Star Catcher just raised $65 million to build the world's first power grid in space — with lasers

Star Catcher Industries now has a big war chest to help bankroll its big dream — building a power grid in space. The Florida-based space company announced today (May 12) that it has raised $65 million in an oversubscribed "Series A" funding round, bringing its total investment haul to date to $88 million. Star Catcher will put the money toward the development of the world's first in-space power grid, which it thinks will supercharge the burgeoning off-Earth economy. …