Vaya Space, Inc.
Launch Services
$29.9Mtotal raised · 5 rounds on record
1open role
$819klatest round · Venture round · Apr 2024 · 2 yr ago
$1.3Mgrants · 2 grants · CORDIS
Overview
Hybrid propulsion for US defense and space. Active Army CRADA, USAF SBIR Phase II, DARPA contract, and Lockheed Martin co-engineering. Cocoa, Florida.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$29.9M
5 rounds on record
Latest round
$819k
Venture round · Apr 2024 · 2 yr ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
1
open roles
Grants
$1.3M
2 grants · CORDIS
The money's age
Long since its last round
31 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jul 9, 2025
Won a grant $1.2M · CORDIS
May 15, 2024
Won a grant $75k · CORDIS
Jan 10, 2023
Raised a round Venture round $17.1M · SEC Form D
Aug 23, 2021
Raised a round Venture round $12M · SEC Form D
2017
Founded
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant | Jul 2025 | $1.2M | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | May 2024 | $75k | — | CORDIS |
| Venture round | Apr 2024 | $819k | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Jan 2023 | $17.1M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Aug 2021 | $12M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Vaya Space, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Robert FabianExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Kevin LowdermilkExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Leonardo RieraExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Sidney GutierrezDirectorSEC Form D
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Jobs
≈ $122k – $247k per year (Estimated) · In office · Secret · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Cocoa
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
29/100
Slowing
Open positions
1
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
18 days
faster than 62% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
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.
Support
50% ▲
Aerospace
50% ▼
People
Robert Fabian
Executive Officer
Kevin Lowdermilk
Executive Officer, Director
Leonardo Riera
Executive Officer, Director
Sidney Gutierrez
Director
Grant Begley
Director
Carol Craig
Director
Joseph Hammer
Director
Ward Schraeder
Director
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Vaya Space, Inc. over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
1
Postings analysed
1
Stack modernity
85/100
Cloud & platforms
Windows
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Cocoa
Cocoa
United States
HQ
Vaya Defense & Space, Inc.
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Aerospace
Cocoa, FL 32926