K2 Space
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$508.5M
13 rounds on record
Latest round
$500M
Series D · Jul 2026 · 2 mo ago
Team
169
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Aug 2026 · +94% in a year
Hiring now
208
+21 posted in 30 days
Grants
$28.8M
11 grants · CORDIS
Backers
7
Kleiner Perkins, First Round
The money's age
Fresh money
2 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
49/100
hiring for its size, a new city, in the news, fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jul 30
Raised a round Series D $500M
Jul 1
Expanded K2 Space Opens Engineering Office in Seattle Region · morningstar.com
May 7
First executive search Head of Solar
2025
Team of 182 was 87 · US Form 5500 (plan participants)
Jan 15, 2025
New executive K2 Space Names John Plumb, Former Pentagon Space Policy Chief, as New Head of Strategy · marketwatch.com
Oct 17, 2024
Won a grant $18M · CORDIS
Sep 18, 2024
Won a grant $1.2M · CORDIS
Jun 6, 2024
Won a grant $3.8M · CORDIS
Dec 8, 2023
Won a grant $1.7M · CORDIS
Sep 20, 2023
Won a grant $1.2M · CORDIS
Jul 28, 2023
Won a grant $1.2M · CORDIS
Jun 14, 2023
Won a grant $1.2M · CORDIS
May 2, 2023
Won a grant $74k · CORDIS
Apr 28, 2023
Won a grant $74k · CORDIS
Nov 4, 2022
Won a grant $75k · CORDIS
Oct 31, 2022
Won a grant $75k · CORDIS
2022
Founded
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Web presence
top 2%
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Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series D | Jul 2026 | $500M | — | geekwire.com |
| Grant | Oct 2024 | $18M | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Sep 2024 | $1.2M | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Jun 2024 | $3.8M | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Dec 2023 | $1.7M | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Sep 2023 | $1.2M | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Jul 2023 | $1.2M | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Jun 2023 | $1.2M | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | May 2023 | $74k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Apr 2023 | $74k | — | CORDIS |
| Venture round | Feb 2023 | $8.5M | — | SEC Form D |
| Grant | Nov 2022 | $75k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Oct 2022 | $75k | — | CORDIS |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | K2 Space Corp | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Neeldev KunjurExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Karandev KunjurExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Kleiner Perkins 
First Round 
Earthrise Ventures 
LG Technology Ventures 
Lightspeed Venture Partners 
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How K2 Space hires
Truth index
A 85/100
Median time to fill
93 days
Ghost roles
17%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%
K2 Space scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 208 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 17% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 93 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Overview
K2 Space is a Torrance, California, spacecraft maker building very large, high-power satellite platforms for the era of heavy-lift rockets, with its Mega Class bus delivering about 20 kW and up to 3,000 kg of payload for missions from low Earth orbit to deep space. Founded in 2022 and Series D funded, it has raised over $1 billion from investors including Altimeter, ICONIQ, Kleiner Perkins and Lightspeed, holds over $1 billion in commercial and US government contracts, and builds about 80% of each satellite in-house. It hires integration and test, mission operations, avionics, solar and tooling engineers, technicians and program managers.
