# Orbex Space funding: rounds and investors > Orbex Space has raised $68M across 2 rounds since 2018. Investors include Octopus Ventures, Verve Ventures and HTGF High-Tech Gründerfonds. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/orbex-space (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Series D startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Orbex Space* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 9 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. Aerospace & Space Follow Orbex Space and see its new rounds in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Fcompany%2Forbex-space) Funding summary Updated 27 Oct 2026 **$68M** raised across 2 rounds since 2018, from 2 sources **$40M** Round **$29M** Series D - **Latest round:** Series D, $29M Jan 2025 - **Biggest round:** $40M Round · Jul 2018 - **Investors:** 9 See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 **$40M** Round **$29M** Series D - **First round:** Round, $40M - **Biggest round:** $40M - **Between rounds:** 6.5 years ## The rounds - **Jan 2025** Series D **$29M** *4 new* [Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) [Verve Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/verve-ventures) [Heartcore Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/heartcore-capital) [UK government](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uk-government) Reported by TechStartups - **Jul 2018** Round **$40M** *5 new* [HTGF High-Tech Gründerfonds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/high-tech-grunderfonds-htgf) [ESA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/european-space-agency) [UK Space Agency](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uk-space-agency) [Sunstone Technology Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sunstone-technology-fund) European Commission Horizon 2020 Reported by Orbex ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Round** 2018 **Series D** 2025 [Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) [Verve Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/verve-ventures) [HTGF High-Tech Gründerfonds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/high-tech-grunderfonds-htgf) [Heartcore Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/heartcore-capital) [ESA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/european-space-agency) [UK government](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uk-government) [UK Space Agency](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uk-space-agency) [Sunstone Technology Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sunstone-technology-fund) European Commission Horizon 2020 ## Everyone who backed them [Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Verve Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/verve-ventures) VC firm **1** round [HTGF High-Tech Gründerfonds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/high-tech-grunderfonds-htgf) VC firm **1** round [Heartcore Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/heartcore-capital) VC firm **1** round [ESA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/european-space-agency) Corporate VC **1** round [UK government](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uk-government) Government **1** round [UK Space Agency](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uk-space-agency) Investment firm **1** round [Sunstone Technology Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sunstone-technology-fund) VC firm **1** round European Commission Horizon 2020 no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=orbex-space). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Orbex Space as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [GAP Technology Hol...](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gap-technology-hol) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Orbex Space ### Who invested in Orbex Space? Orbex Space's investors include Octopus Ventures, Verve Ventures, HTGF High-Tech Gründerfonds, Heartcore Capital and ESA, and 4 more on record. ### How much has Orbex Space raised? Orbex Space has raised $68M across 2 rounds since 2018. ### When did Orbex Space last raise? Orbex Space's most recent round was a Series D of $29M in Jan 2025. ### What was Orbex Space's biggest round? Orbex Space's largest round on record is $40M (Undisclosed round), in Jul 2018. ### Who backed Orbex Space first? Orbex Space's first round on record, in Jul 2018, was backed by HTGF High-Tech Gründerfonds, ESA and UK Space Agency and 2 others. ### What stage is Orbex Space at? Orbex Space's latest named round is a Series D, in Jan 2025. ### Where is Orbex Space based? Orbex Space is based in the United Kingdom. ## Companies like Orbex Space In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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