TransAstra Corporation

Overview

BuildingIn-SpaceLogistics. Demonstrated on the International Space Station.

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
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
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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Shared investors2
Soma CapitalVia a fund
876 portfolio companies
Y CombinatorVia a fund
6310 portfolio companies

News

News YahooFinance 2 years ago
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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Award SciInsider 3 years ago
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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Press release newswire.com 3 years ago
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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News Gizmodo 3 years ago
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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News YahooFinance 4 years ago
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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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Los Angeles United States
HQ