# Orbit Fab funding: rounds and investors

> Orbit Fab has raised $6.8M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include Techstars, National Science Foundation and Gaingels. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/orbit-fab (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Orbit Fab*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 5 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

Raised 12 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$6.8M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources

**$3.0M** Seed **$3.8M** Grant

- **Latest round:** Grant, $3.8M Nov 2025
- **Step-up i:** 1.3×
- **Investors:** 5

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.

2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

**$3.0M** Seed

**$3.8M** Grant

- **First round:** Seed, $3.0M
- **Biggest round:** $3.8M
- **Between rounds:** 6.1 years

## The rounds

- **Nov 2025** Grant **$3.8M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Tribe Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tribe-capital) Source recorded
- **Oct 2019** Seed **$3.0M** *2 new* [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) Type 1 Ventures Reported by TechCrunch

## Founders and team

From Orbit Fab's own website: 1 founder, 14 on the team.

**Daniel Faber** Co-Founder

- **Peter Shaper** CEO
- **Jeff Lints** Chief Commercial Officer
- **Mariah Hake** Chief Engineer
- **Meghan Allen** Chief Strategy Officer
- **Shawn Hendricks** Chief Operating Officer
- **Arul Suresh** Principal Engineer
- **Chris Stott** Board of Advisors Member
- **Don Rogers** Chairman of the Board
- **Dr. Claire Leon** Board of Advisors Member
- **Frank Murphy** Senior Director of Operations
- **Jake Geer** UK Managing Director
- **Jerry McIntyre** General Counsel
- **Maj. Gen. Jody A. Merritt** Board of Advisors Member
- **Rick Black** Board of Advisors Member

## 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.

**Seed** 2019 **Grant** 2025 [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Tribe Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tribe-capital) Type 1 Ventures

## Everyone who backed them

[Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) VC firm **2** rounds

[National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) Government **1** round

[Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) Private equity **1** round

[Tribe Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tribe-capital) VC firm **1** round

Type 1 Ventures 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=orbit-fab).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 18 firms list Orbit Fab as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Asymmetry Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/asymmetry-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Good Growth Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/good-growth-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Ecosystem Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ecosystem-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Industrious Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/industrious-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[AIN Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ain-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Helios Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/helios-capital) Family office Per its own site

[Jackson Moses](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jackson-moses) Angel Per its own site

[Aurum Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aurum-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site

[Chubby Fish](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chubby-fish) Family office Per its own site

[CoreNest Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/corenest-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Digital Disrupt](https://millionrounds.com/fund/digital-disrupt) Angel network Per its own site

[Lontra Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lontra-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Massive](https://millionrounds.com/fund/massive) VC firm Per its own site

[Mehta Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mehta-ventures) Family office Per its own site

[Morgan Brook Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/morgan-brook-capital) Private equity Per its own site

[VU Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vu-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site

[Wealthing VC Club](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wealthing-vc-club) VC firm Per its own site

[Wealthing VC Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wealthing-vc-fund) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Orbit Fab

### Who invested in Orbit Fab?

Orbit Fab's investors include Techstars, National Science Foundation, Gaingels, Tribe Capital and Type 1 Ventures.

### How much has Orbit Fab raised?

Orbit Fab has raised $6.8M across 2 rounds since 2019.

### When did Orbit Fab last raise?

Orbit Fab's most recent round was a Grant of $3.8M in Nov 2025.

### What was Orbit Fab's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $3.8M in Nov 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Orbit Fab first?

Orbit Fab's first round on record, in Oct 2019, was backed by Techstars and Type 1 Ventures.

### What stage is Orbit Fab at?

Orbit Fab's latest named round is a Grant, in Nov 2025.

### Where is Orbit Fab based?

Orbit Fab is based in the United States.

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