Tumbleweed raises record €6.9M seed round to bring microgravity research to the masses

Tumbleweed Takes €6.9M To Fly Lab Experiments Into Orbit

Austrian startup Tumbleweed flies researchers’ experiments into orbit in small lab containers and has closed a €6.9M seed round led by PactVC.

Tumbleweed Raises 6.9 Million to Expand Microgravity Research and Develop Sample Return

Tumbleweed has raised €6.9 million to finance additional microgravity research missions and develop Oasis Beta, a spacecraft designed to return experimental samples to Earth. The Vienna-based company’s funding announcement on November 3, 2026, identifies three missions planned for 2027 and a return-capable platform targeted for 2028.

Following Austria's first commercial satellite launch, Tumbleweed raises €6.9 million to accelerate space missions

SpaceTech company Tumbleweed has raised €6.9 million, allegedly the largest SpaceTech Seed round ever raised in Austria, four months after the startup put the country’s first commercial satellite in orbit. The round was led by PactVC, with participation from Vanagon Ventures, early backer Prototype Capital, and EWOR. Notably, over one-third of Tumbleweed’s 25-person team also invested personal funds. “This funding will allow us to scale what we’…

Tumbleweed raises record €6.9M seed round to bring microgravity research to the masses

Just four months after launching Austria’s first commercial satellite, Tumbleweed is scaling its modular orbital laboratories to make space-based research accessible to companies without their own space infrastructure.

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…

Tumbleweed Raises €6.9M to Build its Own Reentry Vehicle

Tumbleweed announced the closing of a €6.9M ($7.7M) seed round to fund the development of an in-orbit research vehicle—called Oasis Beta.