Starcloud Raises $170M Series A at $1.1bn Valuation Led by Benchmark and EQT Ventures

Space data center startup Starcloud raised a $170M Series A led by Benchmark and EQT at a $1.1B valuation, and plans to launch Starcloud 2 later in 2026 (Tim Fernholz/TechCrunch)

Tim Fernholz / TechCrunch: Space data center startup Starcloud raised a $170M Series A led by Benchmark and EQT at a $1.1B valuation, and plans to launch Starcloud 2 later in 2026 — Starcloud's latest funding round values the space compute company at $1.1 billion, making it one of the fastest…

Starcloud Raises $170M Series A at $1.1bn Valuation Led by Benchmark and EQT Ventures

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Starcloud raises $170 million Series Ato build data centers in space

Starcloud becomes the fastest Y Combinator startup to reach unicorn status, just 17 months after demo day.

Starcloud raises $170 million in Series A funding at a $1.1 billion valuation - CEO NA Magazine

Starcloud, the company building data centers in space, announced today that it has raised a $170 million in Series A funding at a $1.1 billion valuation, led by Benchmark and EQT Ventures. The company stated, “Achieving unicorn status just 17 months after its Y Combinator demo day, Starcloud is now the fastest unicorn in Y Combinator history.” The round is also more than double the size of the next largest YC Series A and brings the company’s to…