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Turion Space

Irvine, CA · Founded 2021

Turion Space builds and operates DROID spacecraft that image other objects in orbit for space domain awareness and are designed for rendezvous and proximity operations. Its Starfire software plans missions, tasks satellites and commands constellations.

Profile

What it builds and who buys it

  • ·Turion’s DROID spacecraft are built for rendezvous, proximity and refueling operations and carry payloads for reconnaissance and surveillance of objects in orbit.Turion Space (company release), Apr 15, 2026
  • ·Its first two missions, DROID.001 and DROID.002, had delivered more than 40,000 images by April 2026.Turion Space (company release), Apr 15, 2026
  • ·The company says it has been awarded 28 U.S. government contracts, with work for NASA, the U.S. Space Force, the Space Development Agency and the National Reconnaissance Office.Turion Space (company release), Apr 15, 2026
  • ·In April 2026 the U.S. Space Force named Turion one of 14 companies on Andromeda, a 10-year contract vehicle of up to $1.8 billion whose first delivery order is for the RG-XX program.Washington Technology, Apr 9, 2026
  • ·In May 2026 the company said it had been publicly identified as a performer on the U.S. Space Force’s Space-Based Interceptor effort for Golden Dome.Turion Space (company release), May 6, 2026
  • ·Turion acquired Tychee Research Group, a Los Angeles astrodynamics and mission engineering company, in January 2026 and is integrating its software into Starfire.Turion Space (company release), Jan 13, 2026
  • ·In the SALITRE exercise in Chile, DROID.002 made avoidance burns over four days to evade a simulated aggressor satellite, guided by alerts from the Joint Commercial Operations Cell.Turion Space (company article), Aug 26, 2026
  • ·Critical Software, a Portuguese mission-critical software company, made a strategic investment in Turion in March 2025 and plans to support its expansion into Europe.Critical Software (release via SpaceNews), Mar 26, 2025

Founders and leadership

  • Ryan WesterdahlCo-founder and chief executive

    An aerospace engineer who spent 8.5 years at SpaceX before founding Turion.Y Combinator (company directory)

  • Tyler PierceCo-founder and chief technology officer

    An aerospace engineer with more than a decade in the aerospace and defense sector, including vacuum thermal testing and robotic assembly automation.Y Combinator (company directory)

  • Patryk WiatrCo-founder and chief information officer

    A full-stack software engineer with almost ten years of experience building web applications.Y Combinator (company directory)

Funding

Last valuation

No citable valuation

Last round or tender

$75Mraised

Series BTurion Space (company release), Apr 15, 2026

More than $75 million, the floor recorded here. Led by Washington Harbour Partners, with existing investors Aurelia Foundry, Forward Deployed VC and FoundersX, and new investors Center15 Capital, Magnetar, HOF Capital and Industrious Ventures. No valuation was stated.

Latest revenue figure

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Valuation to revenue

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Post-money valuation by round

Fewer than two dated figures on file to plot; the table carries what there is.

DateRoundRaisedPost-money
Apr 15, 2026Series BMore than $75 million, the floor recorded here. Led by Washington Harbour Partners, with existing investors Aurelia Foundry, Forward Deployed VC and FoundersX, and new investors Center15 Capital, Magnetar, HOF Capital and Industrious Ventures. No valuation was stated.$75M—
Dec 16, 2024Series ADescribed by the company as oversubscribed, with Veteran Ventures Capital, Forward Deployed VC, Aurelia Foundry, Y Combinator and others. No valuation was stated.$15M—
Aug 16, 2021Form D offeringThe filing does not name the round. Its last amendment records $11.1 million of equity and options sold to 87 investors from August 16, 2021, of $12.0 million offered. The company’s site lists an $11.6 million seed round in 2022.——

Primary capital across the rounds on file: $90M

Revenue

No citable revenue figure on file.

Secondary venues

  • Caplightpublic page seen Oct 15, 2026

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  • Nasdaq Private Marketpublic page seen Oct 15, 2026

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Reads

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Sources

Researched Oct 15, 2026