# Space funding, Q2 2026: $3.42B across 44 private rounds

> Closed private funding rounds into space companies dated April 1, 2026 to June 30, 2026, frozen with every counted round listed.

- Canonical page: https://spacenexus.us/funding-tracker/2026-q2
- This Markdown version: https://spacenexus.us/funding-tracker/2026-q2.md
- Data as of: frozen 2026-09-29 21:03 UTC; corrected 2026-10-08 05:41 UTC
- How the numbers are made: https://spacenexus.us/methodology#funding-rounds

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## Headline figures

- Private funding: $3.42B across 44 rounds (36 with a disclosed amount, 8 undisclosed; undisclosed amounts are never estimated)
- Median disclosed round: $23.6M
- Largest round: [True Anomaly](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/true-anomaly), $600.0M (Series D)
- Q1 2026: $3.15B across 33 rounds; change +8.7%
- Grants, reported beside the total and never summed into it: $33.0M across 1 grant
- Since the freeze, 43 more rounds dated in this quarter were recorded on the live tracker; they are not in this edition.
- Every counted round as CSV: [/api/funding-tracker/quarterly/2026-q2/csv](https://spacenexus.us/api/funding-tracker/quarterly/2026-q2/csv)

## By country

| Country | Rounds | Total (USD) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 20 | $2.11B |
| Finland | 1 | $520.8M |
| Germany | 3 | $312.5M |
| Spain | 2 | $140.5M |
| China | 3 | $73.2M |
| India | 2 | $63.3M |
| United Kingdom | 5 | $40.5M |
| Japan | 1 | $39.7M |
| France | 1 | $31.6M |
| Australia | 2 | $27.3M |
| New Zealand | 1 | $25.0M |
| South Korea | 1 | $22.2M |
| Ireland | 1 | $11.0M |
| Switzerland | 1 | $4.4M |

## By sector

| Sector | Rounds | Total (USD) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| infrastructure | 8 | $996.4M |
| analytics | 9 | $696.0M |
| defense | 1 | $600.0M |
| launch | 8 | $545.2M |
| satellite | 6 | $479.1M |
| manufacturing | 7 | $68.1M |
| exploration | 3 | $35.7M |
| ground-segment | 2 | $3.3M |

## Evidence

- SEC-verified: 9 rounds, $1.06B
- Press-reported: 18 rounds, $318.6M
- Editor-entered: 17 rounds, $2.04B

