Spain's PLD Space raises $209 million in latest funding round

Spain's PLD Space raises $209 million in latest funding round

PLD Space raises €180M Series C to scale Miura-5 satellite launches

PLD Space raises €180M Series C to expand its Miura-5 rocket and strengthen Europe’s private satellite launch capacity.

PLD Space raises $209 million to shift into serial rocket production

PLD Space has raised $209 million to ramp up production of the Spanish startup’s Miura 5 launch vehicle, marking the largest funding round for a European space company announced so far this year. The post PLD Space raises $209 million to shift into serial rocket production appeared first on SpaceNews.

Launcher startup PLD Space, fresh from its $209M equity raise, on the road to its inaugural flight this year

LA PLATA, Maryland -- Spain's PLD Space launcher startup has closed its Series C equity round of 180 million euros ($209 million) with Japan's Mitsubishi Electric Corp. as lead investor. PLD is now fully financed well beyond its expected first launch later this year. Raúl Verdú, PLD's co-founder and chief business development officer, discussed the company's road to its inaugural flight and Mitsubishi's place at PLD's capitalization table in a M…