Elon Musk's SpaceX Raises $850 Million in Fresh Funding: Report

SpaceX’s latest funding round represents a jump of about 60 percent in the company's valuation from its previous raise.

By Reuters | Updated: 17 February 2021 17:57 IST

Elon Musk's SpaceX Raises $850 Million in Fresh Funding: Report

The company raised $1.9 billion (roughly Rs. 13,840 crores) in August in its largest fundraising round

Highlights

A prototype of Starship rocket, the SN9, exploded earlier this month
The Starship SN9 prototype was a test model of the heavy-lift rocket
Musk has weighed in regularly on the recent frenzy in retail trading

Tesla CEO Elon Musk's SpaceX reportedly completed an equity funding round of $850 million (roughly Rs. 6,190 crore) that sent its valuation to about $74 billion (roughly Rs. 5,39,000 crore) last week.

SpaceX raised the funds at $419.99 (roughly Rs. 30,600) a share and the latest funding round represents a jump of about 60 percent in the company's valuation from its previous raise, which valued it at $46 billion (roughly Rs. 3,35,000 crores), the report said.

SpaceX did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

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The company had raised $1.9 billion (roughly Rs. 13,840 crores) in August in its largest single fundraising round, according to PitchBook data.

A prototype of SpaceX's Starship rocket, the SN9, exploded earlier this month during a landing attempt after a high-altitude test launch in a repeat of an accident that destroyed a previous test rocket.

The Starship SN9 prototype was a test model of the heavy-lift rocket being developed by the company to carry humans and 100 tons of cargo on future missions to the moon and Mars.

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Earlier in February, Musk's electric vehicle company Tesla revealed that it had bought $1.5 billion (roughly Rs. 10,920 crores) of Bitcoin and would soon accept the cryptocurrency as a form of payment for its cars.

A well-known supporter of cryptocurrencies, Musk has weighed in regularly on the recent frenzy in retail trading, driving up prices of meme-based digital currency dogecoin and shares of US video game chain GameStop.

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