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Investor portfolio, from our funding record
Firm assets $237.0B (firm-stated AUM, 2026-03-31, Baillie Gifford press release, 12 June 2026): all strategies, not money invested in space.
Counted rounds
1
Led
0
1 as participant
Companies
1
Disclosed round value
$300M
1 of 1 rounds disclosed; whole rounds, not this investor's share
First deal
2026-05-06
Astranis
Latest deal
2026-05-06
Astranis
Baillie Gifford appears on 1 counted private space funding round in our records, into 1 company: recorded as lead on 0 and as a participant on 1.
The round is Astranis, 6 May 2026.
1 of the 1 round disclosed a size, together $300M. That is the size of the rounds Baillie Gifford took part in, not the amount Baillie Gifford invested: we hold no per-investor allocations and do not estimate them.
The investor most often on the same counted rounds as Baillie Gifford is Andreessen Horowitz, on 1 round.
5 other recorded transactions naming Baillie Gifford are not counted in this portfolio; each is listed separately with the class that keeps it out (companies not classed as space: 2, secondary sales: 2, offerings by listed companies: 1).
Private funding rounds into space companies that name Baillie Gifford as lead or participant, newest first, each with its source. Round size is the whole round; a blank size was never disclosed and is not estimated.
| Date | Company | Stage | Role | Round size | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AstranisRecorded as Series E | Series D and later | Participant | $300M | Payload (opens the source for this round) |
Rounds come from company announcements, regulatory filings and press reports. Amounts, valuations and investors are as reported and may be incomplete or later revised. Not investment advice, and not an offer or solicitation for any security. Full disclaimer
| Stage | Rounds |
|---|---|
| Series D and later | 1 |
| Sector | Rounds |
|---|---|
| Satellite | 1 |
| Year | Rounds |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 |
Investors named on the same counted rounds, by the number of rounds shared.
Other recorded transactions that name Baillie Gifford. Each class below is kept out of every figure on this page by the same rule our quarterly funding editions use; they are listed so nothing is hidden.
| Date | Company | Class | Role | Round size | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HadrianRecorded as Series D | Private rounds and grants into companies not classed as space (defense and other cross-domain companies without a space subsector) | Lead | $1.37B | PR Newswire (opens the source for this round) | |
| SpaceXRecorded as Tender Offer | Tender offers and secondary sales (existing shares, no new capital) | Participant | $10.0B | No source link on record | |
| Rocket LabRecorded as Follow-on Offering | Follow-on, at-the-market and other offerings by listed companies | Participant | $246M | No source link on record | |
| SpaceXRecorded as Tender Offer | Tender offers and secondary sales (existing shares, no new capital) | Participant | $5.00B | No source link on record | |
| Long WallRecorded as Series B extension | Private rounds and grants into companies not classed as space (defense and other cross-domain companies without a space subsector) | Participant | $200M | SpaceNews (opens the source for this round) |