K2 Space Corporation CEO Karan Kunjur raised a $500M Series D at a $6.8B valuation with new backers Kleiner Perkins and ICONIQ. Its first…
K2 Space Corporation CEO Karan Kunjur raised a $500M Series D at a $6.8B valuation with new backers Kleiner Perkins and ICONIQ. Its first 20kW satellite, Gravitas, launched in March and is 120 days into a strong…
Why this matters for talent
K2 Space's $500M raise backed by Kleiner Perkins and ICONIQ with revenue multiples as the valuation anchor is a meaningful signal that institutional money is now treating large-format satellite infrastructure as a real business, not a moonshot bet. For job seekers, companies with this kind of momentum and top-tier backing tend to hire aggressively across engineering, finance, and business development in the 12 months following a major round.
Read the original LinkedIn post. Curated by Larry Sherwood Jr. from company announcements; analysis above is my own.