# StirlingX funding: rounds and investors

> StirlingX has raised $35M across 3 rounds since 2025. Investors include Anorak Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

United Kingdom · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *StirlingX*

3 rounds we have observed, with the one investor 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 4 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$35M** raised across 3 rounds since 2025, from 3 sources

**$4.5M** Series A **$11M** Seed **$20M** Series A

- **Latest round:** Series A, $20M Jul 2026
- **Step-up i:** 1.8×
- **Investors:** 1

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.

2026

**$4.5M** Series A

**$11M** Seed

**$20M** Series A

- **First round:** Series A, $4.5M
- **Biggest round:** $20M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 8 months

## The rounds

- **Jul 2026** Series A **$20M** *1 returning* [Anorak Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anorak-ventures) Source recorded
- **Nov 2025** Seed **$11M** *1 new* [Anorak Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anorak-ventures) Source recorded SEC filing: $9.3M sold, first sale May 2025
- **Jun 2025** Series A **$4.5M** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet

## Funding filed with regulators

StirlingX filed 2 raises, $29M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.

- Jul 2026 **$25M** UK share allotment
- Jun 2025 **$4.5M** UK share allotment

## Founders and team

From StirlingX's own website: 8 on the team.

- **Dean Jones** CEO
- **Daniel Clarke** CTO
- **Matt Rake** Chief Regulatory Officer
- **Olivia Mills** Chief of Staff
- **Alex Ryden** Head of Marketing
- **Rowley Cory-Wright** Head of Flight Operations
- **Mandeep Dhensa** Director Of Sales
- **Sir Jeremy Fleming** Chairman

Advisers *Nader Elm*

## Everyone who backed them

[Anorak Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anorak-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list StirlingX 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.

[GALLOS Technologies Limited](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gallos-technologies) VC firm Per its own site

[One 9 Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/one9) Private equity Per its own site

## Quick answers about StirlingX

### Who invested in StirlingX?

StirlingX's investors include Anorak Ventures.

### How much has StirlingX raised?

StirlingX has raised $35M across 3 rounds since 2025.

### When did StirlingX last raise?

StirlingX's most recent round was a Series A of $20M in Jul 2026.

### What was StirlingX's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $20M in Jul 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed StirlingX first?

StirlingX's first round on record, in Nov 2025, was backed by Anorak Ventures.

### What stage is StirlingX at?

StirlingX's latest named round is a Series A, in Jul 2026.

### Where is StirlingX based?

StirlingX is based in the United Kingdom.

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