# Starcloud

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/starcloud

- Industry: Defence
- Headquarters: Redmond, US
- Website: www.starcloud.com
- Total disclosed funding: $274M
- Latest round: Series A (Aug 21, 2026)
- Investors on record: 23

## About

Based in Washington, US, founded in 2024, Starcloud, Inc., formerly known as Lumen Orbit, is an aerospace company that makes use of low-earth satellites to provide in-orbit cloud computing and data relays for other satellites. The company was co-founded by Adi Oltean, Ezra Feilden and Philip Johnston (CEO as of 2026). In August 2026, Starcloud, Inc. raised USD 250 million in series A funding led by Manhattan West Asset Management, with participation from Benchmark, EQT, NFX, 776, Soma Capital Management, Cedar Hill Capital Partners, Cisco Investments, Goanna Capital, Nventures, Planet Ventures and Standard Capital. The round was a part of larger USD 420 million Series A funding. 

Starcloud's core product is a network of VLEO satellites designed to offer cloud computing and data relay services directly in space. The product enabling faster data processing and near-real-time data backhaul and eliminates the need for satellites to constantly communicate with ground stations.

Starcloud is expected to generate revenue through orbital cloud-computing services, AI compute infrastructure services, satellite data-processing solutions, space-hosted computing contracts, government and defense computing programs, cloud infrastructure subscriptions, enterprise compute services, and space-based data center operations.

The company plans to use the August 2026 funding to expand its manufacturing capacity, build production lines for its Starcloud-3 satellites, and book capacity on orbital launch vehicles mainly to operate a constellation of 88,000 orbital computing satellites delivering 20GW of capacity.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Aug 21, 2026, $250M — Benchmark, EQT, Cedar Hill Capital Partners, Cisco Investments, Soma Capital Management, NFX, Nventures, Manhattan West Asset Management, 776, Goanna Capital, Standard Capital, Planet Ventures
- Series A, Mar 30, 2026 — Benchmark, Macquarie Capital, Y Combinator, EQT, Monolithic Power Systems, 1776, NFX, Manhattan West Asset Management, FUSE, Adjacent Ventures, Nebular Management
- Seed, Feb 26, 2025, $10M — Hong Shan, Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, NFX, TRAC, FUSE, Soma Capital
- Seed, Dec 5, 2024, $14M — Hong Shan, Andreessen Horowitz, NFX, FUSE, Soma Capital
- Seed, Oct 24, 2024 — Y Combinator
- Series A, date not disclosed — Benchmark, EQT

## Investors

- Benchmark (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/benchmark) — Series A
- EQT (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/eqt) — Series A
- Y Combinator (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/y-combinator) — Seed, Series A
- Hong Shan — Seed
- Andreessen Horowitz (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/andreessen-horowitz) — Seed
- NFX (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/nfx) — Seed, Series A
- FUSE (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/fuse) — Seed, Series A
- Soma Capital — Seed
- TRAC (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/trac) — Seed
- Macquarie Capital — Series A
- Monolithic Power Systems — Series A
- 1776 (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/1776) — Series A
- Manhattan West Asset Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/manhattan-west-asset-management) — Series A
- Adjacent Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/adjacent-ventures) — Series A
- Nebular Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/nebular-management) — Series A
- Cedar Hill Capital Partners — Series A
- Cisco Investments (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/cisco-investments) — Series A
- Soma Capital Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/soma-capital-management) — Series A
- Nventures — Series A
- 776 (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/776) — Series A
- Goanna Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/goanna-capital) — Series A
- Standard Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/standard-capital) — Series A
- Planet Ventures — Series A