SpaceX’s latest funding makes it the fourth most valuable private company in the US
Elon Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX is now valued at $21.2 billion, knocking off WeWork as the fourth most valuable privately held company in America. This skyrocket in valuation comes after another round of funding that raised $351 million for the company. According to Equidate, a marketplace for trading private tech company stocks, SpaceX’s price per share is now $135, up from $96.42 prior to the new funding round.
The latest valuation makes SpaceX one of the top five most valuable private, venture-backed companies in the US, joining Uber ($69.8B), Airbnb ($31B), WeWork ($20.8B), and the less consumer-facing analytics company Palantir ($21.3B). All five companies are disruptive forces in their respective industries, and also top the…