# Why Impulse Raised $500M to Move Things in Space | President & COO Eric Romo

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Podcast: [Sourcery](https://stenobird.com/podcast/sourcery-6853139)
Published: 2026-06-02T12:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Eric Romo, President & COO of Impulse Space, joins Sourcery on the company's manufacturing floor in Redondo Beach to break down the freshly closed $500M Series D co-led by 137 Ventures and BANNER VC that pushes Impulse past $1 billion raised. We get into what the capital actually unlocks (hiring and production, not flashy CapEx), why "space tug" doesn’t cut it for Mira, and how a single successful flight spurred demand from across the industry. Eric explains Impulse's three products — Mira, Helios, Caravan — and makes the case for staged access to GEO against traditional options. He also gets candid: reality on orbital debris cleanup, why Impulse is "closer to a fighter jet than a tugboat," and the hard lesson from his SpaceX days (he was employee #13; CEO Tom Mueller was #1) that made in-housing manufacturing non-negotiable. Eric Romo: https://x.com/_Eric_Romo Molly O’Shea: https://x.com/MollySOShea Sourcery: ⁠ https://x.com/sourceryy 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 YouTube: https://youtu.be/42035XPxgbA 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐒 • Brex —The modern finance platform, combining the world’s smartest corporate card with integrated expense management, banking, bill pay, & travel. https://brex.com/sourcery • Turing —Turing delivers top-tier talent, data, and tools to help AI labs improve model performance—and enables enterprises to turn those models into powerful, production-ready systems. https://turing.com/sourcery • VCX —VCX is the public ticker for private tech, allowing investors of all sizes to invest in venture capital. View The Portfolio at http://GetVCX.com • Deel —Deel is the global people platform that helps startups hire, manage, pay, and equip anyone, anywhere. Trusted by more than 35,000 fast-growing companies, Deel is the people platform that just works, so teams can…

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