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Moon Express
Moffett Field, US · Founded 2010 · Delaware corporation · 38 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors
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Founders & leadership
Moon Express was founded in 2010 by ROBERT RICHARDS, NAVEEN JAIN, and BARNEY PELL.
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ROBERT RICHARDSCo-founder
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NAVEEN JAINFounder & Executive ChairmanNaveen Jain is a founder and former director at Moon Express, a lunar resource exploration company, and previously led Viome, a molecular biology diagnostics platform. He has also served as Vice-Chairman of Singularity University and trustee of the XPRIZE Foundation.
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BARNEY PELLFounder, Vice Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer2010–2019Barney Pell founded Powerset, a natural language search engine acquired by Microsoft, where he later led Bing's Local/Mobile Search and worked on the Knowledge Graph and Cortana conversational assistant. He has held research roles at NASA and SRI, holds a PhD in AI from Stanford, and co-founded Moon Express and LocoMobi; he currently serves as Chief Scientist and Head of AI for Magic and manages an early-stage investment fund.
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DAVEN MAHARAJExecutive
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ANDREW ALDRINPresident2014–2015Andrew Aldrin holds the position of Program Coordinator for the Masters of Space Operations at Embry Riddle University Worldwide and serves as President of the Aldrin Family Foundation.
Investors · 2
Collaborative Fundlisted by Collaborative FundNew York · $500K – $1M
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Founders FundreportedSan Francisco · $500K – $5M
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Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$23.6M disclosed across 6 of 7 rounds · 2013–2018
▶$375KraisedJan 2018 · 6 investors · OtherRule 506(b)
▶$375KraisedJan 2018 · 6 investors · Other
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- BARNEY PELLDirector
- ADEO RESSIDirector
- ROBERT D RICHARDSExecutive Officer, Director
- DAVEN MAHARAJExecutive Officer
- NAVEEN K JAINDirector
- Offering amount
- $2M
- Amount sold
- $375K
- Minimum investment
- $25K
- First sale
- Dec 2017
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$5MraisedDec 2016 · 1 investors · OtherRule 506(b)
▶$5MraisedDec 2016 · 1 investors · Other
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- DAVEN MAHARAJExecutive Officer
- NAVEEN K JAINDirector
- ROBERT RICHARDSExecutive Officer, Director
- BARNEY PELLDirector
- Offering amount
- $5M
- Amount sold
- $5M
- Minimum investment
- $2.5M
- First sale
- Dec 2016
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$259KraisedApr 2016 · 3 investors · OtherRule 506(b)
▶$259KraisedApr 2016 · 3 investors · Other
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- DAVEN MAHARAJExecutive Officer
- ROBERT RICHARDSExecutive Officer, Director
- NAVEEN K JAINDirector
- BARNEY PELLDirector
- Offering amount
- $2M
- Amount sold
- $259K
- Minimum investment
- $25K
- First sale
- Apr 2016
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$1.5MraisedOct 2015 · 2 investors · OtherRule 506(b)
▶$1.5MraisedOct 2015 · 2 investors · Other
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- BARNEY PELLDirector
- KEN SUNSHINEExecutive Officer
- DAVEN MAHARAJExecutive Officer
- NAVEEN JAINDirector
- ROBERT RICHARDSExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $2.5M
- Amount sold
- $1.5M
- Minimum investment
- $25K
- First sale
- Sep 2015
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2010
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$10MraisedJan 2015 · 1 investors · OtherRule 506(b)
▶$10MraisedJan 2015 · 1 investors · Other
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- DAVEN MAHARAJExecutive Officer
- ROBERT RICHARDSExecutive Officer, Director
- NAVEEN JAINDirector
- ANDREW ALDRINExecutive Officer
- BARNEY PELLDirector
- Offering amount
- $22.5M
- Amount sold
- $10M
- First sale
- Oct 2014
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2010
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$6.4MraisedJun 2014 · 8 investors · OtherRule 506(b)
▶$6.4MraisedJun 2014 · 8 investors · Other
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- ROBERT RICHARDSExecutive Officer, Director
- NAVEEN JAINDirector
- BARNEY PELLExecutive Officer, Director
- DAVEN MAHARAJExecutive Officer
- ANDREW ALDRINExecutive Officer
- Offering amount
- $18M
- Amount sold
- $6.4M
- First sale
- Dec 2013
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2010
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
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3 people who came through Moon Express went on to found or lead other companies.
Frequently asked questions
- Who founded Moon Express?
- Moon Express was founded by ROBERT RICHARDS, NAVEEN JAIN, BARNEY PELL in 2010.
- Who are Moon Express's investors?
- Moon Express's investors include Collaborative Fund, Founders Fund.
- How much funding has Moon Express raised?
- Moon Express has disclosed $23.6M raised across 6 of its 7 known rounds.
- Where is Moon Express headquartered?
- Moon Express is headquartered in Moffett Field, US.