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Exclusive: Startup valuations soar as 30 companies now hold unicorn status

06/08/2026

EXCLUSIVE

Space startup valuations soar as 30 companies now hold unicorn status

A new analysis by SpaceNews counts 30 privately held space companies with unicorn status, meaning they are valued at $1 billion or more. Roughly two-thirds achieved that status since the beginning of 2025. Notably, more than half of those that became unicorns since January were founded within the past five years.

In the absence of a widely accepted global list of space unicorns, SpaceNews compiled its own data using public disclosures, company statements, conversations with sources and reports from around the world.— By Jason Rainbow

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