KEY POINTS
  • Axiom Space's latest round of funding was led by C5 Capital.
  • CEO Michael Suffredini said it is now "well past the point" of becoming a unicorn, putting the firm among the 10-most valuable private U.S. space companies.
  • Axiom has now raised $150 million since its 2016 founded.

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A artist's illustration of the company's space station in orbit.

Houston-based Axiom Space is going full tilt into scaling production of private space stations, while also flying paying passengers on trips to orbit, with the company announcing Tuesday it received $130 million in a new round of funding.

"This round lets us go make a major payment in the build of our [space station] module and lets us build up the team, which we've been expanding at just a crazy pace," Axiom President and CEO Michael Suffredini told CNBC.

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