Stoke Space
Stoke Space is a Launch Vehicles company founded in 2019 and based in Kent, United States. It has raised $1.3B in total funding, most recently a Series D (extension) in 2026.
Founded by Andy Lapsa and Tom Feldman and headquartered in Kent, Washington, Stoke Space is building Nova, a medium-lift launch vehicle designed for full and rapid reusability of both stages, including an actively cooled metallic heat shield and a regeneratively cooled, ring-of-thrusters reusable upper stage. Nova's first flight is expected from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral. In February 2026 Stoke extended its Series D to $860M, bringing total funding raised to roughly $1.34B.
Stoke is one of the few new launch entrants targeting full second-stage reusability from the outset, the hardest unsolved problem in lowering launch costs.
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