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Developer of Nyx, a reusable capsule designed to carry cargo to and from space stations in low Earth orbit and, eventually, people.
Rank 53 of 93 ranked companies. With the pillars we have not measured for this company filled at the 10th and 90th percentiles of the companies we did measure, and every other company held at its published total, the rank is likely between 35 and 65.
2 of 5 inputs measured · Medium confidence · 75% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Market value, Reported revenue
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 2026-10-13 (UTC) · methodology v6. Every input, its value and percentile · How it is computed
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116 AVENUE DE MAGUDAS, Gauting, Germany / Le Haillan, France 33185
Sources: Founded, Headquarters, Employees, Legal name
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4 private rounds on record. Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
Latest funding round
Series C · $450M
Sep 8, 2026 · led by Bessemer Venture Partners / Atomico / Scaleup Europe Fund
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Compiled Oct 13, 2026 from 4 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Latest sourced round
Series C: $450.0M
Co-led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Atomico and Scaleup Europe Fund
Source: European Spaceflight
Announced Sep 8, 2026
Sourced rounds on record
4 rounds, $660.1M disclosed
Every round has a disclosed amount
Published rounds with a source link only, on the same rules as the funding tracker. Each round links the source that states its figure; amounts in other currencies are converted to dollars at the rate shown on the funding tracker.
Atomico
Co-led Series C (Sep 8, 2026)
European Spaceflight, Sep 8, 2026
Balderton
Took part in Series C (Sep 8, 2026)
European Spaceflight, Sep 8, 2026
Co-led Series C (Sep 8, 2026)
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 13). The Exploration Company: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/the-exploration-company
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "The Exploration Company: Company dossier." Data as of October 13, 2026. Accessed October 13, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/the-exploration-company.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_theexplorationcompany_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{The Exploration Company}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/the-exploration-company}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/the-exploration-company},
urldate = {2026-10-13},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-13; each fact links its primary source}
}Took part in Series C (Sep 8, 2026)
European Spaceflight, Sep 8, 2026
Took part in Series C (Sep 8, 2026)
European Spaceflight, Sep 8, 2026
Took part in Series C (Sep 8, 2026)
European Spaceflight, Sep 8, 2026
Scaleup Europe Fund
Co-led Series C (Sep 8, 2026)
European Spaceflight, Sep 8, 2026
Took part in Series A (Feb 1, 2023)
Payload, Feb 1, 2023
EQT Ventures and Red River West (co-leads)
Recorded as lead of Series A (Feb 1, 2023)
Payload, Feb 1, 2023
Recorded as lead of Seed (Nov 18, 2021)
EU-Startups, Nov 18, 2021