## Every counted round, largest first

| Date | Company | Stage | Amount (USD) | Lead investors | Evidence | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-28 | [True Anomaly](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/true-anomaly) | Series D | $600.0M | Eclipse Ventures, Riot Ventures | Editor-entered | [SpaceNews](https://spacenews.com/true-anomaly-raises-650-million-reaching-2-2-billion-valuation/) |
| 2026-06-09 | [ICEYE](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/iceye) | Series F | $520.8M | General Atlantic | Editor-entered | [ICEYE](https://www.iceye.com/newsroom/press-releases/iceye-leads-a-new-era-of-sovereign-intelligence-from-space-with-1b-funding-round) |
| 2026-06-02 | [Impulse Space](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/impulse-space) | Series D | $500.0M | 137 Ventures, Banner VC | SEC-verified | [SpaceNews](https://spacenews.com/impulse-space-raises-500-million/) |
| 2026-06-09 | [Isar Aerospace](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/isar-aerospace) | Series D | $312.5M | - | Editor-entered | [Isar Aerospace](https://isaraerospace.com/press/isar-aerospace-secures-eur-270m-to-provide-sovereign-space-capabilities-globally) |
| 2026-05-06 | [Astranis](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/astranis) | Series E | $300.0M | Snowpoint Ventures, Franklin Templeton | Editor-entered | [Payload](https://payloadspace.com/astranis-raises-300m-series-e/) |
| 2026-05-11 | [Cowboy Space Corp](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/aetherflux) | Series B | $275.0M | Index Ventures | SEC-verified | [SpaceNews](https://spacenews.com/cowboy-raises-275-million-to-build-rockets-with-orbital-data-center-upper-stages/) |
| 2026-04-06 | [Xoople](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/xoople) | Series B | $130.0M | Nazca Capital | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [TechCrunch Space](https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/06/spains-xoople-raises-130-million-series-b-to-map-the-earth-for-ai/) |
| 2026-04-07 | [Starfish Space](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/starfish-space) | Series B | $111.7M | Point72 Ventures, Activate Capital, Shield Capital | SEC-verified | [SEC EDGAR Form D](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1886318/000188631826000001/0001886318-26-000001-index.htm) |
| 2026-05-28 | [Observable Space](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/observable-space) | Series A | $90.0M | Lux Capital, Upfront Ventures, Detroit Venture Partners, Island Green Capital, RTX Ventures | Editor-entered | [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-28/space-startup-raises-funds-for-laser-satellite-communications) |
| 2026-04-29 | [Cosmoleap](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/cosmoleap) | - | $73.2M | Qianhai Ark, Puhua Capital | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [SpaceNews](https://spacenews.com/cosmoleap-secures-73-million-for-reusable-rocket-with-tower-catch-recovery/) |
| 2026-05-12 | [Star Catcher Industries](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/star-catcher-industries) | Series A | $65.0M | B Capital Group, Shield Capital, Cerberus Ventures | SEC-verified | [Payload](https://payloadspace.com/star-catcher-closes-65m-series-a/) |
| 2026-05-07 | [Skyroot Aerospace](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/skyroot-aerospace) | - | $60.0M | GIC, Sherpalo Ventures | Editor-entered | [Via Satellite](https://www.satellitetoday.com/finance/2026/05/07/skyroot-secures-60m-in-funding-becoming-indias-first-space-unicorn/) |
| 2026-04-09 | [Portal Space](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/portal-space) | Series A | $50.0M | Geodesic Capital, Mach33 | SEC-verified | [Payload](https://payloadspace.com/portal-closes-50m-series-a/) |
| 2026-06-19 | [ElevationSpace](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/elevationspace) | Series B | $39.7M | Beyond Next Ventures, SPARX Asset Management, Energy & Environment Investment | Editor-entered | [SpaceNews](https://spacenews.com/elevationspace-advances-work-on-commercial-reentry-vehicle/) |
| 2026-05-18 | [Tomorrow.io](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/tomorrow-io) | Series F Extension | $35.0M | Pitango, Harel Insurance | Editor-entered | [PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tomorrowio-expands-investment-from-pitango-and-harel-insurance-increasing-series-f-to-210m-302774218.html) |
| 2026-04-23 | [UNIVITY](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/univity) | Series A | $31.6M | - | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [Payload Space](https://payloadspace.com/univity-raises-e27m-series-a/) |
| 2026-05-07 | [Lunar Outpost](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/lunar-outpost) | Series B | $30.0M | Industrious Ventures | SEC-verified | [Payload](https://payloadspace.com/lunar-outpost-closes-30m-series-b-unveils-new-rover/) |
| 2026-06-16 | [Dawn Aerospace](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/dawn-aerospace) | Series B | $25.0M | Balerion Space Ventures | Press-reported | [Payload Space](https://payloadspace.com/dawn-aerospace-raises-25m-series-b/) |
| 2026-06-01 | [Unastella](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/unastella) | Series B | $22.2M | Altos Ventures | Editor-entered | [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/01/unastella-a-south-korean-rocket-startup-that-launched-from-home-raises-24m/) |
| 2026-06-08 | [NewOrbit](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/neworbit) | Series A | $18.5M | Voyager Ventures | Editor-entered | [NewOrbit](https://neworbit.space/news/we-raised-usd18-5m-to-open-earth-s-last-empty-orbit) |
| 2026-05-06 | [Scout Space](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/scout-space) | Series A | $18.0M | Washington Harbour Partners | SEC-verified | [Payload](https://payloadspace.com/scout-space-closes-18m-series-a/) |
| 2026-06-30 | [Southern Launch](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/southern-launch) | Series A | $17.2M | Brindabella & Company, NRFC | Editor-entered | [Lot Fourteen](https://lotfourteen.com.au/southern-launch-closes-25m-series-a-funding/) |
