Jul 13, 2026 – 5.00amInvestors say Gold Coast-based rocket maker Gilmour Space Technologies’ ambitions to raise the company’s largest ever funding round following SpaceX’s blockbuster sharemarket float will have an outsize impact on the city’s emerging high-tech economy.Adam Gilmour, who founded Gilmour Space with his brother James more than a decade ago, says the homegrown rocket company has been “inundated” with interest from potential investors following Elon Musk’s SpaceX’s $US1.77 trillion ($2.51 trillion) initial public offering in June.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Tess BennettTechnology reporterTess Bennett was a technology reporter at The Australian Financial Review.Fetching latest articles