

Startup · United States
Karman+
HQ DenverFounded 202211-50 employeesUpdated
Develops technology for mining asteroids to supply the space economy.
Funding2 rounds · $21.0M
- Equity raised
- $21.0M
- Latest
- $20.0MSeed · Feb 19, 2025
| Announced | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors | Other investors | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2025 | Seed | $20.0M | — | Hummingbird Ventures, Plural | HCVC | Confirmed |
| Jan 1, 2022 | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | — | — | — | Reported |
- $20.0MFeb 19, 2025
- Pre-Seed$1.0MJan 1, 2022
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.
Systems1
- ProspectorOpen-source software for early-stage deep-space mission design and asteroid target screening.
Newest unveiled first. Systems that belong to a government program link to the program page, where variants, costs and contracts are.
Capabilities1
| Technology | Role | Maturity | TRL | Notes | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Space, launch and counterspace | Developer | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Asteroid mining technology for the space economy, with no defense use stated. | Reported |
- Developerclassify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Asteroid mining technology for the space economy, with no defense use stated.—Reported
Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.
People2
| Person | Role |
|---|---|
| Daynan Crull · LinkedIn ↗ | Founder |
| Teun van den Dries · LinkedIn ↗ | Co-Founder & CEO |
Sources7
Profile3
- 1
PitchBook · Supports Organization · country, Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · linkedin url
“country: US”
- 2
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · kind
“{"group": "startups", "id": "55385077-4d61-4d45-880a-96267457d171", "name": "Karman+"}”
- 3
Karman+ · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website
“Here at Karman+, we are going to mine asteroids for raw material so that you can use it right there in space without needing to launch it up a gravity well.”
Systems1
- 4
Karman+ · Supports System
“Today we're releasing Prospector, the tool we use internally to decide where to go as well as what spacecraft to design, under an Apache-2.0 licence.”
Funding2
- 5
Karman+ · Feb 19, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount, Organization · ownership
“has raised $20 million in seed funding led by Plural and Hummingbird”
- 6
LinkedIn · Supports Funding round, Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · linkedin url
“funding round: Pre Seed Round, 2022-01-01, USD 1,000,000”
People1
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Crunchbase · Supports Organization · country, Organization · employee range, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url, Role
“country: US”
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