Funding rounds
Announced	Stage	Amount	Valuation	Lead investors	Other investors	Confidence
Feb 7, 2025	Series C	~$100M	$438M	—	—	Speculative
Apr 30, 2024	Series C	Undisclosed	—	—	—	Speculative
Jan 10, 2023	Growth	$60.0M	—	U.S. Innovative Technology Fund	—	Confirmed
Apr 25, 2022	Series C	$97.0M	—	NightDragon	DCVC	Confirmed
Oct 21, 2021	Debt	Undisclosed	—	—	—	Speculative
Dec 21, 2020	Series B	Undisclosed	—	—	—	Speculative
Apr 28, 2020	Debt	Undisclosed	—	—	—	Reported
Dec 11, 2019	Series B	$29.4M	—	—	—	Confirmed
Apr 18, 2019	Series B	$13.7M	—	—	—	Confirmed
Sep 26, 2018	Series B	$19.0M	—	DCVC, Spark Capital	—	Confirmed

Series C
Valuation $438M
Speculative
~$100M
Feb 7, 2025
Series C
Speculative
Undisclosed
Apr 30, 2024
Growth
Led by U.S. Innovative Technology Fund
Confirmed
$60.0M
Jan 10, 2023
Series C
Led by NightDragon
With DCVC
Confirmed
$97.0M
Apr 25, 2022
Debt
Speculative
Undisclosed
Oct 21, 2021
Series B
Speculative
Undisclosed
Dec 21, 2020
Debt
Undisclosed
Apr 28, 2020
Series B
Confirmed
$29.4M
Dec 11, 2019
Series B
Confirmed
$13.7M
Apr 18, 2019
Series B
Led by DCVC, Spark Capital
Confirmed
$19.0M
Sep 26, 2018

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Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.

Systems5

Acadia

Next-generation Acadia SAR satellite family; Capella reports adding three satellites to its constellation.

Maturity not rated

Capella Console

Web console for submitting SAR acquisition requests and specifying collection parameters.

Maturity not rated

Capella InSAR

Automated interferometric SAR service for millimeter-scale ground deformation monitoring.

Fielded

Denali

Historical 48 kg Capella test satellite designed to validate performance and collect initial data.

Maturity not rated

Sequoia

Historical SAR satellite that Capella identified as its first operational satellite (Capella-2).

Maturity not rated

Newest unveiled first. Open a system for its milestone timeline, components and sources.

Supply Chain1 facility

Facilities1

Facilities
Facility	Kind	Location	Status	Confidence
Capella Space San Francisco headquarters	Headquarters	San Francisco, CA, United States	Operating	Confirmed

Capella Space San Francisco headquarters
Headquarters · San Francisco, CA, United States
Operating
Confirmed

People8

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Payam Banazadeh · LinkedIn ↗
Founder & CEO
Uri Tintore · LinkedIn ↗
Co-Founder & CFO
Will Woods
Founder
Brandon Smith
Vice President, Space Systems
Frank Backes
CEO
Gordon Farquharson
Vice President, Sensor Systems
Jessica Hunter
General Counsel & Board Secretary
Nathan Kennedy
Senior Vice President, Operations

Company Metrics

LinkedIn employee profiles: 188; Observed Oct 11, 2026
Bright Data / LinkedIn · Source ↗
LinkedIn followers: 68,453; Observed Oct 11, 2026
Bright Data / LinkedIn · Source ↗

Employee-profile counts reflect LinkedIn profiles associated with the company, not verified headcount. One observation establishes a baseline; it does not establish growth.

Sources23

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Profile3

1
CompanyIonQ's Space Division Awarded NRO Radar Commercial Augmentation Contract
IonQ · Aug 6, 2026 · Supports Organization · parent
“Capella, an IonQ company, has been awarded a contract”
2
DatabaseSixth-Domain public startups directory
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind
“{"country": "USA", "hq_iso2": "US", "id": "e74e4176-2295-41eb-8dca-80ed61ac487b"}”
3
CompanyCapella | Trusted All-Weather Earth Intelligence from Space
Capella Space · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website
“Capella delivers secure, high-resolution SAR intelligence for government and commercial missions—any time, any weather.”

