CesiumAstro
CesiumAstro, founded in 2017 and based in Austin, Texas, designs, manufactures and tests active phased-array antenna payloads, software-defined radios and reconfigurable processing units, delivering AI-enhanced, software-defined communications for satellites, aircraft and ground systems; customers include NASA, the U.S.
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CesiumAstro, founded in 2017 and based in Austin, Texas, designs, manufactures and tests active phased-array antenna payloads, software-defined radios and reconfigurable processing units, delivering AI-enhanced, software-defined communications for satellites, aircraft and ground systems; customers include NASA, the U.S. Space Development Agency, Rocket Lab and Raytheon. In February 2026 it acquired AI company Vidrovr to embed AI into its payloads.
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Company· 12
Investor· 10
Founders / team· 2
Funding history
- 2026-02-02Equity + Debt$470M
Investors · Trousdale Ventures, Woven Capital, Janus Henderson Investors, Airbus Ventures, Development Bank of Japan, MESH, EDBI, NewSpace Capital, Export-Import Bank of the United States, J.P. MorganSource · cesiumastro.com ↗
- 2024-06-18Series B+$65M
Investors · Trousdale Ventures, Development Bank of Japan, Quanta Computer, Kleiner Perkins, Lavrock Ventures, L3Harris Technologies, InMotion Ventures, Matter Venture Partners, MESH, Assembly VenturesSource · cesiumastro.com ↗
- 2022-03-02Series B$60M
Investors · Airbus Ventures, Forever Ventures, L3Harris Technologies, Kleiner Perkins, Lavrock Ventures, Franklin Templeton Blackhorse Fund, HEICOSource · cesiumastro.com ↗
- 2019-03-13Series A$12M
Investors · Airbus Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Franklin Templeton Venture Fund, Lavrock Ventures, Honeywell Ventures, Analog Devices VenturesSource · satellitetoday.com ↗
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