Blue Origin Nears a Big Fund-Raising Round
8 Jul 2026
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THE NEW YORK TIMES - Blue Origin, the rocket company that is becoming increasingly key to NASA’s lunar plans, already has a deep-pocketed backer: its founder, Jeff Bezos.
But the company is now raising outside capital for the first time — $10 billion at a $130 billion valuation excluding the new funds — DealBook has learned. It’s a sign of the accelerating space race and investors’ appetite to fund Blue Origin’s ambitions as it seeks to compete with SpaceX, which sits on billions that it raised in its I.P.O. last month.
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Note: Blue Origin is headquartered in Kent.
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