Systems4

4
CompanyIonQ Launches Commercial InSAR Capability, Enabling Automated, Millimeter-Scale Earth Monitoring
IonQ · May 4, 2026 · Supports System
“today announced the commercial launch of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) capabilities through its space missions line”
5
CompanyCapella Mission | Building Trusted Space Systems
Capella Space · Supports Role, System
“Jessica Hunter General Counsel & Board Secretary”
6
CompanySecure, Automated SAR Tasking
Capella Space · Supports System
“Submit acquisition requests through Capella Console or API specifying your area of interest, collection type, imaging window, and collection tier.”
7
CompanyInSAR
Capella Space · Supports System
“Detect millimeter-scale ground movement with industry leading automated, 3-day revisit SAR collections.”

Funding12

8
DatabaseCapella Space - Forge Global company profile
Forge Global · Oct 6, 2026 · Supports Funding round · amount
“02/07/2025 Series C-4 $100M $2.29 $437.93M Undislosed Investors”
9
NewsCapella Space raises $60 million to accelerate constellation
SpaceNews · Jan 10, 2023 · Supports Funding round
“Capella Space has raised $60 million to allow the company to accelerate the deployment of its constellation”
10
CompanyCapella Space Raises $60M in Growth Equity from the United States Innovative Technology Fund to Expand Satellite Imaging Capacity and Meet Rapidly Growing Customer Demand
Capella Space · Jan 10, 2023 · Supports Funding round · amount
“today announced it has closed $60 million in growth equity financing from the U.S. Innovative Technology Fund ("USIT")”
11
NewsSatellite-imagery specialist Capella raises nearly $100 million in network expansion
CNBC · Apr 25, 2022 · Supports Funding round
“Capella raised $97 million through a mix of equity and debt in a round led by NightDragon and joined by previous investors DCVC and Cota Capital.”
12
CompanyCapella Space Closes $97M Series C Financing Round to Meet Exponential Customer Demand for Its Radar-Powered, High-Quality Satellite Imagery and Intelligence
Capella Space · Apr 25, 2022 · Supports Funding round · amount
“today announced a $97M Series C financing round led by NightDragon, with significant participation from existing investors DCVC and Cota Capital”
13
Regulatory filingForm D: Capella Space Corp.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · Dec 11, 2019 · Supports Funding round · amount
“<totalAmountSold>29399983</totalAmountSold>”
14
Regulatory filingForm D: Capella Space Corp.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · Apr 18, 2019 · Supports Funding round · amount
“<totalAmountSold>13723790</totalAmountSold>”
15
Regulatory filingForm D: Capella Space Corp.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · Sep 28, 2018 · Supports Funding round · amount
“Issuer: Capella Space Corp.; Date of First Sale: 2018-08-23; Total Amount Sold: 18849983”
16
CompanyCapella Space closes $19M Series B to deliver reliable Earth observation data on demand
Capella Space · Sep 26, 2018 · Supports Funding round · amount
“announces $19 million Series B funding led by Spark Capital and DCVC (Data Collective) and joined by Mark VC and Harmony Partners among other investors”
17
Regulatory filingForm D: Capella Space Corp.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · May 17, 2017 · Supports Funding round · amount
“<totalAmountSold>14869990</totalAmountSold>”
18
DatabaseCapella Space - PitchBook company profile
PitchBook · Supports Funding round, Organization · acquired by, Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · status, Organization · x url
“Debt - General”
19
DatabaseCapella Space - CB Insights company profile
CB Insights · Supports Funding round
“Loan”

Supply chain2

20
Government recordSDA Makes Second HALO Europa Award
Space Development Agency · Apr 7, 2026 · Supports Facility, Organization · aliases
“to Capella, an IonQ company, based in San Francisco”
21
DatabaseCapella Space | LinkedIn
LinkedIn · Supports Facility, Organization · employee range, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url, Organization metric · employees in linkedin, Organization metric · followers
“headquarters: San Francisco, California”

People2

22
CompanyIonQ Completes Acquisition of Capella Space, Advancing Vision for Space-Based Quantum Communications
IonQ · Jul 15, 2025 · Supports Organization · acquired on, Organization · legal name, Role
“today announced the completion of its acquisition of Capella Space Corporation”
23
DatabaseCapella Space - Crunchbase company profile
Crunchbase · Supports Organization · acquired by, Organization · hq city, Organization · status, Organization · x url, Role
“acquired_by: IonQ”

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