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Stoke Space extends Series D to $860M with $350M injection to fund first Nova flights

Stoke Space announced an additional $350 million in an extension of its Series D round, taking the total to $860 million. The Kent, Wash.-based startup says the capital will fund initial flights of its Nova fully reusable medium‑lift launcher and accelerate vehicle development and related infrastructure work.

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The $350M extension brings Series D to $860M, securing near‑term funding to complete the first Nova flights and reduce execution risk for Stoke's reusable medium‑lift vehicle (see Stoke's strategy context) [source:be5f7856-92ec-4bd6-a0ea-63421b6dd2bf].
The capital underwrites test campaigns, production and infrastructure needed to transition from demonstrator recoveries to routine reflight—a technical and operational shift central to the industry's next steps on reusability [source:0b3aa1dd-9800-480c-9247-6fc55b31d35f].
Large raises of this scale accelerate on‑site investment and pad redevelopment at Cape Canaveral and increase demand for range and shore‑side upgrades to support higher launch cadence [source:9d141b27-541a-4b5a-a406-3ca915cd3ac2] [source:d22179e2-cca2-4ec1-ba74-e7cbfebc7071].

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