# Rick Tumlinson

> Rick Tumlinson is a startup investor in Austin. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Austin, United States
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricktumlinson/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/rocketrick

Rick Tumlinson is a startup investor in Austin. Rick Tumlinson has been called one of the world’s top space “visionaries” and is credited with helping create the commercial space industry, often referred to as: NewSpace. He is a founding partner of SpaceFund, a new type of investment firm at the intersection of digital financial technologies and space development. A leading writer, speaker andCongressional witness, he led the commercial takeover of the Russian Mir space station, signed the first space tourist, co-founded the Space Frontier Foundation, and was a founding board member of the X-Prize. Rick also founded Deep Space Industries – an asteroid mining company. As a result of his world-changing work, in 2015 he won the World Technology Award. Currently, his non-profit organization, New Worlds Institute, is developing the people and technology to settle the frontier.

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