| 2026-04-30 | [BioOrbit](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/bioorbit) | Seed | $13.2M | LocalGlobe, BREEGA | Press-reported | [Payload Space](https://payloadspace.com/bioorbit-raises-9-8m-seed-to-manufacture-cancer-drugs-in-orbit/) |
| 2026-06-16 | [Katalyst Space](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/katalyst-space) | - | $12.0M | Geodesic Capital | Editor-entered | [Katalyst Space](https://www.katalystspace.com/news/katalyst-raises-12m-to-send-space-robot-to-geo-for-satellite-servicing) |
| 2026-04-13 | [Citra Space](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/citra-space) | Series A | $11.5M | Washington Harbour Partners | SEC-verified | [SEC EDGAR Form D](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2130482/000213048226000001/0002130482-26-000001-index.htm) |
| 2026-06-23 | [Ubotica](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/ubotica) | - | $11.0M | Act Venture Capital, Greencode Ventures | Press-reported | [Payload Space](https://payloadspace.com/ubotica-raises-11m-for-satellite-based-ai-tech/) |
| 2026-06-24 | [FOSSA Systems](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/fossa-systems) | - | $10.5M | Kibo Ventures | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [SatNews](https://satnews.com/2026/06/24/sovereign-space-expansion-spains-fossa-systems-secures-e9-25m-to-scale-defense-constellation-and-sigint-infrastructure/) |
| 2026-05-28 | [Gilmour Space](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/gilmour-space) | Series E Extension | $10.1M | Australian Retirement Trust | Editor-entered | [Forbes Australia](https://www.forbes.com.au/news/entrepreneurs/aussie-space-unicorn-scores-fresh-14-2m-amid-spacex-ipo-frenzy/) |
| 2026-04-19 | [Rhea Space Activity](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/rhea-space-activity) | Series A | $6.0M | - | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [SpaceNews](https://spacenews.com/rhea-space-activity-raises-6-million-to-develop-gps-free-spacecraft-navigation/) |
| 2026-06-09 | [Orbital](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/orbital-compute) | Pre-Seed | $5.0M | a16z Speedrun | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [Payload Space](https://payloadspace.com/orbital-raises-5m-pre-seed-to-build-odc-constellation/) |
| 2026-04-27 | [Spaceflux](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/spaceflux) | Seed Extension | $4.7M | Blackfinch Ventures | Editor-entered | [European Spaceflight](https://europeanspaceflight.com/spaceflux-extends-funding-round-bringing-total-to-9-million/) |
| 2026-05-28 | [Stellar Alpina](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/stellar-alpina) | Pre-Seed | $4.4M | Founderful | Press-reported | [Payload Space](https://payloadspace.com/exclusive-stellar-alpina-raises-4-5m-to-build-rotating-detonation-engines/) |
| 2026-06-10 | [Applied Atomics](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/applied-atomics) | Pre-Seed | $4.0M | Oxford Science Enterprises | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [SpaceNews](https://spacenews.com/uk-startup-applied-atomics-to-enter-us-market-with-focus-on-military-space-mobility/) |
| 2026-06-24 | [QOSMIC](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/qosmic) | Seed | $3.3M | Accel, Prosus | Press-reported | [QOSMIC press release via SpaceNews](https://spacenews.com/accel-and-prosus-backed-qosmic-raises-3-33-million-to-build-optical-ground-stations-for-the-orbital-data-economy/) |
| 2026-06-08 | [Juno Propulsion](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/juno-propulsion) | Pre-Seed | $1.4M | SOSV | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [Payload Space](https://payloadspace.com/juno-propulsion-raises-1-4m-pre-seed-for-rde-mission/) |
| 2026-06-08 | [Skybound Medtech](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/skybound-medtech) | - | $1.3M | - | SEC-verified | [SEC EDGAR Form D](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2143631/000208061226000042/0002080612-26-000042-index.htm) |
| 2026-04-10 | [Spacety](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/spacety) | Equity financing (multiple rounds) | stated as CNY 1,300,000,000 | - | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [SpaceNews](https://spacenews.com/spacety-raises-190-million-to-scale-satellite-manufacturing-plans-ipo/) |
| 2026-04-13 | [Archangel Lightworks](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/archangel-lightworks) | Series A | stated as GBP 10,000,000 | Santander Alternative Investments | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [SatNews](https://satnews.com/2026/04/13/archangel-lightworks-secures-10m-series-a-to-scale-optical-ground-infrastructure/) |
| 2026-04-15 | [Turion Space](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/turion-space) | Series B | stated as USD 75,000,000 | Washington Harbour Partners | Editor-entered | [SpaceNews](https://spacenews.com/turion-space-raises-75-million-to-expand-maneuverable-satellite-fleet/) |
| 2026-04-22 | [ATMOS Space Cargo](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/atmos-space-cargo) | Series A | stated as EUR 25,700,000 | Expansion, Balnord | Editor-entered | [European Spaceflight](https://europeanspaceflight.com/atmos-space-cargo-raises-e25-7-million-to-begin-space-return-operations/) |
| 2026-05-06 | [LiveEO](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/liveeo) | Growth | stated as EUR 28,000,000 | - | Editor-entered | [European Spaceflight](https://europeanspaceflight.com/liveeo-secures-e28-million-to-accelerate-push-into-defence-applications/) |
| 2026-05-06 | [Nayuta Space](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/nayuta-space) | Pre-A | undisclosed | - | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [SpaceNews](https://spacenews.com/chinas-nayuta-space-raises-fresh-funding-for-aerodynamic-recovery-rocket/) |
| 2026-05-19 | [TerraByte AI](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/terrabyte-ai) | Pre-Seed | undisclosed | - | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [GeekWire Space](https://www.geekwire.com/2026/terrabyte-ai-stealth-geospatial-data/) |
| 2026-06-05 | [Apex](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/apex) | - | stated as USD 200,000,000 | Glade Brook Capital Partners | Press-reported | [Payload Space](https://payloadspace.com/apex-raises-200m-at-2-3b-valuation/) |

