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The transaction is expected to provide up to $500,000,000 in cash proceeds, including up to $300,000,000 of cash held in Holicity’s trust account and an upsized $200,000,000 PIPE led by funds and accounts managed by BlackRock.

Mentioned as: BlackRockOrg RelationshipJun 25, 2021UPDATE: Astra Will Acquire Apollo Fusion

Funds and accounts managed by BlackRock participated in Relativity Space’s $650,000,000 Series E funding round.

Mentioned as: blackrockNarrative FinancialJun 12, 2021Infusion Of Millions$$$ By Relativity Space To Scale Terran R Rocket Production

BlackRock, which oversees roughly $9,000,000,000,000 of assets, will base all its decisions on ESG criteria.

Mentioned as: BlackRockNarrative GeneralApr 28, 2021Space and the new ESG business climate

BlackRock included ESG standards when evaluating which companies to invest in and secured a $4,400,000,000 credit facility with higher interest payable if BlackRock does not meet its staff diversity goals.

Mentioned as: BlackRockNarrative GeneralApr 28, 2021The ABCs of ESG: What is it and why does it matter?

Funds managed by BlackRock led Astranis’s Series C financing round.

Mentioned as: BlackRockOrg RelationshipApr 19, 2021Astranis raises $250 million funds to expand its microsatellite platform

The Series C financing round was led by funds managed by BlackRock.

Mentioned as: BlackRockNarrative GeneralApr 14, 2021Astranis Completes Series C Financing Round

Funds managed by BlackRock led Astranis’s Series C financing round.

Mentioned as: BlackRockOrg RelationshipApr 14, 2021Astranis secures $250 million to accelerate small GEO satellite development

The Proposed Transaction is supported by a $245,000,000 fully committed PIPE anchored by Tiger Global Management, BlackRock Advisors, Hedosophia, Jaws Estates Capital, and Bloom Tree Partners.

Mentioned as: BlackRockNarrative GeneralMar 2, 2021A SPAC For Spire Global

A concurrent private investment in public equity (PIPE) round led by Vector Capital, BlackRock, and Neuberger Berman will provide $470,000,000 to Rocket Lab as part of the merger.

Mentioned as: BlackRockOrg RelationshipMar 1, 2021Rocket Lab to go public through SPAC merger and develop medium-lift rocket

The approximately $470,000,000 PIPE is led by Vector Capital, BlackRock, and Neuberger Berman among other institutional investors.

Mentioned as: BlackRockNarrative FinancialMar 1, 2021Rocket Lab SPAC’s Up To Become A Publicly Traded Company + Unveils Their New Launch Vehicle, Neutron

A $245,000,000 portion of the cash injection for Spire Global comes from a group led by Tiger Global Management, BlackRock Advisors, Hedosophia, Jaws Estates Capital, and Bloom Tree Partners.

Mentioned as: BlackRockNarrative FinancialMar 1, 2021Spire Global joins rush to public markets with $1.6 billion SPAC deal

The $200,000,000 PIPE is a fully committed common stock PIPE priced at $10.00 per share and led by funds and accounts managed by BlackRock.

Mentioned as: BlackRockOrg RelationshipFeb 3, 2021Astra to become first publicly traded Space launch company on Nasdaq via merger with Holicity

Astra expects to raise $489,000,000 through the merger with Holicity, including a $200,000,000 private investment in public equity led by BlackRock and $30,000,000 from a concurrent Series C round.

Mentioned as: BlackRockOrg RelationshipFeb 2, 2021Astra to go public through merger with SPAC

The $200,000,000 fully committed common stock PIPE is priced at $10.00 per share and is led by funds and accounts managed by BlackRock.

Mentioned as: BlackRockOrg RelationshipFeb 2, 2021Astra to become the first publicly traded space launch company on NASDAQ via merger with Holicity

The expected up to $500,000,000 in cash proceeds includes an upsized $200,000,000 PIPE led by funds and accounts managed by BlackRock.

Mentioned as: BlackRockTechnical ProductFeb 2, 2021Astra + Holicity Merge + Form Publicly-Traded Entity

The final $25,000,000 of BlackRock’s $75,000,000 loan to SmartSky was contingent on SmartSky making substantial progress on its nationwide network rollout.

Mentioned as: BlackRockNarrative FinancialJan 8, 2020French military shows interest in Stratobus • Emergency satcom gear deployed in Australia

SmartSky has drawn $50,000,000 of the $75,000,000 loan from BlackRock’s Global Credit Opportunities team.

Mentioned as: BlackRockOrg RelationshipJan 8, 2020French military shows interest in Stratobus • Emergency satcom gear deployed in Australia

BlackRock’s Global Credit Opportunities team agreed last year to loan SmartSky $75,000,000 and made the full amount available after SmartSky passed a network deployment milestone.

Mentioned as: BlackRockNarrative FinancialJan 8, 2020French military shows interest in Stratobus • Emergency satcom gear deployed in Australia

Of the $104,000,000 raised by SmartSky Networks, $75,000,000 consists of debt from funds managed by BlackRock and equity investments by private equity firms Tiger Infrastructure, WP Global, Platform Partners, and Meritage Investors.

Mentioned as: BlackRockOrg RelationshipFeb 6, 2019FIRST UP Satcom | SmartSky raises $104M • SES picks Halliwell successor • Netflix tops satellite, cable in US
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