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Astranis

Small geostationary satellite builder providing dedicated broadband and military communications
Defense & Space 📍 San Francisco, CA Founded 2015
Current Valuation
$1.9B
as of 2024-Q3
UNICORN

IPO Outlookprivate

Is Astranis going public?
No. Astranis has no imminent IPO plans on record. It is still private.
What is Astranis' valuation in 2026?
Astranis is valued at $1.9B as of 2024-Q3, set by its Series D ($200M, Sep 2024). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Astranis filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Astranis.
Who are Astranis' investors?
Astranis' investors include Andreessen Horowitz, BAM Elevate, Andreessen Horowitz Growth Fund, Venrock, Y Combinator, Founders Fund.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Astranis builds smaller (350 kg), faster-to-launch geostationary communications satellites — a fraction of the cost of traditional GEO sats while serving the same orbital slots. First commercial launch (Arcturus) deployed in April 2023 over Alaska. Backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Founders Fund. Series D in Sep 2024 valued the company at $1.9B and added $200M from a16z Growth + BAM Elevate.

Company Profile

CEO
John Gedmark
Founded
2015
HQ
San Francisco, CA
Employees
~400
Total Raised
$750M
Growth
Early commercial revenue + DoD contracts
Last Round
Series D — $200M (Sep 2024) · Lead: Andreessen Horowitz Growth Fund
IPO Status
no imminent plans

Fundraising Status

Series D · $200M · 1y 11mo ago
no imminent plansTotal raised $750M

Secondary Market

Implied price / share
$22.06
Open interest
3
Secondary price return by period
Secondary market period returns3-month+4.8%6-month+73.4%1-year+90.2%All-time+10.3%
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →

Latest Funding Round

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Series D$200MSep 2024Andreessen Horowitz Growth Fund

Vertical Intelligence — Defense / Aerospace

No name-verified federal prime awards for Astranis in the last 36 months on USASpending.gov — revenue may be classified, flow through subcontracts, or be non-US. Absence of a registry match is reported as-is.
Checked usaspending.gov as of 2026-08-19. Re-checked weekly.

Talent Signal

Hiring trend
Hiring steady
18% of roles posted in last 30d
Open roles
89
via greenhouse
Product-build share
72%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
steady
heavy product build — 72% of open roles are product-building functions (engineering/research/product) — 35 of 89 open roles are hardware.
Actively hiring with no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by month89Aug '26
Open roles by function
Open roles by functionHardware35Engineering24Other16Sales & GTM3Ops & People3Legal & Policy2Security2Design2Finance & Strategy1
product-building   go-to-market / G&A
Assembly, Integration, and Test Associate Engineer (Fall 2026)Avionics Components Team LeadAvionics Engineer Associate (Fall 2026)Avionics Engineer Intern (Fall 2026)CAD EngineerCAD Engineer/Librarian Intern (Spring 2027)
Counted from Astranis's live job board as of 2026-08-17; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.

Founders & Key People

John GedmarkRyan McLinko

Investors

Andreessen Horowitz · BAM Elevate · Andreessen Horowitz Growth Fund · Venrock · Y Combinator · Founders Fund

Products

  • MicroGEO satellites (Arcturus, Argos, Alpha series)
  • Dedicated broadband for Alaska, Philippines, Peru, Mexico

Competitors

Starlink (SpaceX) · Viasat · Hughes Network Systems · OneWeb (Eutelsat) · SES
SpaceSatellitesDefenseBroadband
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2024-Q3. Refreshed quarterly.