Vast - About the company
Vast is a series A company based in Long Beach (United States), founded in 2021 by Jed McCaleb. It operates as a Developer of commercial space stations designed for long-term space habitation. Vast has raised $1B in funding from Balerion Space Ventures. The company has 15 active competitors, including 4 funded and 1 that has exited. Its top competitors include companies like Axiom Space, Space Quarters and AkashaLabdhi.
Company Details
Developer of commercial space stations designed for long-term space habitation. The company is focused on building space stations and advancing technologies for living and working in space. It develops hardware and systems for space station modules, including primary structures, solar arrays, and environmental control systems. The company aims to provide platforms for government astronaut missions, private astronaut missions, and payload missions.
- Website
- www.vastspace.com/
- Email ID
- *****@vastspace.com
- Phone Number
- +1 **********
- Registered Address
- Tullytown, Pennsylvania
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2021
Location
Long Beach, United States
Stage
Series A
Total Funding
$1B in 3 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
2nd among 15 active competitors
Employee Count
1,126 as on Jun 30, 2026
Investment & Acquisitions
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Legal entities associated with Vast
Vast is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
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VAST, INC. CIN: 232625251 , United States, Active | - | 4 (As on Dec 31, 2024) | - |
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Vast's funding and investors
Vast has raised a total funding of $1B over 3 rounds. Its first funding round was on Nov 06, 2025. Vast has 9 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Vast:
Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Mar 05, 2026 | 2172415 | Conventional Debt | 8648824 | 9902061 | 5514716 | 6101790 |
Mar 05, 2026 | 1434442 | Series A | 1391574 | 8111747 | 8594592 | |
Nov 06, 2025 | 5571504 | Seed | 8283163 | 4643701 | 9456075 |
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Vast's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Vast is Jed McCaleb. Max Haot is the CEO of Vast.
Here are the details of Vast's key team members:
- Jed McCaleb: Founder of Vast. Contact Info: 1 email address
- Max Haot: CEO of Vast. Contact Info: 1 email address
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Vast's employee count trend
Vast has 1,126 employees as of Jun 26. Here is Vast's employee count trend over the years:
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Vast's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Vast include Axiom Space, Space Quarters and AkashaLabdhi. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Vast, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Axiom Space 2016, Houston (United States), Series D | Developer of commercial space stations for habitation | $1B | 64/100 | |
2nd | Vast 2021, Long Beach (United States), Series A | Developer of commercial space stations designed for long-term space habitation | $1B | 59/100 | |
3rd | Space Quarters 2022, Shibuya (Japan), Seed | Provider of space architecture and infrastructure solutions | $5.95M | 58/100 | |
4th | AkashaLabdhi 2023, Roorkee (India), Seed | Developer of expandable habitats designed for sustainable living in space | $1.2M | 54/100 | |
5th | Manufacturer of space habitats | - | - | 41/100 | |
6th | Vellon Space 2019, Bengaluru (India), Acquired | Developer of small payload launch vehicles | - | 27/100 | |
7th | Orbital Reef 2021, United States, Unfunded | Manufacturer of space habitats | - | - | 27/100 |
8th | ![]() Arquitecturaespacialchile 2022, Chile, Unfunded | Developer of space habitation platform | - | - | 24/100 |
9th | Exolife 2017, Unfunded | Developer of space habitats solutions | - | - | 24/100 |
10th | Voidnaut Space Tech 2021, Raleigh (United States), Unfunded | Provider of space habitation solutions | - | - | 24/100 |
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Vast's Investments and acquisitions
Vast has acquired Launcher. Vast has not made any investments as of now.Reports related to Vast
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News related to Vast
Media has covered Vast for a total of 25 events in the last 1 year, 15 of them have been about company updates and 4 about people movement.
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Vast Nabs $32.8 Million State Tax Credit for South Bay ExpansionLos Angeles Business Journal•Jul 06, 2026•Vast
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A startup hired 950 people and invested $1 billion to launch the world's first private space station in May — without government, without NASAclickpetroleoegas.com.br•Apr 17, 2026•Vast, Space
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Vast Raises $500 Million to Boost its Haven Space StationsPR Newswire•Mar 05, 2026•Vast, MUFG, Nikon, Balerion Space Ventures and 7 others
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Ayar Labs Closes $500M Series E, Accelerates Volume Production of Co-Packaged OpticsBusiness Wire•Mar 03, 2026•Alchip Technologies, Sequoia Capital, Boardman Bay Capital Management, Insight Partners and 24 others
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Vast Selected by NASA for Sixth Private Astronaut Mission to International Space StationBusiness Wire•Feb 17, 2026•Vast
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Vast Welcomes Retired NASA Astronaut Megan McArthur as Astronaut AdvisorVast•Jan 23, 2026•Vast, NASA
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