## What this edition counts

- This edition counts closed private funding rounds into space companies dated April 1, 2026 to June 30, 2026, as recorded in the SpaceNexus funding database when the edition was frozen on September 29, 2026. A round reported after the freeze is on the live tracker, not in this edition; the edition page says how many there are.
- Private funding counts 44 of the 70 capital events recorded in the quarter: priced equity rounds from seed to late stage, growth and strategic rounds and bridges. A convertible note or SAFE recorded on its own counts only once it converts into a priced round; until then it is debt and is reported separately. Grants are public money, not investment, and are reported separately.
- Not counted, and reported separately with their own totals: grants (labelled as grants) (1, $33.0M); private rounds and grants into companies not classed as space (defense and other cross-domain companies without a space subsector) (3, $5.40B); ipos, direct listings and spac mergers (2, $86.73B); follow-on, at-the-market and other offerings by listed companies (7, $220.0M); debt financing (9, $26.33B); state capital (government or state-owned funds) (2, $30.6M); acquisitions (not funding) (1, $22.0M); instrument not stated (held until a source says the money is equity) (1, $500K).
- Each row is classified from its own recorded round type and stage label. A private placement into a listed company counts as a listed-company offering; "Pre-IPO" is a private round.
- A company counts as listed from its first trading day on a stock exchange (or the close of its SPAC merger). Rounds dated before that day are its private history and count as private funding like any other private round. Where a listed company’s listing date is not yet recorded, its current listing status decides and the row is marked "listing date not yet recorded".
- 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.
- 8 counted rounds have no disclosed amount and add $0, so the totals are a floor, not an estimate.
- Lead investors are split into co-leads ("Eclipse / Riot Ventures" is two leads). A co-led round counts in full for each co-lead, so the lead-investor totals can add up to more than the quarter.
- Sector attribution follows the company profile, so a company that changed sector is reported under its current one in both quarters.
- Q1 2026 has no frozen edition, so the comparison with it is computed from the live record at the freeze, by the same rule.
- Announced raises that have not closed ("Raising now": a company says it is raising, or a report says it is in talks) are never counted. Only a closed round is a round.
- Evidence: 9 sec-verified, 18 press-reported, 17 editor-entered. SEC-verified means the round was matched to an SEC Form D filing; press-reported means it was taken from a cited news report or company announcement and not yet matched to a filing; editor-entered means an editor recorded it by hand.
- 6 rounds were stated only as a floor or an approximation ("more than", "about"). They count as a round, the stated figure is shown and in the CSV, and nothing is added to the dollar total until a source gives an exact figure.
- Rounds announced in another currency are converted to US dollars at the reference rate recorded on the round; the original amount is in the CSV.
- Every figure is computed from our own records; nothing in this edition is model-written.

