INVESTING IN HUMANITY’S HORIZONS

[ ABOUT ]

Aurelia Foundry is a deep tech fund investing in transformative space companies that profoundly reshape, empower and protect our day to day lives. Space technology now enables every sector on Earth. We back founders at the intersection of space and AI, biotech, energy, and defense.

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[ PORTFOLIO ]

We are at a critical inflection point in the space industry.

The cost to get to space has dropped dramatically, major commercial investments are being made, and a new wave of space applications are transforming business on Earth. Our Aurelia Foundry portfolio brings together the pivotal players who are creating and capturing value at the foundation of a trillion dollar space economy. 

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[ INVESTMENTS ]

PORTFOLIO
Stoke Space
Hardware, Launch, Series D
Hardware, Launch, Series D

Fully reusable launch vehicles providing access to and from any orbit.

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Hardware, Launch, Series D
Northwood Space
Hardware, LEO, Series B
Hardware, LEO, Series B

End-to-end ground infrastructure taking space missions further faster.

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Hardware, LEO, Series B
Overview Energy
Hardware, GEO, Seed
Hardware, GEO, Seed

Building space energy for Earth.

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Hardware, GEO, Seed
Rendezvous Robotics

Changing how we build in space.

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MAX SPACE
Hardware, Station, Seed
Hardware, Station, Seed

Inflatable habitats maximizing space in space.

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Hardware, Station, Seed
LAMBDAVISION
Hardware, Healthcare, Seed
Hardware, Healthcare, Seed

Protein-based artificial retinas manufactured in space.

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Hardware, Healthcare, Seed
INTERLUNE
Hardware, Lunar, Seed
Hardware, Lunar, Seed

Lunar resource extraction for Earth-based applications.

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Hardware, Lunar, Seed
Star Catcher
Hardware, LEO, Series A
Hardware, LEO, Series A

Creating the first energy grid for space.

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Hardware, LEO, Series A
Cascade Space
Hardware, Lunar, Pre-Seed
Hardware, Lunar, Pre-Seed

Space communication system design, test, and operation.

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Hardware, Lunar, Pre-Seed
Lunar Outpost
Hardware, Lunar, Series A
Hardware, Lunar, Series A

Commercial space robotics, planetary mobility, and space resources.

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Hardware, Lunar, Series A
Locus Lock
Software, Hardware, Seed
Software, Hardware, Seed

Software-Defined Positioning for the Next Generation of Mobility.

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Software, Hardware, Seed
ThinkOrbital
Hardware, LEO, Seed
Hardware, LEO, Seed

Toolkit for on-orbit servicing, assembly, and manufacturing.

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Hardware, LEO, Seed
Stealth

Chemical Applications.

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Helogen
Hardware, LEO, Seed
Hardware, LEO, Seed

Labs in space developing products for human health.

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Hardware, LEO, Seed
DCUBED
Hardware, LEO, Series A
Hardware, LEO, Series A

Durable, affordable release actuators, solar arrays, and deployables.

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Hardware, LEO, Series A
Longshot
Hardware, LEO, Seed
Hardware, LEO, Seed

Reinventing space launch.

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Hardware, LEO, Seed
Novo Space
Hardware, LEO, Seed
Hardware, LEO, Seed

Radiation-tolerant computers to support steady-state avionics-enabled endeavors.

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Hardware, LEO, Seed
TURION SPACE
Hardware, LEO, Series B
Hardware, LEO, Series B

Low-cost cube sat for active removal of space debris.

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Hardware, LEO, Series B
SYSGIT
Software, Earth, Seed
Software, Earth, Seed

Engineering augmentation software to design and build complex systems.

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Software, Earth, Seed
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[ ECOSYSTEM ]

Our Ecosystem

Aurelia Foundry is a part of the broader Aurelia ecosystem, working alongside the Aurelia Institute and MIT’s Space Exploration Initiative. Together, the ecosystem's mission is to prepare humanity to become a thriving, Earth-conscious, space-faring species. Our aim is to develop the infrastructure, technologies, markets, and policies that will help us scale humanity’s horizons from early space stations in LEO to the fullness of an interplanetary civilization. Aurelia Institute, MIT SEI, and Aurelia Foundry Fund are separate legal entities with separate boards/advisory groups.

  • Aurelia Foundry is a for-profit deep tech space fund, investing in companies that spin out of Aurelia's incubation ecosystem and in exceptional, outside founders that fit our investment thesis.

  • Aurelia Institute is a non-profit space architecture R&D lab, education and outreach center, and policy hub dedicated to building humanity’s future in space, with a core focus on space habitat development. This organization was spun out of Dr. Ariel Ekblaw's research lab at the MIT Space Exploration Initiative.

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  • The MIT Space Exploration Initiative was founded by Dr. Ekblaw in 2016 and builds on the interdisciplinary and entrepreneurial spirit of the MIT Media Lab. For the MIT community and our collaborators, the Space Exploration Initiative leads space research and launch opportunities across annual zero-g flights, suborbital launches, ISS missions, and MIT's return to the Moon. The Space Exploration Initiative supports up to 40 research projects in a given year, extensive STEAM outreach, and a team of 50+ researchers.

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Beyond Financial Support

The Aurelia incubation program offers deep technical mentorship, microgravity and cis-lunar flight opportunities, industry-specific recruiting support, and access to a world-class aerospace and funder network.

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IN SERVICE TO LIFE ON EARTH & IN SPACE

We passionately believe that solving problems with engineering rigor for the extreme environment of space will unlock exponential creativity to address difficult challenges on Earth.

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