Blue Origin Overview

  • Founded
  • 2000

Founded

  • Status
  • Private

  • Employees
  • 11,000

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • Grant

  • Latest Deal Amount
  • $35M

  • Investors
  • 4

Blue Origin General Information

Description

Developer of space technologies designed to permit people to live and work in space to benefit Earth. The company's service includes developing reusable launch vehicles utilizing rocket-powered vertical take-off and vertical landing (VTVL) technology, enabling people to expand, explore, find energy sources and material resources, and move industries that stress Earth into space.

Contact Information

Ownership Status
Privately Held (backing)
Financing Status
Venture Capital-Backed
Primary Industry
Aerospace and Defense
Primary Office
  • 801 Market Street
  • Kirkland, WA 98033
  • United States
+1 (253) 000-0000

Blue Origin Timeline

2020202120222023
Financing RoundCaptured Employee CountEstimated Employee Growth

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Blue Origin Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
8. Grant 31-Jul-2023 $35M Completed Generating Revenue
7. Later Stage VC 14-Jan-2020 Completed Generating Revenue
6. Grant 27-Sep-2019 0000 Completed Generating Revenue
5. Grant 08-Aug-2018 0000 Completed Generating Revenue
4. Capitalization 06-Apr-2017 Completed Generating Revenue
3. Grant 03-Sep-2015 000 00000 Completed Generating Revenue
2. Grant 01-Jan-2011 $25.7M Completed Generating Revenue
1. Seed Round Completed Startup
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Blue Origin Competitors (28)

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Tethers Unlimited Corporate Backed or Acquired Bothell, WA 00 000000&0
0000000 000000000 Venture Capital-Backed Cedar Park, TX 000 00000 00000000000 00000
000000 Venture Capital-Backed Hawthorne, CA 00000 00.00 0000000000 0 00.00
0000000 00000 Venture Capital-Backed Helensvale, Australia 000 000.00 000000000000 000.00
0000000000 Venture Capital-Backed Tokyo, Japan 000 00000 00000000000 00000
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Blue Origin Patents

Blue Origin Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-11761451-B1 Axial counterbalance for rotating components Active 05-Jan-2023 00000000000 0
US-11555503-B1 Axial counterbalance for rotating components Active 09-May-2022 00000000000 0
US-11598289-B1 Propellant volume and mixture ratio control Active 10-Jan-2022 000000000 00
US-20230211900-A1 Reusable upper stage rocket with aerospike engine Pending 30-Dec-2021 00000000 00
US-20230202684-A1 Systems and methods for pointing photovoltaic arrays Pending 23-Dec-2021 G05D3/105
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Blue Origin Executive Team (19)

Name Title Board Seat Contact Info
Bob Smith Co-Chief Executive Officer & President
Susan Knapp Chief Financial Officer
Annie Chen Senior Legal Counsel
Ian Savage Senior Legal Counsel
Shahir Gerges Director of Orbital Reef Business Strategy
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Blue Origin Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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Blue Origin Investors (4)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info
NASA Holding Corporation Minority 000 0000 000000 0
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Government 000 0000 000000 0
Ares EIF Group (Brevard County) Corporation 000 0000 000000 0
Bezos Expeditions Family Office Minority 000 0000 000000 0
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Blue Origin Investments & Acquisitions (2)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
0000000000 00 08-Dec-2022 00000 00000 Biotechnology 000000 00
Honeybee Robotics 25-Jan-2022 Merger/Acquisition Aerospace and Defense 00000 000
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Blue Origin Subsidiaries (1)

Company Name Industry Location Founded
00000000 00000000 Aerospace and Defense Longmont, CO 0000
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