Tumbleweed
Overview
Microgravity for your research starting at €15,000. We built a completely novel way to ship things to Low-Earth Orbit so you can innovate in microgravity without becoming a space company.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$7.5M
1 round on record
Latest round
$7.5M
Seed · Nov 2026 · this month
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
The money's age
Fresh money
0 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
35/100
in the news, fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Nov 3
Raised a round Seed $7.5M · Tech Funding News
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | Nov 2026 | $7.5M | — | Tech Funding News |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Dutch Entity Team Tumbleweed Netherlands B.V. | its site |
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Financials
Total raised
$7.5M
Latest round
Seed
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | 2026 | $7.5M | Details |
News
Tumbleweed Raises €6.9 Million In Seed Funding To Expand Microgravity Research And Launch Three Space Missions In 2027
Tumbleweed, an Austrian space technology company developing commercial microgravity research infrastructure, has raised €6.9 million in seed funding to expand its satellite platform and increase access to research opportunities in orbit. The post Tumblewe
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Tumbleweed raises record €6.9M seed round to bring microgravity research to the masses
Austrian startup Tumbleweed has raised €6.9 million in the country's largest-ever spacetech seed round, just four months after launching Austria's first commercial satellite. PactVC led the round, wit...
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Rejected by SpaceX twice, Austrian startup Tumbleweed raises €6.9M to fly experiments in orbit
After being rejected by SpaceX twice, Tumbleweed, an Austrian spacetech startup, has successfully launched Austria's first commercial satellite…
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