TransAstra Corporation
Funding and backers
Grants
$8.5M
14 grants · CORDIS
Backers
2
Y Combinator, Soma Capital
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Dec 4, 2024
Won a grant $1.8M · CORDIS
May 14, 2024
Won a grant $109k · CORDIS
May 1, 2024
Won a grant $1.2M · CORDIS
Dec 12, 2023
Won a grant $109k · CORDIS
Aug 26, 2023
Won a grant $849k · CORDIS
Jul 24, 2023
Won a grant $1.2M · CORDIS
May 5, 2023
Won a grant $75k · CORDIS
Feb 10, 2023
Won a grant $1.2M · CORDIS
Feb 10, 2023
Won a grant $1.2M · CORDIS
Jan 12, 2023
Won a grant $150k · CORDIS
Nov 4, 2022
Won a grant $75k · CORDIS
Sep 27, 2022
Partnership TransAstra and Celestron Partner to Advance Space Domain Awareness with Uniquely Powerful and Economical Telescope Systems · YahooFinance
Jun 2021
Went through Y Combinator
May 17, 2021
Won a grant $125k · CORDIS
May 17, 2021
Won a grant $125k · CORDIS
Jun 9, 2017
Won a grant $124k · CORDIS
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Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant | Dec 2024 | $1.8M | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | May 2024 | $109k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | May 2024 | $1.2M | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Dec 2023 | $109k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Aug 2023 | $849k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Jul 2023 | $1.2M | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | May 2023 | $75k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Feb 2023 | $1.2M | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Feb 2023 | $1.2M | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Jan 2023 | $150k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Nov 2022 | $75k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | May 2021 | $125k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | May 2021 | $125k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Jun 2017 | $124k | — | CORDIS |
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Financials
Total raised
$8.5M
Latest round
Grant
Funding rounds
14
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant | 2024 | $1.8M | Details |
| Grant | 2024 | $109k | Details |
| Grant | 2024 | $1.2M | Details |
| Grant | 2023 | $109k | Details |
| Grant | 2023 | $849k | Details |
| Grant | 2023 | $1.2M | Details |
| Grant | 2023 | $75k | Details |
| Grant | 2023 | $1.2M | Details |
| Grant | 2023 | $1.2M | Details |
| Grant | 2023 | $150k | Details |
| Grant | 2022 | $75k | Details |
| Grant | 2021 | $125k | Details |
| Grant | 2021 | $125k | Details |
| Grant | 2017 | $124k | Details |
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News
TransAstra to Demonstrate Capture Bag on the International Space Station
LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESSWIRE / December 2, 2024 / TransAstra, a leader in space sustainability and asteroid mining technology, announces the signing of a contract with the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the manager of the ...
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TransAstra Achieves Milestone With First-Ever Space-Based Matched Filter Tracking Using Its Patented Sutter Technology
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NASA awarded $850,000 to a company that wants to pick up space trash the old-fashioned way - with bags
NASA awarded TransAstra nearly a million dollars for its concept of capture bags large enough to scoop up space trash the size of a house.
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TransAstra's 6th Patent This Year Allows for Tracking of Dark, Fast-Moving Space Objects
TransAstra, an innovating pioneer in space technology, announces its latest patent, "Optimized Matched Filter Tracking of Space Objects." OMFT is ...
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NASA Wants a Giant Inflatable Bag to Collect and Throw Out Space Junk
TransAstra's capture bag would inflate in orbit, collecting pieces of debris by opening and closing around the floating objects.
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TransAstra and Celestron Partner to Advance Space Domain Awareness with Uniquely Powerful and Economical Telescope Systems
Collaboration to yield revolutionary ground- and space-based products, enabling unrivaled observation of objects beyond the GEOLOS ANGELES, Sept. 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orbital logistics and space mining leader TransAstra Corporation has partnered w
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Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
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