Washington Harbour Partners has strategically invested in Turion Space, a California-based startup specializing in spacecraft and mission software for space situational awareness, debris removal, and in-orbit services. The investment amount remains undisclosed. This marks Washington Harbour’s first investment in Turion Space and was part of a larger funding round involving venture capital firms like Y Combinator and Forward Deployed VC.
The funding aims to enhance Turion’s capabilities in space domain awareness, missile warning and tracking, orbital debris management, and collision avoidance—technologies vital to U.S. national security and the global space economy, according to Turion’s co-founder and CEO Ryan Westerdahl. Washington Harbour Partners, based in Washington, D.C., focuses on technology companies within the government and national security sectors. Their investment in space technology reflects the increased federal interest in commercial satellite capabilities, as the Pentagon and intelligence agencies strive for more robust and responsive space-based infrastructure.
Turion Space recently launched its latest spacecraft, Droid.002, for space situational awareness and debris monitoring. This investment by Washington Harbour follows another undisclosed strategic investment from Critical Software, a Portugal-based firm specializing in software for civil and defense space applications. In late 2024, Turion secured a $32.6 million contract from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command to develop three satellites for non-Earth imaging applications. These satellites will perform rendezvous and proximity operations for satellite-to-satellite imagery collection, enabling detailed inspection of other orbiting objects.