Aerones is a company building heavy-lift drones founded in 2015 by Janis Putrams.

3

Funding Rounds

$19.6m

Money raised

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Axiom Space

Axiom Space is a company that is primarily interested in providing human spaceflight services

8

Funding Rounds

$166.0m

Money raised

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Vita Inclinata Technologies

Vita Inclinata Technologies is a company developing safety systems for helicopters and other aerospace platforms.

7

Funding Rounds

$27.3m

Money raised

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Ceres Imaging

Ceres Imaging is a California-based aerial spectral imagery and analytics company that serves farmers and agribusinesses.

4

Funding Rounds

$55.5m

Money raised

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Airware

Airware is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2011 by Jonathan Downey.

10

Funding Rounds

$116.3m

Money raised

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Indemnis

Indemnis UAV Recovery Systems is an Anchorage, Alaska-based company developing safety solutions to the commercial UAV community.

4

Funding Rounds

$10.4m

Money raised

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Accion Systems

Accion Systems is a company that provides in-space propulsion systems for satellites

7

Funding Rounds

$72.5m

Money raised

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BetterView

A company that provides a data platform for buildings and properties.

11

Funding Rounds

$29.6m

Money raised

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Varda Space Industries

Varda Space is a space startup focused on manufacturing specialized products in space.

4

Funding Rounds

$96.0m

Money raised

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Relativity Space

Relativity Space is a company that develops the process of building and flying rockets.

6

Funding Rounds

$1.3b

Money raised

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Capella Space

Capella Space is building a commercial radar satellite constellation. Its headquarters are located in San Francisco, California and it was founded in 2011.

5

Funding Rounds

$177.0m

Money raised

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Dedrone

Dredrone is an airspace security platform that detects, classifies, and mitigates drone threats.

7

Funding Rounds

$128.9m

Money raised

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Transcelestial Technologies

Transcelestial Technologies is a communications company that is creating a space laser network for communication purposes. It is located in Singapore and was founded in 2016.

6

Funding Rounds

$24.9m

Money raised

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Osaro

An artificial intelligence company developing deep reinforcement learning technology products for industrial automation.

6

Funding Rounds

$96.3m

Money raised

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Xplore

Xplore is a spacecraft development company focused on launching space missions to Mars, Venus, the Moon, and asteroids.

2

Funding Rounds

$18.2m

Money raised

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Agnikul Cosmos

A space technology company making customizable 2 stage launch vehicles.

4

Funding Rounds

$17.7m

Money raised

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DroneDeploy

DroneDeploy is a cloud-based software that allows drones to take images and 3D models at any altitude.

11

Funding Rounds

$142.5m

Money raised

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Aerojet Rocketdyne

Aerojet Rocketdyne is a company that looks to innovate in industries of aerospace and defense markets

1

Funding Rounds

$67.0m

Money raised

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Ursa Major Technologies

A manufacturing company that specializes in producing solutions for microsatellite operations. It was founded in 2015 and is located in Berthoud, Colorado.

3

Funding Rounds

$108.5m

Money raised

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PRENAV

PRENAV is a company that is digitizing critical infrastructure in the world using AI.

6

Funding Rounds

$9.1m

Money raised

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Iris Automation

Iris Automation is a technology company specializing in artificial intelligence-based collision avoidance systems for industrial drones and other autonomous flying machines.

5

Funding Rounds

$23.1m

Money raised

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Atomos Nuclear and Space

Atomos Nuclear and Space is a space engineering, travel, launching and landing company focused on creating rapid, cost-effective propulsion and landing for last-mile delivery in space.

3

Funding Rounds

$560.0k

Money raised

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Elroy Air

Elroy Air is an American startup company intending to replace land delivery trucks on inefficient routes with unmanned cargo aircraft.

5

Funding Rounds

$56.0m

Money raised

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LeoLabs

LeoLabs is a a company that is interested in protecting satellites that are in low-Earth orbit

4

Funding Rounds

$95.0m

Money raised

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Formlabs

Formlabs is a 3D printing system company that provides digital fabrications for industries

8

Funding Rounds

$267.4m

Money raised

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Planetary Resources

Planetary Resources is a company that is known for developing asteroid mining technologies in order to attain outer-Earth natural resources

5

Funding Rounds

$80.0m

Money raised

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United Launch Alliance

United Launch Alliance is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing

1

Funding Rounds

$13.9m

Money raised

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AxelSpace

AxelSpace is a company that is developing technology for private microsatellites.

7

Funding Rounds

$72.7m

Money raised

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Maverick Space Systems

Maverick Space Systems is an aerospace company that provides satellite deployment software, mission integration, and launch brokering services.

1

Funding Rounds

$276.0k

Money raised

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Skydio

Skydio is a developer of autonomous drone robotics.

14

Funding Rounds

$681.4m

Money raised

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Airspace Intelligence

Airspace Intelligence is a company developing aerospace software to facilitate the usage of airspace data.

1

Funding Rounds

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Rescale

Rescale is a company developing and providing software platform and hardware infrastructure for companies to perform scientific and engineering simulation.

4

Funding Rounds

$146.0m

Money raised

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Fortify

Fortify is a Boston-based 3D printing company that has the goal to enable fabrication of composites with optimized microstructures

5

Funding Rounds

$32.5m

Money raised

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Deep Space Industries (company)

Deep Space Industries is a company that is looking to further spacecraft technology

1

Funding Rounds

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Gilmour Space Technologies

Gilmour Space Technologies is a company that develops hybrid launch vehicles and space rockets

3

Funding Rounds

$64.7m

Money raised