Startup · $200k raised
Brisbane, QLD
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Valiant Space raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Space Agency | Grant · Accelerator | $200,000 |
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Valiant Space's VS-1 thruster has reached orbit aboard Space Machines Company's Optimus servicing vehicle after flying on a Falcon 9, with its development backed by an Australian Space Agency grant programme.
Twelve Australian spacetech companies received Moon to Mars Supply Chain Capability grants totalling over $9m for NASA's Artemis, with NextAero, Neumann Space, Metakosmos, Valiant Space, Gilmour Space Technologies and HEO Robotics among those funded.
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Australia's government announces over $9 million in Moon to Mars grants for twelve space projects aligned with NASA's Artemis, helping local companies enter global supply chains.
Valiant Space receives a government grant under the Moon to Mars Initiative to scale and flight-test its non-toxic thruster, with orbital demonstrations planned aboard SpaceX missions ahead of a 2023 market entry.
The Gold Coast rocket maker has won federal co-funding for a 32-member space manufacturing network, backing a Queensland manufacturing hub and a new orbital launch pad at Bowen.
Five Australian spacetech firms won federal grants: EffusionTech, Romar Engineering, Titomic and Q-CTRL under the Modern Manufacturing Initiative, and Valiant Space for a Moon to Mars thruster feasibility study.
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SmartCompany surveys Australia's space tech sector as Gilmour Space lands a $61 million Series C, profiling players such as Fleet, Myriota and Space Machines and recalling Moonshot's incubator backing of eleven startups.
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Australia's space agency has awarded $4 million in Demonstrator Feasibility grants to twenty organisations, backing projects including a lunar construction rover and Valiant Space's in-space chemical thruster, part of the Moon to Mars initiative.