Blue Origin

company

About

Blue Origin is an aerospace company that focuses on lowering the cost of spaceflight and helping to explore the solar system.

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Details

Last Funding Type
Grant
Last Funding Money Raised
$13M
Industries
Aerospace,Manufacturing,National Security,Renewable Energy
Founded date
Sep 8, 2000
Number Of Employee
1001 - 5000
Operating Status
Active

Blue Origin is an aerospace company that focuses on lowering the cost of spaceflight and helping to explore the solar system.

Blue Origin’s engines are designed, developed and manufactured in the United States. They provide great control with a precisely timed start, high-power thrust for launch, deep throttling for landing, and stop and restart capabilities. Since our first, simple, single-propellant engine – the BE-1 – we’ve built and tested multiple generations for suborbital and orbital spaceflight.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
2
$143M
Blue Origin has raised a total of $143M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Dec 3, 2021 from a Grant round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Dec 3, 2021 Grant $130M 1 NASA Detail
Aug 11, 2018 Grant $13M 1 NASA Detail

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
7
0
Blue Origin has made 7 investments. Their most recent investment was on Oct 12, 2022, when Levity raised $8.30M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Oct 12, 2022 Levity
Seed $8.30M Artificial Intelligence
Jun 9, 2022 Papercup
Series A $20M Artificial Intelligence
Apr 19, 2022 Demostack
Series B $34M B2B
Mar 9, 2021 Demostack
Series A $13.50M B2B
Sep 7, 2020 Lokalise
Series A $6M Cloud Infrastructure

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
2
1
Blue Origin is funded by 1 investors. NASA are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
NASA Yes Grant