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Germany's Polaris Spaceplanes raises EUR 5.4 million seed top-up for AURORA

German start-up POLARIS Spaceplanes raised an oversubscribed EUR 5.4 million seed top-up, led by Capnamic Ventures Bremen and Spacewalk VC. The round lifts its total funding to EUR 12.4 million for its AURORA hypersonic spaceplane.

Reported Editor-read European Spaceflight, 13 June 2025

What it does not test. It does not establish a government contract, a military customer, or that AURORA has flown.

How this item counts. This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the European Sovereignty Index.

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