Dated disclosed rounds · latest 2022-10-01
Later stage / growth
Orbex
Small satellite launch vehicles
VerifiedSeries CForres, Scotland
- Companies House
- 09580714
- GLEIF LEI
- Not matched
- Latest evidence
- 2022-10-01
- Evidence snapshot
- 2026-08-25
Exact award notices · latest No exact award match
2026-08-01
Jun 2026
Signals organise dated evidence; they do not score growth, revenue, creditworthiness or investment performance.
Evidence timeline
3 dated observations
Funding, procurement, registry and identifier records are placed on one chronology. Each row says whether it is a source fact, a record observation or reference metadata; no inferred event is inserted.
RegistryRecord observation Status observed: In Administration
Snapshot evidence only; this row does not claim the status changed on this date.
FundingSource fact Series C
£40.4m (~$46.3m) · 8 named investors
RegistryRegistry fact Company incorporated
ORBITAL EXPRESS LAUNCH LIMITED · company 09580714
Latest disclosed round
Series C
- Date
- 2022-10-01
- Amount
- GBP 40.4m
- Sector
- Deeptech / hardware
- Companies House
- 09580714
- ONS region
- Scotland
Evidence status
Directory ready
- Identity
- Verified
- Match
- High — exact company number and aligned registered name
- Operating status
- administration
- Data origins
- Core directory, Growth Network, Live Chris T D1
Capital network
8 linked investors
Lead, participant, lender and other retained roles remain distinct where the source supports them. Every relationship below names its source layer, observation date, match method and publication state.
Scottish National Investment BankleadBGFparticipantDanish Green Future FundparticipantHeartcore CapitalparticipantHigh-Tech GründerfondsparticipantJacobsparticipantOctopus VenturesparticipantVerve Venturesparticipant
| Investor | Role | Date | Source | Match / state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Investment Bank | lead | 2022-10-01 | Space ↗ · Finsmes ↗ | reviewed canonical company and investor alias resolutionsource-linked · published |
| BGF | participant | 2022-10-01 | Space ↗ · Finsmes ↗ | reviewed canonical company and investor alias resolutionsource-linked · published |
| Danish Green Future Fund | participant | 2022-10-01 | Space ↗ · Finsmes ↗ | reviewed canonical company and investor alias resolutionsource-linked · published |
| Heartcore Capital | participant | 2022-10-01 | Space ↗ · Finsmes ↗ | reviewed canonical company and investor alias resolutionsource-linked · published |
| High-Tech Gründerfonds | participant | 2022-10-01 | Space ↗ · Finsmes ↗ | reviewed canonical company and investor alias resolutionsource-linked · published |
| Jacobs | participant | 2022-10-01 | Space ↗ · Finsmes ↗ | reviewed canonical company and investor alias resolutionsource-linked · published |
| Octopus Ventures | participant | 2022-10-01 | Space ↗ · Finsmes ↗ | reviewed canonical company and investor alias resolutionsource-linked · published |
| Verve Ventures | participant | 2022-10-01 | Space ↗ · Finsmes ↗ | reviewed canonical company and investor alias resolutionsource-linked · published |
Funding record
1 disclosed round
Open a dated round to move directly between the company, named investors and source publication.
| Date | Stage | Amount | Investors | Named sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-10-01 | Series C | £40.4m (~$46.3m) | Scottish National Investment Bank · Jacobs · Danish Green Future Fund · Verve Ventures · BGF · Heartcore Capital · + 2 more linked | Space ↗ · Finsmes ↗ |
Companies House status and filing snapshot
ORBITAL EXPRESS LAUNCH LIMITED
Exact company-number match from the public register. The retained status is In Administration; do not assume this is a currently trading company. Filing dates and SIC codes are registry context, not a credit or investment-quality assessment.
Registered record
- Status
- In Administration
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Incorporated
- 2015-05-08
- Dissolved
- Not applicable
- Company number
- 09580714
Filing context
- Accounts category
- GROUP
- Accounts made up to
- 2023-12-31
- Next accounts due
- 2025-12-31
- Confirmation made up to
- 2025-01-13
- Registry snapshot
- 2026-08-01
- Live check
- Bulk snapshot only
Former registered names: MOONSPIKE LIMITED
30300Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery
Traceability
Source trail
Funding and investor claims retain named public-source links. This is a dated research snapshot, not a live cap table.