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Rocket Lab
End-to-end launch services and spacecraft system solutions.
At a glance
- Founded
- 2006
- Headquarters
- Long Beach, United States
- Listing
- Public via SPAC 2021
- Sector
- Space
- Power Law
- Decacorn$10B+ valuation tierThoroughbred$100M+ revenue
Research & analysis
News
Rocket Lab raises $1.9B to fund Iridium acquisition
Sep 15, 2026
News
Rocket Lab revenue jumps 62% to $234M as Danske Bank takes new stake
Aug 20, 2026
News
Rocket Lab to buy Iridium for $8B in bid to challenge SpaceX
Jun 29, 2026
Market map
US Space Startups
Jun 25, 2026
Market map
US National Security & Defense Market Map
Latest news
Press, funding announcements and product moves mentioning Rocket Lab.
Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Seed1 investor entered at this stage
- MRMark Rocket
Series A1 investor entered at this stage
Series B and later9 investors entered at this stage
- K1K1W1
- ACAccident Compensation Corporation
- LGLockheed Martin Global
- DADARPA
DCVC- FFFuture Fund
Greenspring Associates
Bessemer Venture Partners- PVPromus Ventures
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
Alumni founders
Former Rocket Lab employees who went on to found companies, sorted by Dealroom signal score.
HAHalterEst. 2016
Craig PiggottNew Zealand
PAPartlyEst. 2020
Levi FawcettNew Zealand
RARocket Factory AugsburgEst. 2018
Stefan BrieschenkGermany
DADawn AerospaceEst. 2017
Robert WernerNew Zealand
INInterluneEst. 2020Global footprint
team presence
across markets
Patents
115 active patent families included in this estimate.
A patent family groups patent filings for the same invention. Source: Dealroom · PatSnap.
Investments and acquisitions
Disclosed deals where Rocket Lab was the backer or acquirer, 2020–2026. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.
7 deals across Rocket Lab's capital deployment.
Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.
Rocket Lab's portfolio, mapped.
Each chip is one company. Pill colour shows round type — green for Seed, blue for Series A, purple for B/C+, pink for late-stage, amber for M&A. Bigger sectors keep their full list behind “+ N more”.
Market sentiment
An AI-synthesised read of the highest-engagement posts about Rocket Lab on X, ranked by likes and reposts, corporate channels excluded.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
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