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SpaceX raises $ 337 million in another round of funding

Elon Musk's SpaceX raised $ 337.4 million. This became known from documents submitted by the company to the US Federal Trade Commission. In the previous round, which took place in April, SpaceX managed to raise about $ 1.16 billion. Among the main investors in the company are Alphabet and the Fidelity fund.

The most successful round took place in August 2020. Then SpaceX attracted $ 1.9 billion in investments. The valuation of the company in mid-2020 was $ 46 billion.In October 2021 it increased to $ 100 billion.

SpaceX is competing with former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Virgin Galactic's Blue Origin billionaire Richard Branson. According to Morgan Stanley, the market for space services could reach a trillion dollars by 2040.

Musk also heads Tesla, Neuralink, and Boring Company. He previously stated that SpaceX would send Starship rockets to Mars "well before 2030." Today SpaceX is also in the business of sending cargo and astronauts to the International Space Station in partnership with NASA.

In August 2021, SpaceX assembled a Starship prototype for orbital launches; this rocket became the tallest in the world. Two months later, Elon Musk announced that Starship would be ready for launch into orbit in November 2021.

SpaceX raises $ 337 million in another round of funding