STOKE delivers satellites directly to their final orbit using 100% reusable rockets. They’re low-cost, on-demand, and designed to fly daily.
Location: United States, Washington, Seattle
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $9.1M
Founded date: 2019
Founders name: Carl Kish; Jess Ponting
Founders Related Locations: United States, California, San Diego
Investors 6
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Third Roun... | tracvc.com |
| 31.10.2020 | Soma Capit... | somacap.co... |
| 27.07.2021 | Y Combinat... | ycombinato... |
| - | Industriou... | industriou... |
| 15.04.2023 | MVP Ventur... | mvp-vc.com |
| - | Fourth Rea... | fourthreal... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 25.02.2021 | Seed | $9.1M | - |
Persons 3
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Carl | Kish | Co-Founder... | linkedin.c... | - | - | United Sta... |
| - | Jess | Ponting | Co-Founder... | linkedin.c... | - | - | United Sta... |
| - | Carl | Kish | Co-Founder... | linkedin.c... | - | - | United Sta... |
Mentions in press and media 8
| Date | Title | Description |
| 26.04.2021 | Meet the Seattle-area startups that just graduated — remotely — from Y Combinator | Five Seattle-area startups just graduated from Y Combinator’s remote accelerator with new ideas on software containers, note-taking, reusable rockets and managing a hybrid workplace. Silicon Valley-based YC accepted a record 350 new compani... |
| 25.03.2021 | MaC Venture Capital Closes $101M Fund Aimed at Diverse Founders | MaC Venture Capital, one of the few majority Black-owned venture firms to focus on increasing the woefully slim number of non-white founders, closed its first $110 million fund. The two-year-old firm came into being when Cross Culture Ventu... |
| 25.03.2021 | MaC Venture Capital Closes $110M Fund Aimed at Diverse Founders | MaC Venture Capital, one of the few majority Black-owned venture firms to focus on increasing the woefully slim number of non-white founders, closed its first $110 million fund. The two-year-old firm came into being when Cross Culture Ventu... |
| 25.03.2021 | Closing on $103M, MaC VC is changing the face of venture capital | The partners at MaC Venture Capital, the Los Angeles-based investment firm that has just closed on $103 million for its inaugural fund, have spent the bulk of their careers breaking barriers. Formed when M Ventures (a firm founded by former... |
| 25.02.2021 | Stoke Space raises $9.1 million to create a new breed of reusable upper-stage rockets | A second-stage engine injector blazes at Stoke’s component test facility. (Stoke Space Technologies Photo) Stoke Space Technologies, the Renton, Wash.-based company founded by veterans of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture, has attracted... |
| 25.02.2021 | Stoke Space aims to take reusable rockets to new heights with $9M seed | Many launch providers think reusability is the best way to lower the cost and delay involved in getting to space. SpaceX and Rocket Lab have… |
| 25.02.2021 | Stoke Space aims to take reusable rockets to new heights with $9M seed | Many launch providers think reusability is the best way to lower the cost and delay involved in getting to space. SpaceX and Rocket Lab have shown reusable first stages, which take a payload to the edge of space — and now Stoke Space Techno... |
| 09.09.2019 | On-Demand Talent Platform Stoke Secures $4.5 Million | On-demand talent platform company Stoke announced it raised $4.5 million in funding to help companies access its talent pool of self-employed freelancers Stoke — an on-demand talent platform company — announced it has raised $4.5 million to... |