Apex
Apex manufactures configurable satellite platforms at industrial scale, helping commercial and government customers deploy spacecraft for communications, sensing, and national security missions.
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- Los Angeles, California, United States
Company Overview
Apex is a space technology and aerospace manufacturing company founded in 2022 by Ian Cinnamon and Max Benassi. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, the company develops standardized, configurable satellite platforms designed to address the satellite industry’s production bottleneck.
QueryFeedz Insight
Apex is building a manufacturing-focused business in an industry historically dominated by customized spacecraft programs and long production cycles. Its productized satellite platforms aim to make spacecraft procurement more predictable by standardizing designs and producing hardware ahead of customer demand.This approach could be valuable as commercial satellite networks and national security programs require larger numbers of spacecraft on shorter timelines. Apex's investment in Factory One, manufacturing software, and vertical integration of critical components is central to its strategy of increasing throughput while controlling quality and supply-chain risk.
Funding & Investors
- Latest funding
- $200
- Latest round
- Series E+
- Latest funding date
- June 2026
Investors
- Glade Brook Capital Partners — Lead investor in the June 2026 funding
- Washington Harbour Partners — Co-lead investor
- Interlagos
- 8VC
- Andreessen Horowitz
- Point72 Ventures
- StepStone Group
- Glynn Capital
- Toyota Ventures
- Upfront Ventures
- J.P. Morgan
- Village Global
- Other new and existing investors
Founders
- Ian Cinnamon — Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer. Max Benassi — Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
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