## Corrections

- 2026-10-05: Corrected 2026-10-05: BlackSky's $150 million of at-the-market share sales took place during Q2 2026 (its Q2 results: "During the quarter, the Company raised $150 million"), so the offering is listed beside the Q2 total (it had been dated August, in Q3). Offerings by listed companies are never in the total, so the Q2 figure does not change.
- 2026-10-07: Corrected after the October 2026 independent fact-check of private companies' funding rows (Q2 2026 rows). Astranis's $155 million delayed-draw credit facility from Trinity Capital, announced with its May 2026 Series E, is recorded as debt. ElevationSpace's Series B, announced as JPY 6.4 billion, is converted at the ECB rate of its announcement day: $39,695,370, not the rounded $40 million. Hermeus's April 2026 Series C equity was recorded twice, as a press-reported $200 million and as its Form D ($200,589,992): the press row is removed and the Form D row is dated to the 7 April announcement, labelled Series C, with lead investor Khosla Ventures. A second source is attached to Orbcomm's $460 million debt refinancing. Turion Space's Series B was stated as more than $75 million, a floor, so it keeps no dollar figure; the stated figure and lead investor Washington Harbour Partners are recorded. Rows counted in the private-funding total: ElevationSpace, Turion Space. Rows listed beside the total, never added in: Astranis, Orbcomm (debt); Hermeus (not classed as a space company by its recorded sector).
- 2026-10-07: Corrected after the October 2026 fact-check of the Starfish Space, QOSMIC and Skybound Medtech rows (Q2 2026 rows). Starfish Space's April 2026 Series B, announced as "over $100 million" and counted until now with no dollar figure, counts at $111,690,329, the total amount sold on its SEC Form D (0001886318-26-000001), the exact figure for the same round. QOSMIC's $3.33 million seed round, announced on 24 June 2026, is added: the row had no source link, so the open-data rule left it out; it now cites the company's own release. Skybound Medtech's $1,250,000 equity raise on SEC Form D (0002080612-26-000042), first sale 8 June 2026, is added: it was recorded after the edition was frozen. Rows counted in the private-funding total: Starfish Space, QOSMIC, Skybound Medtech.
- 2026-10-08: Corrected after the October 2026 Research accuracy review and the full re-verification of 2026 funding rows (Q2 2026). Zenk Space's CNY 180M round ($26,528,463) is state capital, not private funding: no lead is named and three of its four named investors are government-controlled (rule 3, no-named-lead test). ICEYE's EUR 450M Series F is converted at the ECB rate of 9 June 2026: $520,785,000 (was $520,000,000). Isar Aerospace's EUR 270M Series D is converted at the ECB rate of 9 June 2026: $312,471,000 (was $312,000,000). Optera's GBP 3M round is state capital, not private funding: it was led by the UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund, financed by UK government bodies (rule 3, government-financed funds); it is dated 15 June 2026. Sophia Space's $7M June raise is a SAFE that has not converted, so it is debt under rule 1, not a private round (it was counted because its round type was blank). Dispatch's $500,000 is held out: no source says what instrument it was (rule 1, instrument not stated). The edition now reads $3,423,804,785 across 44 rounds (was $3,460,599,648 across 48).

## Sources

- Each round's cited source: SEC Form D filings, company announcements and press reports, linked per round above

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