Saudi fund puts $1bn into space companies

Nov 21, 2017 •

Space technologies have increasingly attracted the interest of investors – not least due to the commercial success of space exploration company SpaceX, which itself is backed by diversified conglomerate Alphabet and ranks among the world’s most valuable VC-backed private businesses.

SpaceX, founded by serial entrepreneur Elon Musk – one of the brains behind payment processing platform PayPal, neurotechnology developer Neuralink and electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla, among other businesses – made headlines last year when it successfully landed a reusable rocket…

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