A PR Newswire release, issued by K2 Space on July 30, 2026 from Torrance, California, announcing a 500 million dollar Series D funding round at a 6.8 billion dollar valuation for the satellite manufacturer. The release names Kleiner Perkins and ICONIQ as the leads of the round, lists the other investors that took part, and quotes co-founder and chief executive Karan Kunjur on the company's plan to build up to 100 large satellites per year. It is used here for the size, valuation and date of that round, which follows the 250 million dollar Series C of December 2025.
Facts
PublisherPR Newswire
Source TypePress release
URLhttps://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/k2-space-raises-500m-series-d-at-6-8b-valuation-to-scale-large-high-power-satellites-302838793.html
Reliability Tier2
Tier two because it is the company's own announcement distributed through a wire service: reliable for what the company says it raised and when, but it is a self-report and gives the valuation as the company states it, not as an independent audit. Sources
PR Newswire: K2 Space Raises $500M Series D
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This source backs 7 claims across the atlas. As facts: 5 well-attested. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
- Space Agencies and Companies, 2 claims: 2 general references.
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2Space Agencies and Companies
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