Starcloud is building data centers in orbit: satellites that carry data-center-class GPUs. Its first satellite, Starcloud-1, flew on a Falcon 9 in November 2025 and put the first Nvidia H100 into orbit. Founded in 2024 as Lumen Orbit by Philip Johnston, Ezra Feilden and Adi Oltean, it is based in Redmond, Washington.
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IPO TIMELINE
No public filing as of October 2026. Its Series A reached $420 million: $170 million at a $1.1 billion valuation in March 2026, then $250 million more at $2.3 billion in August, led by Manhattan West, with Nvidia and Cisco Investments among the new investors.
KEY METRICS
Last Valuation
$2.3B (Series A, Aug 2026)
Series A Total
$420M
Led By (Aug)
Manhattan West
Founded
2024, as Lumen Orbit
CATALYSTS
The launch of Starcloud-2, its second satellite
A first paying customer for compute in orbit
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