Turion Raises $75+ Million Series B to Accelerate U.S. Space Superiority

Turion Space, Proliferating Critical Space Infrastructure, led by Ryan Westerdahl, Tyler Pierce, and Patryk Wiatr, has raised a $75+ million Series B financing round led by ​Washington Harbour Partners​, with pro-rata participation from existing investors including Aurelia Foundry, Forward Deployed VC, and FoundersX. Turion also added new capital partners, including Center15 Capital, Magnetar, HOF Capital, and Industrious Ventures, with the raise. 

Turion’s Series B builds on a strong track record, with its first two missions (DROID.001 and DROID.002) successfully completed and delivering over 40,000 images to date.

Turion delivers space superiority through an integrated stack of spacecraft, sensors, and software. Its DROID spacecraft enables dynamic operations such as rendezvous, proximity, and refueling, while purpose-built payloads are optimized for reconnaissance and surveillance.

The platform is powered by Starfire software modules, supporting mission planning and execution, autonomous tasking, and constellation command and control.

These capabilities form a unified platform delivering orbital intelligence and operations to U.S., allied, and commercial customers. Planned missions span LEO and GEO, supported by a software-defined architecture that enables multi-sensor operations without locking operators into a single payload.

“This capital accelerates fleet expansion, broadens reconnaissance coverage for Space Domain Awareness, and scales Starfire from constellation command to theater-level operations,” said Ryan Westerdahl, co-founder and CEO of Turion. “The platform is designed as a sovereign-grade infrastructure layer to strengthen deterrence today while enabling responsible in-space resource utilization and long-term space superiority for the U.S. and its allies.”

What the Funding Enables

• Increased manufacturing and supply-chain capacity, scaling spacecraft production from 8 to 40 vehicles per year—a fivefold expansion.

• Fleet expansion to enhance continuous observation and non-Earth imaging across LEO and GEO, beginning with planned launches under the U.S. Space Force’s STRATFI program.

• Growth in high-resolution, non-Earth imaging to identify, track, and characterize orbital objects, advancing Space Domain Awareness for U.S. and allied operators, while building on progress with the National Reconnaissance Office’s commercial remote sensing initiative.

• Scaling of Starfire™ (mission planning, tasking, command, and control) to support larger, more automated multi-satellite operations across both owned and third-party constellations.

Traction and Momentum

Founded in 2021 by veterans from SpaceX, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, and Boeing Phantom Works, alongside executives from Palantir Technologies, Turion has quickly positioned itself as a key player in U.S. space superiority. The company has secured 28 U.S. government contracts and is advancing programs with NASA, the U.S. Space Force, the Space Development Agency, and the National Reconnaissance Office.

A multi-billion-dollar pipeline highlights growing demand for missions spanning space domain awareness, missile warning and tracking, orbital resilience, and multi-spectral remote sensing.

“The U.S. cannot secure what it cannot see, and current orbital visibility remains limited by legacy systems,” said Mina Faltas, Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Washington Harbour Partners. “A fundamentally different approach, integrating purpose-built satellites with software, enables real-time intelligence where speed and clarity are critical. The platform is emerging as the operational backbone for space domain awareness, reinforcing confidence in continued investment.”