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Space · Tukwila, WA · Founded 2023 · Raised $1.4M · Formation stage

Juno Propulsion

Commercializing rotating detonation engines for rocket launch applications

Review noteGeekWire (search snippet; the page returned 403): founded 2023 by Alexis Harroun (CEO) and Ari Martinez (CTO), who met during Purdue PhDs. $1.4M pre-seed led by SOSV, plus a $1.2M NSF SBIR Phase II in Sep 2026. Team of about four. Source ↗

Edge

10#216 · ▼15 in 7d

1 of 8 families

Why now

  1. First indexed paper under the company name, with at least 2 of 9 authors listing it

    Research · Sep 1

People

Score

Momentum15

 

Research

Thesis fit95

× 0.96

Matched on additive manufacturing, defense, energy, in-space, manufacturing

Earliness95

× 0.97

Already visible: company age

Team–

× 0.85

2 named people, none from a top lab or company

15 × 0.96 × 0.97 × 0.85 × 0.85 one family only = 10

Edge, 12 weeks