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Varda Space Industries
Varda Space Industries, Inc. is an American privately held space research company headquartered in El Segundo, California, United States. It operates as a microgravity-enabled life sciences company, processing materials in orbit and returning them to Earth.
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Varda Space Industries at a glance
Varda Space Industries is an aerospace company headquartered in United States. Its most recent funding round, Series D, raised $251M in September 2026. Xcout tracks 3 named people at Varda Space Industries, including Noah Helman (CEO). Xcout recorded 344 job postings from Varda Space Industries in the last 90 days, naming tools such as Grafana, Power BI, Jira.
Varda Space Industries leadership
- Noah HelmanCEO
- Derek GreenfieldPresident
- Elizabeth ClarkeCTO
Varda Space Industries funding rounds
Every round on record:
| Date | Round | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series D | $251M | 5 named | |
| Series C | $187M | 8 named | |
| SEC Form D filing | $42.2M | — | |
| — | $42.2M | 8 named | |
| SEC Form D filing | $9M | — |
Who invested in each round, lead investors, valuations and the co-investor graph — open the full funding history →
Hiring at Varda Space Industries
Xcout recorded 344 job postings from Varda Space Industries in the last 90 days, from a hiring record Xcout has kept since June 2026.
Tools named in Varda Space Industries's job postings
The weekly hiring trend, the roles and locations behind it and all 17 tools — see Varda Space Industries's hiring signals →
Recent Varda Space Industries news
- FundingPrivate placement (Form D)
Hiring vs the trend
Based on 240 job postings in the last 8 weeks (24 Aug – 18 Oct 2026), compared with 250 scale-up industrials companies.
This describes a hiring pattern — how often Varda Space Industries’s job postings ask for AI skills, and how that changed against the previous 8 weeks, ranked among its peers. It says nothing about the company’s products or performance.
Signed-in members see the AI-skill share and its change with peer percentiles, role mix, posting momentum and advertised US pay against the market.
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More on Varda Space Industries in Xcout Intel
- 3 named people with titles, LinkedIn and board committees
- 5 funding rounds with the investors in each, and who they co-invest with
- Weekly hiring history and the mix of roles behind it
- 1 corporate event with sources — deals, leadership changes, layoffs
- The full competitor set, tracking, exports and API access