Startup · United Kingdom

BioOrbit

HQ London, United KingdomFounded 20231-10 employeesUpdated Oct 18, 2026

BioOrbit is building the platform for scalable pharmaceutical manufacturing in space.

Startup Biotechnology and biomanufacturing Space, launch and counterspace

Funding1 round · $13.2M

Equity raised: $13.2M
Latest: $13.2MSeed · Apr 30, 2026

Funding rounds
Announced	Stage	Amount	Valuation	Lead investors	Other investors	Confidence
Apr 30, 2026	Seed	$13.2M	—	BREEGA, LocalGlobe	7percent Ventures, Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund, Seedcamp, Type One Ventures	Reported

Seed
Led by BREEGA, LocalGlobe
With 7percent Ventures, Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund, Seedcamp, Type One Ventures
$13.2M
Apr 30, 2026

Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.

Capabilities2

Capabilities
Technology	Role	Maturity	TRL	Notes	Confidence
Biotechnology and biomanufacturing	Developer	—	—	classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Pharmaceutical manufacturing platform in space; a space-services business with no stated defense use.	Reported
Space, launch and counterspace	Developer	—	—	classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Pharmaceutical manufacturing platform in space; a space-services business with no stated defense use.	Reported

Biotechnology and biomanufacturing
Developer
classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Pharmaceutical manufacturing platform in space; a space-services business with no stated defense use.
—Reported
Space, launch and counterspace
Developer
classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Pharmaceutical manufacturing platform in space; a space-services business with no stated defense use.
—Reported

Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.

People4

All 4 people →

People
Person	Role
Katie King · LinkedIn ↗	Founder and CEO
Katie King · LinkedIn ↗	CEO and Co-Founder
Kenneth Savin · LinkedIn ↗	Chief Scientific Officer
Molly Mulligan · LinkedIn ↗	President

Sources8

Profile4

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DatabaseBioOrbit - PitchBook company profile
PitchBook · Supports Organization · country, Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url
“country: GB”
2
DatabaseSixth-Domain public startups directory
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · kind
“{"group": "startups", "id": "70f98ac3-d9fc-4a2e-b00a-5d5d6065bfe1", "name": "BioOrbit"}”
3
CompanyBioOrbit | Scaling Protein Crystallisation in Microgravity
BioOrbit · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website
“BioOrbit is building the platform for scalable pharmaceutical manufacturing in space.”
4
DatabaseBioOrbit - LinkedIn company profile
LinkedIn · Supports Organization · country, Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url
“country: GB”

Funding2

5
NewsBioOrbit Raises £9.8M Seed To Manufacture Cancer Drugs in Orbit
Payload · Supports Funding round, Funding round · amount, Organization · ownership
“LocalGlobe and BREEGA co-led the round”
6
NewsBioOrbit raises £9.8M seed round for scalable biologics manufacturing
LinkedIn (Type One Ventures) · Supports Funding round · amount
“has raised a £9.8M ($13.2M) seed round”

People2

7
NewsBioOrbit secures world’s largest seed round for in-space manufacturing
bioindustry.org · Supports Role
“Katie King, Founder and CEO of BioOrbit, said:”
8
DatabaseBioOrbit - Crunchbase company profile
Crunchbase · Supports Organization · country, Organization · employee range, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url, Role
“country: GB”

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