A company of Elon Musk has just reached a valuation of more than 100 billion USD

Tram Ho

According to CNBC , billionaire Elon Musk’s space company SpaceX has just reached a valuation of more than $100 billion. Accordingly, SpaceX has reached an agreement with new and existing investors to sell shares worth $755 million from internal sources, at a price of $560 per share. As a result, the company’s valuation increased 33% from $ 74 billion in February to $ 100.3 billion.

Sources said that the company is not raising new capital at this time, but is only offering to sell the existing shares secondary. SpaceX had a similar secondary transaction in February, with an agreement to sell shares worth up to $750 million at the time.

SpaceX’s new valuation makes the company one of the rare “hectocorns” in the world — with a valuation 100 times that of a $1 billion company. According to CBInsights, SpaceX is now the second most valuable privately held company in the world, behind China’s Bytedance and overtaking fintech company Stripe.

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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk poses with the crew in September 2021. Photo: John Kraus / Inspiration4

The company’s valuation has skyrocketed over the past few years as SpaceX has raised billions of dollars to fund two capital-intensive projects, Starship and Starlink.

Starlink is a corporate project to build an internet network connected to thousands of satellites, known in the space industry as a constellation. The network is designed to provide high-speed internet to consumers anywhere on the planet. SpaceX has launched 1,740 Starlink satellites to date, and a network of more than 100,000 users in 14 countries uses the public beta for a service price of $99/month.

Starship is the next-generation giant rocket that SpaceX is developing to be able to send cargo and people to the Moon and Mars. The company is testing prototypes at a facility in southern Texas and has made several short test flights. Reaching orbit is the next step in rocket testing as SpaceX awaits regulatory approval for its next launch.

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Source : Genk