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Private space funding rounds, M&A and IPO activity, with the rule behind every total stated.
As of 2026-10-21 09:30 UTCSource: SEC Form D, press reports, company self-reportsHow we know
Headline figures count private funding rounds into space companies only: priced equity rounds, bridges and extensions (a convertible note or SAFE counts once it converts into a priced round, inside that round). IPOs, SPAC mergers, follow-on and at-the-market offerings, tender offers and secondary sales, debt (including convertible notes and SAFEs that have not converted), owner funding (an owner putting in their own money), state capital (money from governments or state-owned funds), grants and acquisitions are listed separately and never added to the headline. Only rounds into space companies count. A company counts as space when its own recorded sector is space work (launch, satellites, ground segment, earth observation, in-space infrastructure and the like). Defense, aerospace, government and military companies count only when their recorded subsector names space work, so a defense company's rounds are excluded unless the company is space-specific (True Anomaly counts; Anduril does not). A company with no recorded sector is excluded. Excluded rounds are listed separately, never deleted.
Largest round: iSpace (China), Feb 12, 2026. Source: 界面新闻 (Jiemian)
Companies seeking or reported in talks about a raise are listed separately, as announced or reported intentions: Raising now. The figures on this page count completed rounds only.
Citing a quarterly figure? Use the quarterly editions: each quarter frozen at publication, with its rounds as CSV and how our number compares with other trackers'. Why do trackers disagree so much? Why space funding totals differ.
Last 8 quarters of private rounds into space companies
Stated but not added (figures given only as “about” or “more than”, counted as rounds and in no total): Q1 2025 1 round, 1 in another currency with no recorded rate; Q3 2025 1 round, 1 in another currency with no recorded rate; Q1 2026 18 rounds, about $599M plus 3 in another currency with no recorded rate; Q2 2026 5 rounds, about $528M; Q3 2026 11 rounds, about $2.3B plus 2 in another currency with no recorded rate; Q4 2026 2 rounds, about $7M plus 1 in another currency with no recorded rate.
Private rounds into space companies, by sector, all time
Source: SEC Form D filings, press reports and company self-reports
Rounds are compiled from public announcements and filings and are dated as of their last verification; we do not license third-party databases. Not investment advice: always conduct your own due diligence.