Stoke Space · Jul 2026
Kevin Weil joined Stoke Space's board as the company continues developing Nova and moving toward commercial operations.
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Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
Stoke Space is a Kent, Washington-based aerospace manufacturer building Nova, a 100% reusable medium-lift launch vehicle and related space-transport software (Boltline) for commercial and government customers.
Primary product
Nova reusable launch vehicle
Founded
2019
Headquarters
Kent, Washington, United States
Team size
201-500 employees
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Defense and Space Manufacturing
Sub-industry
Reusable launch vehicle manufacturing
Offices
Kent, Washington, United States (headquarters and manufacturing)
Moses Lake, Washington, United States (test facility)
Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States (launch facility / Launch Complex 14)
Business model
launch services
government launch contracts
commercial launch services
space logistics / cargo return
enterprise software (Boltline)
Funding
Stage
Series D
Total raised
$1.3B
Latest round
Series D extension · Feb 2026
Latest amount
$350M
Feb 2026
Oct 2025 · US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT)
Jan 2025
Oct 2023 · Industrious Ventures
Dec 2021 · Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Feb 2021 · NFX and MaC Ventures
People & investors
Leadership
CEO & Co-founder
CTO & Co-founder
Chief Financial Officer
Board Member
Independent Director, Board of Directors
Investors
Alameda Research
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Defense Innovation Unit
General Innovation Capital Partners
Glade Brook Capital Partners
Global Founders Capital
In-Q-Tel
Industrious Ventures
Leitmotif
Liquid2 Ventures
Long Journey
MaC Ventures
NASA
National Science Foundation
NFX
Point72 Ventures
Seven Seven Six
Silicon Valley Bank
Spark Capital
Toyota Ventures
U.S. Space Force
US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT)
Washington Harbour Partners LP
Woven Capital
Y Combinator
Work & culture
Fast-moving, small-team, extreme-ownership culture with heavy vertical integration, first-principles engineering, and a bias for rapid iteration and high cadence.
Work style
Flexible
Visa sponsorship
Limited
Compensation
Public job postings show six-figure base salary ranges that vary by level and role, roughly from about $109k up to about $347k, plus equity stock options and standard benefits.
Benefits
stock options / equity
subsidized medical insurance
subsidized dental insurance
subsidized vision insurance
company-paid life and disability insurance
401(k) with employer match
paid family / parental leave
paid time off
10 holidays including year-end closure
on-site gym or monthly wellness stipend
dog-friendly offices
Product & market
Pricing
Quote-based, contract-driven pricing for launch services; Boltline appears to be sold separately as enterprise software.
Differentiators
- —100% reusable launch vehicle design
- —reusable second stage / upper stage
- —liquid-hydrogen-cooled metallic reentry heat shield
- —full-flow staged combustion first stage
- —vertical integration across design, manufacturing, and testing
- —high-cadence / aircraft-like flight operations
- —lower cost to orbit (company claims ~20x reduction)
- —return shipments from space to Earth / downmass capability
Technology
Google Analytics
Datadog
GitHub Enterprise
GitHub Actions
Greenhouse
HubSpot
Smartsheet
NetSuite
Terraform
Pulumi
AWS GovCloud
Kubernetes
Docker
CircleCI
TypeScript
Python
Go
Rust
Siemens NX
ANSYS
Customers
U.S. Space Force (NSSL contract)
NASA (reusable launch / re-entry partnership)
Defense Innovation Unit (NRSD award)
Celestis (commercial launch customer named in public coverage)
Commercial launch customers (unnamed in public materials)
Competitors
SpaceX
Blue Origin
Rocket Lab
Relativity Space
Firefly Aerospace
United Launch Alliance
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$200M-$300M
Estimated monthly visits
47K
Traffic estimate as of Jan 2026
Latest news
Stoke Space · Jun 2026
NASA selected Stoke Space for a collaboration to advance upper-stage re-entry capabilities for Nova, focused on entry, descent, and landing technology.
Stoke Space · Feb 2026
Stoke extended its Series D to $860M total and said the additional capital would accelerate the Nova product roadmap.
Reuters · Oct 2025
Reuters reported Stoke raised $510M in Series D led by US Innovative Technology Fund, with participation from several existing and new investors.
Stoke Space · Mar 2025
The U.S. Space Force selected Stoke for NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1, allowing it to compete for up to $5.6B in national security launch contracts.
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