Australian space tech company Gilmour Space Technologies has raised USD ~$150 million in a Series E funding round to accelerate the next phase of growth in Australia’s domestic space capability.  The round was jointly led by the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC) and Hostplus , with participation from Future Fund , Blackbird , Funds SA , HESTA , NGS Super , Main Sequence , QIC , and Brighter Super . Founded on the Gold Coast, Gilmour Space is building an end-to-e

Canada Rocket Company (CRC), a Toronto-based launch startup, has emerged from stealth with a $6.2M CAD ($4.5M USD) seed funding round led entirely by Canadian investors, marking one of the largest all-Canadian seed rounds to date for a space and defense startup. The round was co-led by the Business Development Bank of Canada ( BDC ) and Garage Capital  ( Mike McCauley , Devon Galloway , Michael Litt ), with participation from Ripple Ventures  ( Matt Cohen , Dominic Lau ), Pan