{"id":2234814,"date":"2026-11-02T14:22:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T11:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2234814"},"modified":"2026-11-02T14:22:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T11:22:35","slug":"northwood-space-raises-375m-series-c-at-a-2b-valuation-from-a16z-and-dfj-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2234814","title":{"rendered":"Northwood Space raises $375M Series C at a $2B valuation from a16z and DFJ Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Disrupt-2024-Bridgit-Mendler.jpg?resize=1200,800&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content wp-block-post-content is-layout-constrained wp-block-post-content-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Space infrastructure company Northwood Space on Monday said it had raised $375 million in a Series C round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and DFJ Growth, valuing the company at $2 billion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Founded in 2022, Northwood builds antennas, software, and other technologies that help satellites communicate better with Earth. Bridgit Mendler, co-founder and former actress, serves as its CEO.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company last raised a $100 million Series B in January, also co-led by Andreessen Horowitz, along with a nearly $50 million contract with the U.S. Space Force to upgrade the nation\u2019s \u201csatellite control network,\u201d TechCrunch previously reported. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This latest round also includes a financial agreement with HSBC that, along with the funding, will be used to scale the company, hire, and fulfill existing contracts, the startup said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/11\/02\/northwood-space-raises-375m-series-c-at-a-2b-valuation-from-a16z-and-dfj-growth\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Disrupt-2024-Bridgit-Mendler.jpg?resize=1200,800&#8243;] Space infrastructure company Northwood Space on Monday said it had raised $375 million in a Series C round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and DFJ Growth, valuing the company at $2 billion. Founded in 2022, Northwood builds antennas, software, and other technologies that help satellites communicate better with Earth. Bridgit Mendler, co-founder and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,62],"class_list":["post-2234814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-techcrunch-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2234814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234814\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2234814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2234814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2234814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}