OpenC3
OpenC3, Inc. is an Erie, Colorado-based aerospace software company founded in 2022 by Ryan Melton and Jason Thomas, the original creators of COSMOS, an open-source command-and-control platform built inside Ball Aerospace in 2004 and open-sourced in 2014.
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OpenC3, Inc. is an Erie, Colorado-based aerospace software company founded in 2022 by Ryan Melton and Jason Thomas, the original creators of COSMOS, an open-source command-and-control platform built inside Ball Aerospace in 2004 and open-sourced in 2014. OpenC3 offers a free open-source Core edition plus a paid Enterprise edition, serving NASA, Boeing, Blue Origin, General Atomics, Sandia National Laboratories and the US Space Force.
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BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- OpenC3
OpenC3, Inc. is an Erie, Colorado-based aerospace software company founded in 2022 by Ryan Melton and Jason Thomas, the original creators of COSMOS, an open-source command-and-control platform built inside Ball Aerospace in 2004 and open-sourced in 2014. OpenC3 offers a free open-source Core edition plus a paid Enterprise edition, serving NASA, Boeing, Blue Origin, General Atomics, Sandia National Laboratories and the US Space Force.
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United States
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Observable Space
Laser communication ground stations, ground-based sensing systems and on-orbit optical payloads for space object tracking, spacecraft navigation and orbital data transmission
Series A · $94M · 2026-05
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Develops directed energy systems to counter drones and drone swarms
Series D+ · $250M · 2025-03
$250M - Starfish Space
Develops a satellite servicing vehicle capable of docking with and maneuvering spacecraft in orbit
Series B · $150M · 2026-04
$150M
China
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Aerospace Yuxing
Provides tracking, telemetry and command (TT&C) and in-orbit management services covering the full spacecraft lifecycle, including launch-phase TT&C for rockets, satellite TT&C and operations control, payload data reception, remote sensing satellite calibration and space collision warning, for global space customers such as satellite operators and rocket launch providers, and is building a global ground station network.
Series D+ · $280M · 2026-08 · Valuation $1.4B
$280MValuation $1.4B - 微光启航
Medium-lift LOX-methane reusable launch vehicles and engines
Angel · 2026-07
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Space situational awareness and collision warning services
Angel · 2026-08
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Europe
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Helsing
Military drones, underwater monitoring systems and AI software
Series D+ · $3.2B · 2026-07 · Valuation $18B
$3.2BValuation $18B - Quantum Systems
Develops and manufactures AI-driven autonomous unmanned aircraft systems (UAS/eVTOL) for dual-use defense, government and commercial applications, providing airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), mapping and geospatial data collection; flagship models include Vector, Reliant and Trinity Pro.
Series D+ · $1.6B · 2026-07 · Valuation $8.0B
$1.6BValuation $8.0B - Alpine Eagle
Advanced sensors and machine learning to detect and intercept drones
Seed · $11M · 2025-03
$11M
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