News
K2 Space Raises $500 Million Series D At $6.8 Billion Valuation
K2 Space has raised $500 million in a Series D funding round at a valuation of $6.8 billion to expand production of large, high-power satellites. Kleiner Perkins and ICONIQ led the financing. CapitalG, Lightspeed, Altimeter, Spark Capital, Sands Capital,
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K2 to launch its first high-powered satellite for space compute
K2's Gravitas is an ambitious project that aims to demonstrate the tech needed to build data centers in space.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at K2 Space over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
139
Postings analysed
153
Stack modernity
64/100
Languages
Python51%
C++33%
Rust27%
MATLAB15%
Frameworks & libraries
React.js5%
Vue.js3%
Svelte3%
Angular2%
Databases
PostgreSQL5%
Snowflake3%
DynamoDB3%
MS SQL1%
Cloud & platforms
Linux20%
AWS10%
Kubernetes10%
RTOS7%
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139 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$190k
Typical range
$80k – $295k
Open positions
177
170
Jobs
Intern
6.5%
Junior
8.2%
Middle
12.4%
Senior
50%
Staff
2.4%
Principal
19.4%
Architect
1.2%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intern | 11 | $80k | $80k |
| Junior | 14 | $150k | $130k – $210k |
| Middle | 21 | $140k | $100k – $215k |
| Senior | 85 | $185k | $130k – $260k |
| Staff | 4 | $250k | $170k – $250k |
| Principal | 33 | $220k | $200k – $295k |
| Architect | 2 | $240k | $230k – $250k |
Highest paying role
Principal Thermal Design Engineer
$295k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at K2 Space
By role, level and city, against the market · 177 jobs with pay
People
Neeldev Kunjur
Executive Officer, Director
Karandev Kunjur
Executive Officer, Director
Names and roles come from public filings, company registers and the company's own site. Is this you? Correct or remove · How we handle this data
Growth
Hiring Momentum
60/100
Growing
Open positions
208
14 opened / 8 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
94 days
faster than 14% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Industrial Engineering
30% ▼
Hardware
23% ▲
Aerospace
8% ▼
Field & Service
5% ▲
Backend
4% ▼
DevOps
4%
Actively hiring for Operations (+3 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added SOAP to stack
Oct 2026
New location: United States
Oct 2026
Added Progressive Delivery to stack
Oct 2026
Added AWS CDK to stack
Oct 2026
Added QuickBooks to stack
Oct 2026
Added .NET to stack
Sep 2026
Added HashiCorp Vault to stack
Sep 2026
Added Ansys SIwave to stack
Sep 2026
Added C to stack
Sep 2026
Added Embedded C to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
4
Hiring now
2
Countries
1
Busiest office
Los Angeles
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Los Angeles
United States
Plant / site
United States - Remote
207 open roles 88 posted in 90 days 35% engineering 4% remote 500-1000 est. staff $184k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Hardware, Aerospace
Seattle
United States
Engineering / R&D
Seattle
24 open roles 15 posted in 90 days 83% engineering 50-200 est. staff $230k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Backend, Industrial Engineering
Washington
United States
Regional office
Washington, D.C.
1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
Jobs
$130k – $200k per year • In office • Nationals only • Bachelor's Degree • Seattle
Python
JAX
AI Agents
PyTorch
Machine Learning
Chips/EDA
KLayout
Photolithography
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$130k – $200k per year • In office • Nationals only • Bachelor's Degree • Seattle
Python
KLayout
Sonnet
Design
SolidWorks
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$150k – $220k per year • In office • Nationals only • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Los Angeles
Python
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$150k – $220k per year • In office • Nationals only • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Los Angeles
Python
SQL
C
MPI
Chips/EDA
Statistical Process Control
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≈ $72k – $140k per year (Estimated) • In office • Nationals only • 5+ years exp • High School Diploma • Los Angeles
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$140k – $180k per year • In office • Nationals only • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Los Angeles
AS9100
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$170k – $200k per year • In office • Nationals only • 10+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Los Angeles
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≈ $79k – $153k per year (Estimated) • In office • Nationals only • 8+ years exp • Los Angeles
Human-in-the-Loop
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≈ $79k – $153k per year (Estimated) • In office • Nationals only • 5+ years exp • Los Angeles
Human-in-the-Loop
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$180k – $250k per year • In office • Nationals only • 10+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Los Angeles
Python
Rust
C++
Splunk
GCP
Azure
AWS
Linux
Windows
Cybersecurity
Microsoft Sentinel
SIEM
Analytics
ETL/ELT
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$160k – $245k per year • In office • TS/SCI • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Los Angeles
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$105k – $200k per year • In office • Nationals only • Bachelor's Degree • Los Angeles
Python
Rust
C++
Apply
Financials
Total raised
$537.3M
Latest round
Series D
Funding rounds
13
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | Valuation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series D | 2026 | $500M | $6.8B | Details |
| Grant | 2024 | $18M | — | Details |
| Grant | 2024 | $1.2M | — | Details |
| Grant | 2024 | $3.8M | — | Details |
| Grant | 2023 | $1.7M | — | Details |
| Grant | 2023 | $1.2M | — | Details |
| Grant | 2023 | $1.2M | — | Details |
| Grant | 2023 | $1.2M | — | Details |
| Grant | 2023 | $74k | — | Details |
| Grant | 2023 | $74k | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2023 | $8.5M | — | Details |
| Grant | 2022 | $75k | — | Details |
| Grant | 2022 | $75k | — | Details |