Gilmour Space secures $61 million; seven more startups heading into orbit
Adam Gilmour, founder and chief of Gilmour Space Technologies. Source: Supplied. Gilmour Space blasted onto the tech pages with news of its $61 million raise this morning, proving the Aussie space scene is attracting interest — and big cheques. It’s the latest in a string of huge funding announcements for local startups. But it also follows an uptick in activity in the Aussie space tech scene. RMIT is set to launch a space hub to support businesses seeking satellite data, and the Australian National University has secured a $2.5 million grant to establish infrastructure for space testing ...