The Exploration Company (Series B)
Funding Details
- Awarder
- Inbox
- Date Award
- June 09, 2025
- Vertical
- Space
- Funding URL
- View Funding Page
- Funding Amount:
- $160,000,000
Company Info
- Founding Year
- 2021
- Traction
- The company has a contract backlog of $770 million, with 90% from private station developers. It has also been awarded a €25 million study contract from the European Space Agency.
- Organizations Involved
- European Space Agency, Vast, Axiom Space, Starlab
- Founders
- Hélène Huby
- Company Description
- The Exploration Company is developing Europe’s first reusable space capsule, the Nyx spacecraft, capable of carrying 3,000 kilograms of cargo to and from Earth. Founded by aerospace engineer Hélène Huby in 2021, the company aims to conduct Nyx’s maiden flight to and from the ISS in 2028.
- Market
- Cargo delivery to and from the International Space Station
- Location
- Germany
- Coinvestors
- Balderton Capital, Plural, Bessemer Venture Partners, NGP Capital, French Tech Souveraineté, DeepTech & Climate Fonds