Satellite radar tech startup Kapta Space raises $24M from Bill Gates-backed fund and defense investors

Kapta Space co-founders Adam Bily (left) and Milton Perque. (Kapta Photo) Kapta Space , a Seattle startup building lower-cost, steerable radar sensors for satellites, has raised $24 million in a Series A funding round to scale production and meet growing demand for defense intelligence contracts. The investment brings total funding to $30 million, following an initial $5 million seed round led by MetaVC — a metamaterials-focused fund backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and former Microsoft