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Investor portfolio, from our funding record
Government-owned investor. UK government venture fund, run with the British Business Bank. This is the list our funding rule 3 uses: a round every one of whose leads is government-owned is state capital, not a private round.
Recorded in our rows as: NSSIF.
Counted rounds
1
Led
0
1 as participant
Companies
1
Disclosed round value
$276M
1 of 1 rounds disclosed; whole rounds, not this investor's share
First deal
2026-09-14
Open Cosmos
Latest deal
2026-09-14
Open Cosmos
National Security Strategic Investment Fund 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 Open Cosmos, 14 September 2026.
1 of the 1 round disclosed a size, together $276M. That is the size of the rounds National Security Strategic Investment Fund took part in, not the amount National Security Strategic Investment Fund invested: we hold no per-investor allocations and do not estimate them.
The investor most often on the same counted rounds as National Security Strategic Investment Fund is Claret Capital Partners, on 1 round.
1 other recorded transaction naming National Security Strategic Investment Fund is not counted in this portfolio; it is listed separately with the class that keeps it out (state capital: 1).
Private funding rounds into space companies that name National Security Strategic Investment Fund 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open Cosmos | Series C | Participant | $276M | Payload Space (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 C | 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 National Security Strategic Investment Fund. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Space ForgeRecorded as Series A | State capital (government or state-owned funds) | ParticipantAs recorded: NSSIF | $30.1M | Via Satellite (opens the source for this round) |