Overview
Technologies
Salaries
Products
People
Growth
Offices
Jobs
Financials

Funding and backers

Total raised
$111.4M
9 rounds on record
Latest round
$63M
Venture round · Apr 2026 · 6 mo ago
Team
63
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · -7% in a year
Hiring now
27
+13 posted in 30 days
Grants
$2.2M
4 grants · CORDIS
Backers
2
Halogen Ventures, Mercury Fund
The money's age
Fresh money
6 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
39/100
hiring for its size, 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
Apr 17 Raised a round Venture round $63M · SEC Form D Jul 26, 2024 Won a grant $156k · CORDIS Jun 7, 2024 Won a grant $1.2M · CORDIS May 22, 2023 Raised a round Venture round $15.9M · SEC Form D Mar 21, 2022 Raised a round Venture round $29.2M · SEC Form D Aug 6, 2021 Won a grant $746k · CORDIS Feb 5, 2021 Won a grant $50k · CORDIS Mar 20, 2020 Raised a round Convertible Note $70k · SEC Form D 2020 Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 2%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
1
best: 1 points
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Venture round Apr 2026 $63M — SEC Form D
Grant Jul 2024 $156k — CORDIS
Grant Jun 2024 $1.2M — CORDIS
Venture round May 2023 $15.9M — SEC Form D
Venture round Mar 2022 $29.2M — SEC Form D
Grant Aug 2021 $746k — CORDIS
Grant Feb 2021 $50k — CORDIS
Venture round Jan 2021 $3.2M — SEC Form D
Convertible Note Mar 2020 $70k — SEC Form D
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity Venus Aerospace Corp. SEC Form D
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Sarah DugglebyExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Andrew DugglebyExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Sheila MenzExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
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Overview

A generational improvement in rocket engine technology, Venus Aerospace’s RDRE & VDR deliver unmatched efficiency, scalability, and performance for defense, space, and commercial high-speed flight.

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Venus Aerospace over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
42
Postings analysed
30
Stack modernity
66/100
Languages
MATLAB33%
Python33%
C++3%
JavaScript3%
Frameworks & libraries
React.js3%
Rocket3%
Databases
PostgreSQL3%
TimescaleDB3%
Cloud & platforms
Apollo20%
GitLab7%
AWS3%
Azure3%
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Full Venus Aerospace tech stack 42 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

People

Sarah Duggleby
Executive Officer, Director
Andrew Duggleby
Executive Officer, Director
Sheila Menz
Executive Officer
Brandon Simmons
Director
Phillip Sarofim
Director
Pamela Melroy
Director
Gavin Mathis
Director
Blair Garrou
Director
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
44/100
Stable
Open positions
27
6 opened / 9 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
75 days
faster than 17% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
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.
Aerospace
29%
Industrial Engineering
21% ▼
Field & Service
15% ▼
Hardware
6%
Backend
3% ▼
QA
3% ▼
Actively hiring for Aerospace (+5 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added Siemens NX to stack Oct 2026
Added GD&T to stack Oct 2026
Added Design of Experiments to stack Oct 2026
Added RTOS to stack Oct 2026
Added C++ to stack Oct 2026
Added Microsoft Excel to stack Sep 2026
Added SharePoint to stack Sep 2026
Added Power Automate to stack Sep 2026
Added SIEM to stack Sep 2026
Added Windows to stack Sep 2026
Added TCP/IP to stack Sep 2026
Added DNS to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
2
Countries
1
Busiest office
Houston
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Houston United States
HQ
23 open roles 27 posted in 90 days 22% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Aerospace, Field & Service, Industrial Engineering
seen since Jan 2026 job postings
Oceanside United States
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Aerospace
seen since Aug 2026 job postings

Jobs

≈ $108k – $195k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · Houston
GD&T
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≈ $121k – $244k per year (Estimated) · Hybrid · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Oceanside
Python
MATLAB
SolidWorks
Management
Agile
SpaceTech
ANSYS
STAR-CCM+
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≈ $130k – $261k per year (Estimated) · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree
Python
MATLAB
SolidWorks
Management
Agile
SpaceTech
ANSYS
STAR-CCM+
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≈ $84k – $159k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 7+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Houston
Python
MATLAB
Confluence
Jira
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≈ $109k – $200k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Houston
C++
RTOS
CI/CD
GitLab
Management
Confluence
Jira
SpaceTech
DO-178C
MIL-STD-1553
SpaceWire
MedTech
Verification & Validation
Defense
MIL-STD-882
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≈ $98k – $186k per year (Estimated) · Remote (United States) · Nationals only · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree
Confluence
Jira
SpaceTech
CATIA
Nastran
ANSYS
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≈ $38k – $85k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · Houston
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≈ $67k – $144k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 4+ years exp · Houston
TCP/IP
DNS
DHCP
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≈ $111k – $200k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Houston
Python
MATLAB
SolidWorks
Management
Agile
SpaceTech
ANSYS
STAR-CCM+
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≈ $111k – $200k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Houston
Python
MATLAB
SolidWorks
Management
Agile
SpaceTech
ANSYS
STAR-CCM+
Apply
≈ $115k – $219k per year (Estimated) · In office · Secret · Full-Time · 15+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Houston
Design of Experiments
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≈ $89k – $168k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 10+ years exp · Houston
CATIA
AS9100
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Financials

Total raised
$113.6M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
9
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2026 $63M Details
Grant 2024 $156k Details
Grant 2024 $1.2M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2023 $15.9M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2022 $29.2M Details
Grant 2021 $746k Details
Grant 2021 $50k Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2021 $3.2M Details
Convertible Note 2020 $70k Details