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Scottish Investment Bank

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The Scottish National Investment Bank is Scotland's development bank that provides funding and investment to support economic growth across Scotland. It invests in businesses and projects across various industries, including the space industry, that align with its missions of achieving net-zero emissions, transforming communities, and scaling up innovation and technology. The bank provides long-term capital through equity investments, debt, or third-party funds. A key investment in the space sector includes backing Orbex, a Scottish launch services company, to develop launch vehicles and construct a spaceport.

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Scotland, United Kingdom
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The Scottish National Investment Bank provided a £10.5 million follow-on investment in Orbex’s Series C funding round.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.0Apr 22, 2024Orbex Secures £16.7 Million in Funding to Ramp Up the Development of its Prime Rocket

Construction of Spaceport Sutherland is an ongoing factor affecting the timing of Prime’s launch, and Nicola Douglas, executive director of innovation at the Scottish National Investment Bank, expects Spaceport Sutherland to be completed 2024.

PlanGovernanceValue 3.6Apr 19, 2024Orbex raises $20.8 million Series C extension

Orbex secured £40.4 million in a Series C funding round led by Scottish National Investment Bank.

FinancialRelationshipsValue 4.0Feb 21, 2024Orbex secures international patent for coaxial rocket fuel tanks

Orbex raised £40,400,000in a Series C round led by the Scottish National Investment Bank.

FinancialValue 4.0Apr 14, 2023Orbex CEO resigns

Orbex secured £40.4 million in a Series C funding round led by the Scottish National Investment Bank.

FinancialRelationshipsValue 4.0Oct 18, 2022Orbex secures £40.4 million in Series C Funding

Orbex raised £40,400,000 ($45,800,000) in a Series C funding round on 2022-10-18 led by the Scottish National Investment Bank.

FinancialGrowthValue 4.6Oct 18, 2022Orbex raises Series C round

The July 2021 seed investment round for Krucial was led by US-based venture capital firm Space Capital and joined by the Scottish National Investment Bank.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 3.8Aug 25, 2022R3-Iot rebrands as Krucial and launches IoT connectivity products

Since 2012, Spire Global has secured around $180,000,000 in capital from investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, RRE Ventures, Scottish Investment Bank, Seraphim Capital, and Lemnos.

FinancialValue 4.0Mar 1, 2021Spire Global joins rush to public markets with $1.6 billion SPAC deal

Spire Global announced over $40,000,000 in new funding on 2019-09-25 from strategic partners ITOCHU, Mitsui, and Scottish Investment Bank and financial investors led by the GPO Fund, Perennial Value Management Limited, and Bessemer Ventures.

FinancialRelationshipsValue 4.8Sep 25, 2019Spire Global announces new funding to drive Weather offering
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