Venture Capital
Impulse Space's $500M Series D: What In-Space Transport Means for Private Investors
Impulse Space's $500M Series D: What In-Space Transport Means for Private Investors TL;DR: Impulse Space raised $500M in Series D funding at a $4.26 billion valuation. Total capital raised now
Jeff Barnes, MBA··9 min read
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Tom Mueller and Impulse Space: Why a $4.26B Valuation Matters for Defense-Tech Investors
Impulse Space raised $500M at a $4.26B valuation on June 2, 2026 per Source . That's a 2.4x jump from the $1.8B implied Series C valuation in under 13 months. Tom Mueller (SpaceX's first employee,
Jeff Barnes, MBA··7 min read
Venture Capital
Cognition Just Raised $1B for an AI Coding Agent. The Valuation Math Doesn't Work — Here's What It Tells You.
Fifty times forward revenue. That is the multiple buried inside today's headline: Cognition raised more than $1B at a $25B pre-money valuation , against a reported $492M annualized revenue run-rate. Before you decide...
Jeff Barnes, MBA··9 min read