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Not ranked: Data in 0 pillars; at least 2 are needed to rank.
0 of 5 inputs measured · Insufficient data · 0% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Headcount, Market value, Reported revenue
Not measured: Capital raised (24 months)
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
A pillar score averages the company’s percentiles among the tracked companies with a value: relative standing, not a grade. Inputs measured 2026-11-13 (UTC) · methodology v8. Every input, its value and percentile · How it is computed
The Space Score ranks companies relative to each other on public data we hold. It describes; it does not rate, forecast or recommend. It is not a credit rating and not investment advice. Full disclaimer
Sources: Founded, Headquarters, Ownership, Legal name
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No private round on record. Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
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Compiled Nov 13, 2026 from 1 public record. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Latest sourced round
State capital round: £3.0M (about $4.0M)
Lead recorded as UKI2S. Dollar figure converted at 1.34211347894962 GBP/USD (ECB euro foreign exchange reference rates) on Jun 15, 2026
Source: Payload Space
Announced Jun 15, 2026
Recorded as lead of State capital round (Jun 15, 2026)
Payload Space, Jun 15, 2026
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, November 13). Optera: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved November 13, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/optera
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Optera: Company dossier." Data as of November 13, 2026. Accessed November 13, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/optera.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_optera_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{Optera}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = nov,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/optera}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/optera},
urldate = {2026-11-13},
note = {Data as of 2026-11-13; each fact links its primary source}
}