The Exploration Company
Reusable spacecraft and propulsion systems for transporting cargo to orbital stations and returning it to Earth.
$450MSeries C
ParticipantBC
Balderton Capital
Activity from announced rounds
Activity in this selectionGermany
Balderton Capital invests in European technology companies from seed to IPO, with early-stage and growth funds and programmes for leadership development and founder health.
Its portfolio community connects founders and executives with peers who have faced similar company-building decisions. CEO forums and executive coaching provide a structured setting for working through leadership challenges as a startup becomes a larger organisation.
WellFounded extends that work into physical and mental health, including fitness and nutrition. It is a concrete part of Balderton’s founder support model, aimed at sustaining performance through the demands of building a company.
Sources
- Rounds participated in
- 4
- Confirmed lead rounds
- 2 1 roles undisclosed
- New companies
- 3 First participation on record · 1 follow-on
- Funding in participating rounds
- $1.3B 4 disclosed · full round size, not this investor’s share
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Rounds
4 in this selectionProxima Fusion
Develops commercial fusion power plants based on stellarator concept
€411MGrowth
Role not disclosedQuantum Systems
Makes unmanned aerial and land drones for defence and military applications
€180MSeries C extension
LeadQuantum Systems
Makes unmanned aerial and land drones for defence and military applications
€160MSeries C
Lead