BroadChain has learned that space computing firm Starcloud secured $170 million in a Series A round on March 31, as reported by TechCrunch. The round was co-led by Benchmark and EQT Ventures. This investment values Starcloud at $1.1 billion and brings its total funding to roughly $200 million.
The company plans to launch Starcloud 2 in 2026. The platform will be equipped with NVIDIA Blackwell chips, AWS servers, and Bitcoin mining hardware, establishing it as a computing platform in space.
Starcloud is also developing the Starcloud 3 data center spacecraft, which is designed for launch on SpaceX's Starship.