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Seattle satellite radar startup Kapta Space raises US$24 million

The Series A, backed by defence investors, follows a seed round led by Gates-backed MetaVC.

By West Coast News staff ·
Dish antennas at a satellite ground station (file photo, New Zealand)
Dish antennas at a satellite ground station (file photo, New Zealand).

Kapta Space, a Seattle startup building lower-cost, steerable radar sensors for satellites, has raised US$24 million in a Series A round to scale production and meet demand for defence intelligence contracts, GeekWire reported on Friday.

The round brings total funding to US$30 million, following a US$5 million seed round led by MetaVC, a metamaterials fund backed by Bill Gates and Nathan Myhrvold, and a US$1.8 million Department of Defense grant.

Founded in 2023 by CEO Milton Perque and Adam Bily, both former engineering leaders at radar maker Echodyne, Kapta uses a metamaterial electronically scanned array to provide high-resolution imagery and ground-target tracking without the cost and power demands of traditional systems.

The money will fund manufacturing, spaceflight qualification and initial orbital demonstrations.

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