Payload · Jul 2026
Reported the company’s $10M seed round led by Interlagos, its Brooklyn facility move, and its plan to scale production and hit flight-qualification targets.
Space solar arrays that grow to the size of a football field in orbit
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 16, 2026
Overview
Beyond Reach Labs is a YC W26 aerospace/engineering startup building deployable solar arrays for space infrastructure. The company says its core mission is to deliver scalable orbital power and eventually underpin larger space structures.
Primary product
Deployable solar arrays for space infrastructure
Founded
2023
Headquarters
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Team size
1-10
Work style
Hybrid
Industry
Engineering Services
Sub-industry
Aerospace / Space Infrastructure
Offices
Industry City, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Business model
B2B hardware
deep-tech manufacturing
space infrastructure components
Funding
Stage
Seed / early-stage (YC-backed)
Total raised
$125K
Latest round
Y Combinator Winter 2026 seed · Feb 2026
Latest amount
$125K
Jul 2026 · Augur Energy AI Fund II (via Graeme Harrison / Augur)
Mar 2026 · Founders Capital; Jeremy Hindle
Feb 2026 · Y Combinator
People & investors
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & CTO
Founding Engineer
Head of Engineering
Head of Software / Founding Software Engineer
Maggie Fern
Manager of Operations
Work & culture
Public posts emphasize a hands-on, hardware-first engineering culture focused on building and testing deployable space structures, hiring exceptional engineers, and moving quickly on a difficult technical problem.
Work style
Hybrid
Product & market
Pricing
Not publicly disclosed; likely project/contract-based B2B hardware sales and development contracts.
Differentiators
- —Deployable solar arrays designed to expand from dining-table size to football-field scale in orbit
- —Focus on manufacturable, repeatable production rather than bespoke one-off arrays
- —Claims several LOIs from space companies totaling over $175M
- —Team with SpaceX, NASA, Carnegie Mellon, Cambridge, and NVIDIA experience
Technology
ANSYS
Microsoft
Microsoft Office
Google Workspace
Customers
Space companies
Competitors
Other space solar array suppliers
Space hardware primes
Satellite power subsystem vendors
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
Not publicly disclosed; likely pre-revenue or very early revenue
Estimated monthly visits
1.9K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Latest news
Dealroom · Jul 2026
Covered the same $10M seed round, the Brooklyn plant opening, and the company’s reported LOIs and production ramp.
LinkedIn · Jul 2026
Investor stated it closed its second investment into the company and referenced strong conviction in the team.
Beyond Reach Labs LinkedIn · Jun 2026
Company post announcing its Brooklyn home base and 16,000 sq ft office within Industry City.
LinkedIn · Jun 2026
Pele Collins said the company moved into a 16k sq ft ground-floor office in Industry City, Brooklyn.
Jobs and careers at Beyond Reach Labs
3 jobs at Beyond Reach Labs
People Operations Manager
On-site
People
Barcelona, Spain (Hybrid); Barcelona, Spain
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Senior Customer Success Manager
Remote
Customer Success
Remote - Australia; Australia
1mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Customer Success Manager - Spanish & French Speaking
On-site
Customer Success
Barcelona, Spain (Hybrid)
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time