Commercial space stations — Haven-1 launching 2027, the world's first private LEO platform
Vast is building Haven-1, the world's first commercial space station, scheduled to launch in 2027 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9. Founded in 2021 by Ripple co-founder Jed McCaleb — who self-funded the company from his crypto fortune — Vast is headquartered in Long Beach, CA with ~1,000 employees. Haven Demo's 2025 flight made Vast the only commercial space-station company to fly and operate its own spacecraft. In March 2026, Vast closed $500M in financing ($300M Series A equity + $200M debt) led by Balerion Space Ventures, with strategic participation from IQT, the Qatar Investment Authority, Mitsui, MUFG, Nikon, and Space Capital — bringing total private capital to over $1B. Vast is a candidate to inherit ISS commercial operations after the station's planned 2030 deorbit.
Space / Defense📍 Long Beach, CAFounded 2021
Current Valuation
Private
PRIVATE
QL Price
$30B
0% vs last round
QuantLogix's current estimate for Vast, published 2026-08-29 — in line with the last disclosed round of $30B (2026-04).
Confidence
low
Basis
round anchored
What backs this price
Last disclosed round
$30B
2026-04
weight 0.75
How this price has held up
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IPO Outlookprivate
Is Vast going public?
No. Vast is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Vast's valuation in 2026?
No confirmed valuation is on record for Vast. The roster shows funding and investors where they are public; it does not estimate a mark.
Has Vast filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Vast.
Who are Vast's investors?
Vast's investors include Jed McCaleb (founder), Balerion Space Ventures, IQT (In-Q-Tel), Qatar Investment Authority, Mitsui & Co., MUFG and 4 more.
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.
Company Profile
CEO
Max Haot
Founded
2021
HQ
Long Beach, CA
Employees
~1000
Total Raised
$1.0B
Growth
First commercial-station company to fly and operate its own spacecraft (Haven Demo, 2025); $1B+ private capital
Last Round
Series A + Debt — $500M (Mar 2026) · Lead: Balerion Space Ventures
IPO Status
private
Fundraising Status
Series A + Debt · $500M · 5 mo ago
privateTotal raised $1.0B
Latest Funding Round
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Series A + Debt
$500M
Mar 2026
Balerion Space Ventures
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Vertical Intelligence — Defense / Aerospace
Federal awards
26+
prime contracts, last 36 months
Obligated
$28.8M+
top: Department of Defense
Largest award
$8.05M
Department of Defense
Latest award
2026-04-24
Largest award: GIWW FY25 SUPPLIES (W912P825C0008)
Name-verified against recipient "VAST INDUSTRIES, LLC" on USASpending.gov as of 2026-08-27. Prime awards only — subcontracts and classified work are not visible in the public registry. Verify on USASpending.gov ↗
Talent Signal
Hiring trend
▶ Hiring steady
25% of roles posted in last 30d
Open roles
167
via greenhouse
Product-build share
65%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
steady
heavy product build — 65% of open roles are product-building functions (engineering/research/product) — 55 of 167 open roles are hardware.
Counted from Vast'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.
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