Reflect Orbital

Reflect Orbital is developing space-based mirrors that redirect sunlight to Earth for potential applications in solar energy, emergency response, and remote-site lighting

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Total funding
$27
Stage
Series A
Employees
51–200

Company Overview

Reflect Orbital is a space technology company developing orbital mirrors designed to redirect sunlight to specific locations on Earth after sunset. Founded by Ben Nowack and Tristan Semmelhack, the company aims to create a new category of space-enabled lighting and energy infrastructure.

QueryFeedz Insight

Reflect Orbital is pursuing an unconventional approach to energy infrastructure by attempting to make sunlight available at locations and times when natural illumination is unavailable. Its proposed orbital mirrors could serve applications ranging from supplemental solar generation to temporary lighting for emergency response, remote construction, and industrial operations.
The opportunity depends on several difficult engineering and commercial challenges: deploying and operating reliable spacecraft, directing sufficient light to a defined area, securing launch capacity, obtaining regulatory approval, and demonstrating that customers will pay for the service.

Funding & Investors

Latest funding
$20
Latest round
Series A
Latest funding date
May 2025

Investors

  • Lux Capital — Lead investor in Series A
  • Sequoia Capital — Lead investor in the seed round; also participated in Series A
  • Starship Ventures
  • Baiju Bhatt
  • Keller Rinaudo Cliffton
  • Keenan Wyrobek

Founders

  • Ben Nowack — Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer. Tristan Semmelhack — Co-Founder

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