Honeybee Robotics — Valuation, Funding & Investors

Honeybee Robotics, founded in January 1983 by Steve Gorevan and Chris Chapman, is an American robotics company that builds advanced spacecraft parts, robotic rovers and motion-control systems for the exploration of Mars and other planetary bodies. Its Rock Abrasion Tool flew on both Mars Exploration Rovers, and its Sample Manipulation System and Dust Removal Tool operated on the Mars Science Laboratory mission that landed in 2012.

Now a subsidiary of Blue Origin, Honeybee Robotics is headquartered in Longmont, Colorado, with facilities in Altadena, California and Greenbelt, Maryland, and builds hardware for NASA and Japan's JAXA. In 2023, parent company Blue Origin won a $3.4 billion NASA Artemis program contract in a partnership that includes Honeybee Robotics alongside Lockheed Martin, Draper, Boeing and Astrobotic.

Listed funds carry late-stage private names. A fund's latest schedule of investments shows whether it holds Honeybee Robotics.

Often trade at a premium or discount to NAV.

Platforms match existing holders with buyers. Honeybee Robotics availability at any moment is set by the holders.

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Valuations, rounds and IPO status for every company in the directory — Honeybee Robotics included.

No. Honeybee Robotics has been acquired; its shares do not trade independently.

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