Outlier Space

Space Services
2open roles
$7.4Mlatest round · Venture round · Jul 2026 · 3 mo ago
4backers · AirTree Ventures, GD1
10+team · employees, estimated range

Overview

Outlier Space delivers flexible, scalable microgravity access with safe return to Earth. Launching in 2028 — reserve your payload's place in orbit.

Funding and backers

Total raised
$7.4M
1 round on record
Latest round
$7.4M
Venture round · Jul 2026 · 3 mo ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
2
+1 posted in 30 days
Backers
4
AirTree Ventures, GD1
The money's age
Fresh money
3 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
33/100
hiring for its size, fresh money
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jul 27 Raised a round Venture round $7.4M
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Venture round Jul 2026 $7.4M — nbr.co.nz
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
28/100
Slowing
Open positions
2
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Industrial Engineering
100% ▲

Financials

Total raised
$7.4M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2026 $7.4M Details

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Outlier Space over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
12
Postings analysed
2
Stack modernity
74/100
Languages
C++
Python
MATLAB
Cloud & platforms
Kubernetes
Linux
Developer tools
Docker
Git
SolidWorks
Practices & domains
CI/CD
Human-in-the-Loop
TCP/IP
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Connections

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Shared investors4
GD1Via a fund
40 portfolio companies: Vessev, VXT, Zennoastronautics and 37 more
42 portfolio companies: Tally Forms, Business News Australia, - Startup Playbook and 39 more
120 portfolio companies: Foremark Legal, Monarch, Metacognitionai and 117 more
InvestibleVia a fund
134 portfolio companies: SpaceX, Zerojet, Zincovery and 131 more
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News

News NZ Herald 4 months ago
Outlier raises millions for reusable satellite start-up
A former America's Cup design engineer and Rocket Lab launch director is having a crack at his own space venture - and he reckons he's found a niche.
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Auckland
Auckland New Zealand
HQ
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Jul 2026 job postings