Company
The Exploration Company
We build space vehicles for humanity.
Also known as The Exploration Company GmbH
- Status
- Operatingas of 2026-09-17
- Business model
- B2B
- Headquarters
- Munich, Germany
- Founded
- 2021
- Employees
- 550+ Space ExplorersSource (opens in a new tab)
- Customers
- serve space stations
- Legal name
- The Exploration Company GmbH
- exploration.space (opens in a new tab)
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Record updated 8 October 2026
About
We are building space vehicles, including a reusable capsule, and a high-thrust rocket engine.
Funding snapshot
- Total raised
- $610MSum of rounds, as of 2026-10-08Source (opens in a new tab)
- Latest round
- Series C, $450M2026-09-08
Funding rounds
- Series C
- $450M2026-09-08, Company stated
- Series B
- $160M2024-11, Announced
- Series A
- 2023-02
- Round, 2021
- 2021-11
Products
- Hardware
- Nyx
- Hardware
- Storm