The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Varda Space Industries: 1 model, 3 deployments across 1 region, $132.0M raised. 2 sources back the record.
Varda Space Industries holds 1 FAA action, per the DEPLOY registry.
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Overview
Varda space Industries is a US space manufacturing company producing pharmaceuticals and materials in microgravity using autonomous reentry capsules. Raised Series A and B funding. First commercial space manufacturing company to successfully return products from orbit.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 3 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries B post-money
Key facts
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Data & sources
Patent documents
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Web sources
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2 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Varda Space Industries on the deployment map
View the global map3 verified deployments across 1 region, newest verified May 2025. Explore where Varda Space Industries's robots are operating, by place and type.
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Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Will Bruey Co-founder and CEOsince 2021-01-01secondary-verified
- Delian Asparouhov Co-foundersince 2021-01-01secondary-verified
Founders (2)
- Will Brueycofounderfounded 2021-01-01
- Delian Asparouhovcofounderfounded 2021-01-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for Varda Space Industries.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Varda Space Industries3 deployments
Recent coverage
Varda Space Industries in third-party press
The Space Boom's Biggest Bottleneck
It sounded like science fiction, but companies are now crystallizing drugs in space, and rare lung disease research could change first - OkDiario
Space factories edge closer after experimental capsule survives hypersonic landing - The Register
Peers
56 peers across 1 segment. Every Varda Space Industries competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
space(56)
36 companies in this segment · low_concentration (HHI 1188.742650389188) · leader K2 Space at 2172%
- Airbusdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Astrobotic Technologydirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Astroscaledirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Boeingdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- China Manned Space Agencydirect competitor(inferred)strong
- China National Space Administrationdirect competitor(inferred)strong
Financial state
- Total funding
- $132.0M
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Funding rounds (2)
Varda Space Industries’s 2 disclosed rounds, $132M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series B2024-04-04
$90M · $720M post
Investors: Caffeinated Capital (lead), Lux Capital, General Catalyst, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures
- Series A2021-07-29
$42M · $252M post
Investors: Khosla Ventures (lead), Caffeinated Capital (lead), Lux Capital, General Catalyst, Founders Fund
Regulatory filings (1)
- 14 CFR Part 450faa action · us_faagranted
Linked models: W-Series Capsule
Patent estate (1)
- WO2024050019A2wipopendingassignee
Timeline
Every recorded move in Varda Space Industries’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2024-04-04Series B raising $90000000
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2021-07-29Series A raising $42000000
Key hireWill Bruey joins as Co-founder and CEO
2021-01-01Will Bruey appointed Co-founder and CEO (current)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 6, 2026
Varda W-1 capsule reentry
- Record createdJun 5, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMay 13, 2025
W-Series Capsule at Low Earth Orbit
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedFeb 28, 2025
W-Series Capsule at Low Earth Orbit
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedFeb 21, 2024
W-Series Capsule at Low Earth Orbit
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Varda Space Industries.Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- SpaceX3 models
- Astroscale2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Varda Space Industries from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
The Space Boom's Biggest Bottleneck
Money is flooding into the space economy, from SpaceX's record IPO to Blue Origin's first outside fundraising effort. But while capital is abundant, rocket launches are not.…
It sounded like science fiction, but companies are now crystallizing drugs in space, and rare lung disease research could change first - OkDiario
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Space factories edge closer after experimental capsule survives hypersonic landing - The Register
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Varda Space Industries Successfully Reenters W-6, Validating Autonomous Navigation and Advanced Thermal Protection Systems - PR Newswire
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Varda Teams with United Therapeutics to Advance In-Orbit Pharmaceutical Processing - Mobility Engineering Technology
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Varda Space Industries and United Therapeutics Collaborate to Advance Microgravity-Enabled Treatments for Rare Pulmonary Disease - PR Newswire
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Could this be the moment that drug manufacturing takes off in orbit? - Ars Technica
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Varda Launches W-6, Expanding Hypersonic Reentry and Autonomous Navigation Capabilities - PR Newswire
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Varda flies navigation payload, heat shield tests on sixth reentry mission - SpaceNews
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Varda Space Industries Successfully Executes W-5 Mission Reentry, Debuting Vertically Integrated Satellite Bus - PR Newswire
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United Semiconductors and Varda Space Industries Explore New Frontiers - International Space Station National Laboratory
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Varda To Operate Two Spacecraft at Once with W-5 Mission - Payload Space
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/varda-space.md
- RSS feed: /companies/varda-space/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/b97cea69-4bd5-4a2e-93ce-e1a856bf9e68
- Revision history: /companies/varda-space/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- SpaceX3 models
- Astroscale2 models
Video
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Heat Index
Category contender75/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Varda Space Industries draws attention at the 38th percentile but verifies reality at the 46th percentile among space robots. Hype Gap -7.6, 22nd widest among space robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 3 verified deployments. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
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Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 4, 2026