Sarah brings investment and operations experience from roles at Voyager Ventures, Sentieo, and the MIT Media Lab. She also holds board and director positions across energy and investment entities.
Sierra invests in energy and climate technology as a founder and general partner at Voyager. She brings prior corporate development and product experience from Spruce Finance and Renovate America.
The Series A round was led by Voyager Ventures to fund the construction of a new production facility in the Thames Valley.
"For sixty years, VLEO has been treated as too hostile an environment for commercial satellites — but it is in fact the most valuable empty real estate in space. Today, no one in the industry has a reliable, affordable, and fast way to fly payloads into very low Earth orbit. We built our NEO-1 satellite to do exactly that,"
The oversubscribed round included participation from Hitachi Ventures, Voyager Ventures, and Schroders Capital, alongside existing investors.
"Energy underpins every industry in the world, and yet no one has succeeded in course-correcting the fundamentally flawed way the markets work. For decades, the industry has tried to patch over the costly inefficiency of energy transactions with new utility brands and new promises. The real opportunity in energy looks a lot like what fintech did to banking: rebuild the core infrastructure, then let innovation explode on top of it."
The Series A round was co-led by General Catalyst and Voyager Ventures to support software development and market expansion.
"We’re delighted with the fundraise, and to be continuing our close work with General Catalyst. I’m also very excited to be welcoming Voyager on board, bringing their deep climate expertise to the world of logistics."