Balerion Space Ventures led a $500m funding round in Vast.

Balerion Space Ventures, an investment firm, led a $500m funding round in Vast, the company developing next-generation space stations, with participation from IQT, Qatar Investment Authority, Mitsui, MUFG, Nikon, Stellar Ventures, Space Capital, and Earthrise Ventures. “This investment underscores the market’s strong conviction in both our strategy and our engineering. The low-Earth orbit economy is at a pivotal inflection point, poised for rapid growth. Vast’s Haven stations are engineered to deliver safe, cost-effective access to microgravity research and in-space manufacturing, empowering government and commercial partners to unlock the full commercial promise of this next era for space,” Max Haot, Vast CEO.