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Largest Funding Rounds & Leading Sectors

• The single largest deal in Q2 was a $600 million round raised by True Anomaly, a US defense-focused space startup involved in space-based missile interceptors and national security contracts .
• Defense/security was a dominant theme: True Anomaly's round and the broader "Golden Dome" contracting wave (US Space Force contracts for space-based missile interceptors) drove major capital flows .
• Satellite Earth observation / SAR: ICEYE (Finnish SAR satellite operator) raised a €450M Series D+ in June 2026 and separately secured a €300M (~$325M) revolving credit facility, making it one of the most heavily funded companies in the quarter .
• Launch: Isar Aerospace (German launch startup) raised a €270M Series D+ in June 2026 .
• Space-based data/connectivity: ALL.SPACE was acquired by York Space Systems for $355 million, and HawkEye 360 (RF geospatial analytics) completed a NYSE IPO raising ~$416M at a ~$2.8B valuation .

Trailing Twelve-Month (TTM) Trend vs. Prior Year

• The TTM total of $23 billion is more than double the ~$9.7 billion recorded in the TTM to Q2 2025, reflecting a dramatic acceleration in capital flowing into the sector .
• Deal count grew more modestly (620 vs. 582), indicating that the surge in dollar volume was driven primarily by much larger deal sizes rather than a pure increase in the number of rounds .

Outlook

Seraphim Space noted that investors are now closely watching whether Blue Origin will raise approximately $10 billion, which would further extend the record-breaking pace of capital formation in the sector .