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LA spacecraft startup Apex raises $95 million at an undisclosed valuation, in a round led by XYZ Venture Capital and CRV, with new investors including Upfront, 8VC, Toyota Ventures, Point72 Ventures, Mirae Asset Capital, Outsiders Fund and GSBackers and joined by existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Shield Capital, J2 Ventures, and Ravelin

Fresh off the success of its first mission, satellite manufacturer Apex has closed $95 million in new capital to scale its operations.

Satellite manufacturing startup Apex has raised $95 million to allow it to ramp up production of “productized” satellite buses to tap into growing demand, particularly from national security customers.

Apex closed a $95M Series B this week to ramp up production of their Aries satellite bus and meet surging market demand, the company announced on Wednesday.

Satellite developer and manufacturer Apex on Wednesday said it has closed a $95 million funding round that will allow it to begin to scale production and expand its suite of standardized and configurable spacecraft buses that it eventually expects to deliver within

Meet Michael Bonnet, Apex's new Software Engineer

Two leading figures in the rapidly advancing industry of aerospace technology, Jordan Noone and Ian Cinnamon, took the stage to discuss their work and the future of space-based innovations. They explained the impact of significantly reduced rocket launch costs in expanding space-based use cases.

Meet Ben Spencer, Apex's new Systems Engineer

Ian Cinnamon joins us on a journey through his a-typical satellite industry career, talking us through the removal of the launch bottle neck which inspired Apex, through to the challenges on finding the right people for the job.

Apex CEO Ian Cinnamon joins guest host and Upfront Partner Mark Suster on This Week in Startups (TWiST)

Meet Shane Wilcox, Apex's Production Manager

Meet Joe Aubuchon, Apex's New Systems Engineer

Apex, the Los Angeles-based spacecraft manufacturing company, announced its customer payload for Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has been successfully enabled as part of the Aries Serial Number (SN) 1 Call to Adventure Mission

At National Space Symposium, RedWire hosts a panel on "Enhancing the Resiliency of our Space Assets" with Apex CEO Ian Cinnamon

Meet Trixie Teng, Apex's New Software Engineer

Episode 61 of the Space Industry podcast is a conversation with Ian Cinnamon, CEO and Co-founder of Apex, on what it takes to continually produce reliable satellites on very short time scales.

Meet Todd Bridges, Apex's new USG BD lead

Apex takes a selfie of its first space vehicle dubbed “Call to Adventure” demonstrating its satellite subsystems working less than a year from design to satellite commissioning—the fastest deployment ever in its class

Apex, a satellite manufacturer that launches its first Aries spacecraft on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 mission March 4, announced March 25 that the satellite has commissioned its first payload, a camera that took a “selfie” of the spacecraft with the Earth in the background.

Its Aries SN1 spacecraft, launched on the Transporter-10 mission, means the company progressed from a clean-sheet design to space flight in 12 months.

Apex just moved one step closer to its goal of upending satellite bus manufacturing, with the startup announcing on Tuesday that its first vehicle is healthy on orbit.

The Los Angeles-based company has made contact with and is successfully operating its Aries SN1 spacecraft

Apex CEO Ian Cinnamon joins the a16z Podcast, discussing the answer to the question "What is American Dynamism?"

As more and more satellites are launched every year, manufacturers are scaling up to keep up with their customer demand. One new entrant, Apex Space, aims to shrink the timeline for manufacturing buses down to months and then weeks.

Meet Jimmy Downs, Apex's Senior Avionics Engineer

Meet Nirav, Apex's first mission manager!

CEO Ian Cinnamon speaks at the annual a16z American Dynamism summit.

Meet Chris, Apex's Supply Chain Manager!

LA-based satellite manufacturer Apex Space Systems has assembled, integrated, and tested its first satellite bus less than a year after beginning the design process.

Meet Mo, our new GNC engineer!