# World View Enterprises

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/world-view-enterprises

- Industry: Aerospace
- Headquarters: Tucson, US
- Website: www.worldview.space
- Total disclosed funding: $42M
- Latest round: Series C (Mar 26, 2018)
- Investors on record: 7

## About

Founded in 2012 and based in Arizona, US, World View Enterprises, Inc. operates as a stratospheric exploration company. The company was founded by Chief Exploration Officer Alan Stern. In May 2024, World View Enterprises, Inc. raised USD 25 million in Series C funding from Breakthrough Victoria. The Series C funding values World View Enterprises, Inc. at USD 653.83 million post-money. As of 2024, the company is led by its president and CEO, Ryan M. Hartman.

World View Enterprises develops and operates high-altitude balloons for commercial and scientific applications. Their balloons can reach the stratosphere, which is the layer of Earth's atmosphere located between about 12 and 50 kilometers above sea level.

The company plans to use the funds raised in May 2024 to build a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Victoria.

## Funding rounds

- Series C, Mar 26, 2018, $27M — Accel, Canaan Partners, Norwest Venture Partners
- Series B, Apr 28, 2016, $15M — Canaan Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, Tencent Investment, Base Ventures, Moment Ventures
- Series A, Jun 1, 2014 — Space Angels

## Investors

- Space Angels (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/space-angels) — Series A
- Canaan Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/canaan-partners) — Series B, Series C
- Norwest Venture Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/norwest-venture-partners) — Series B, Series C
- Tencent Investment — Series B
- Base Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/base-ventures) — Series B
- Moment Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/moment-ventures) — Series B
- Accel (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/accel) — Series C