# Starcloud: valuation, funding, and the secondary tape

## The short version

- Claimed valuation: $2.30B.
- Last priced round: $250.00M at $2.30B post-money.
- Secondary tape: $2.55 per share.
- New-money stake: 10.9%.

| instrument | value | as of | source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claimed valuation | $2.30B |  | [source](https://api.parallel.ai) |
| Last priced round (filed/seeded) | $250.00M @ $2.30B post | 2026-08-21 | [source](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260821884035/en/Starcloud-Raises-%24250-Million-at-%2423-Billion-Valuation-to-Scale-AI-with-Orbital-Data-Centers) |
| Clarity (Hiive) tape | $2.55 | 2026-10-04 | [source](https://www.hiive.com/securities/lumen-orbit-stock) |
| Napkin: new-money stake | 10.9% ($250.00M of $2.30B) | 2026-08-21 | [source](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260821884035/en/Starcloud-Raises-%24250-Million-at-%2423-Billion-Valuation-to-Scale-AI-with-Orbital-Data-Centers) |
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## Recent milestones

- 2026-10-02 - [Starcloud agreed to fly an AI-computing payload aboard Firefly Aerospace’s Elytra spacecraft to demonstrate in-space processing in lunar orb](https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/09/30/tmt-newswire/globenewswire/firefly-aerospace-signs-starcloud-as-commercial-customer-demonstrating-data-center-capabilities-around-the-moon/2436047)
- 2026-09-01 - [Starcloud’s founders formed a nonprofit to pursue an approximately $15 million mission sending an uncrewed, refrigerator-sized spacecraft to](https://spacenews.com/starcloud-founders-plot-15-million-mission-to-alpha-centauri/)
- 2026-08-28 - [Planet Ventures announced that it completed a USD$100,000 indirect equity investment in Starcloud, Inc. The investment was part of Starcloud](https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/311787/Planet-Ventures-Announces-Strategic-Investment-in-Starcloud-a-Pioneer-in-Spacebased-AI-Data-Centers)

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