Chad Anderson, Managing Partner of Space Capital dives into the highlights of Q1 2025 and reflect on a transformative quarter for the space economy. From record investments and the rise of AI-powered geospatial intelligence, we explore the trends shaping the future of the space economy. Resources: Space IQ report: https://www.spacecapital.com/space-iq Learn more about the space economy: https://www.spacecapital.com/space-economy-book...
Apr 30, 2025•20 min•Season 2Ep. 49
Welcome to the newest episode of the Space Capital Podcast, where we will review the Q4 2024 Space IQ review, our quarterly analysis of startup activity and investment trends in the space economy. Space Capital's Chad Anderson and Justus Kilian are going to walk through the results published in our Q4 2024 Space Investment Quarterly, explore current market dynamics, and deep dive into specific themes with industry leaders in Satellite communications and Geospatial intelligence. Download the Q4 2...
Jan 30, 2025•29 min•Season 2Ep. 48
Welcome to the newest episode of the Space Capital Podcast, where we will review the Q3 2024 Space IQ review, our quarterly analysis of startup activity and investment trends in the space economy. Space Capital's Chad Anderson and Justus Kilian are going to walk through the results published in our Q3 2024 Space Investment Quarterly, explore current market dynamics, and deep dive into specific themes with industry leaders in Satellite communications and Geospatial intelligence. Download the Q3 2...
Nov 01, 2024•31 min•Season 2Ep. 47
In this episode of The Space Capital Podcast, host Chad Anderson delves into the burgeoning space economy with Nikolai Khlystov, lead for space at the World Economic Forum. Together, they explore the findings of a groundbreaking report that projects the space economy to reach a staggering $1.8 trillion by 2035. Nikolai shares insights on how space technologies are becoming increasingly ubiquitous, transforming industries far beyond traditional aerospace, and contributing to solving some of the w...
Oct 02, 2024•32 min•Season 2Ep. 46
In the newest episode of the Space Capital Podcast, the team at Space Capital, including our former intern Tycho Bogdanowitsch, discusses the significant impact of SpaceX's Starship on the space economy , emphasizing its unprecedented capabilities and the challenges it presents. The conversation highlights how Starship's ability to launch massive payloads could revolutionize space exploration and infrastructure, while also posing regulatory, technical, and market challenges that need to be addre...
Sep 03, 2024•34 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Welcome to the newest episode of the Space Capital Podcast, where we will review the Q2 2024 Space IQ review, our quarterly analysis of startup activity and investment trends in the space economy. Space Capital Partners, Chad Anderson and Justus Kilian are going to walk through the results published in our Q2 2024 Space Investment Quarterly, explore current market dynamics, and deep dive into specific themes with industry leaders in Satellite communications and Geospatial intelligence. Show Note...
Aug 06, 2024•31 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Welcome to the newest episode of the Space Capital Podcast, where we will review the Q1 2024 Space IQ review, our quarterly analysis of startup activity and investment trends in the space economy. Space Capital Partners, Chad Anderson and Justus Kilian are going to walk through the results published in our Q1 2024 Space Investment Quarterly, explore current market dynamics, and deep dive into specific themes with industry leaders in Satellite communications and Geospatial intelligence. Show Note...
May 02, 2024•26 min•Season 2Ep. 22
In the newest episode of the second season of the Space Capital Podcast and this is the Q4 2023 Space IQ review, our quarterly analysis of startup activity and investment trends in the space economy. Space Capital Partners, Chad Anderson and Justus Kilian are going to walk through the results published in our Q4 2023 Space Investment Quarterly, explore current market dynamics, and deep dive into specific themes with industry leaders in Satellite communications and Geospatial intelligence. Show N...
Feb 20, 2024•22 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Chad Anderson, Founder and Managing Partner at Space Capital, has a discussion with Siamak Hesar and Araz Feyzi, co-founders of Kayhan Space. Kayhan Space specializes in automation for satellite operations and space flight safety.
Dec 19, 2023•34 min•Season 2Ep. 20
In the newest episode of the second season of the Space Capital Podcast and we’re speaking with Sean Gorman, co-founder and CEO of Zephr, a company that is developing a novel network-based approach to augmenting GPS to focus on improving the accuracy and resiliency of GPS/GNSS for mobile phones and wearables. Learn more about the past, present and future of GPS and its impact on the world in today’s podcast. Company website: https://www.zephr.xyz/ Hear from Zephr Founder Sean Gorman: GPS: the te...
Nov 21, 2023•45 min•Season 2Ep. 19
In the newest episode of the second season of the Space Capital Podcast and this is the Q3 2023 Space IQ review, our quarterly analysis of startup activity and investment trends in the space economy. We are going to walk through the results published in our Q3 2023 Space Investment Quarterly, explore current market dynamics, and deep dive into specific themes with industry leaders in Satellite communications and Geospatial intelligence. Show Notes Download the Q3 2023 Space Investment Quarterly ...
Oct 31, 2023•41 min•Season 2Ep. 39
In this seventeenth episode of the second season of the Space Capital Podcast and we're speaking with Stephane Germain, he's the co-founder and CEO of GHGSat. Stephane. Space Capital first invested in GHGSat back in 2018, and was featured on the podcast in 2020. Since then, GHGSat launched several new satellites and products, and has firmly established the company as the global leader in greenhouse gas emissions monitoring. Learn more about how GHGSat is leading the way in monitoring greenhouse ...
Sep 25, 2023•39 min•Season 2Ep. 17
This is the Space Capital podcast and today we’ll discuss the Q2 2023 Space IQ, our quarterly review of startup activity and investment trends in the space economy. We will walk through the results published in our Q2 2023 Space Investment Quarterly, explore current market dynamics, and deep dive into specific themes in the space economy. Download the Q2 2023 Space Investment Quarterly Watch the Space IQ playlist on YouTube Buy The Space Economy wherever you buy books...
Aug 24, 2023•20 min•Season 2Ep. 16
In the 15th episode of the Space Capital podcast, our guest host Justilian, partner at Space Capital is speaking with Brian & Seyka Mejeur, co-founders of AdAstra, a company specializing in talent advisory for space and clean tech startups. Learn more about the importance of talent in this podcast and with the additional links below. Company website: https://adastra.us/ Space Talent Spotlight: Brian Mejeur...
Aug 01, 2023•47 min•Season 2Ep. 15
In the 14th episode of the Space Capital podcast, we are speaking with Alon Grinspoon, founder and CEO of echo3D, a 3D asset management platform helping developers manage and stream 3D AR/VR content. We invested in echo3D in the fall of 2021, and the company's backed by a great syndicate of investors, including Convoy Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Verizon, 5G Lab, and others. Learn more about the future of 3D content and its impact on the world in today’s podcast. Company website: https://www.ech...
Jul 13, 2023•36 min•Season 2Ep. 14
In the 13th episode of the Space Capital Podcast, we'll discuss some of the key trends and big ideas that we believe are driving growth in the space economy and how we're thinking about them. Chad Anderson, Tom Ingersoll, and Justus Kilian, Space Capital Managing Partners will examine how global economic headwinds are impacting the category. Which industries are most affected and which are best positioned to weather the storm?
May 26, 2023•33 min•Season 2Ep. 13
In this 12th episode of the second season of the Space Capital Podcast, we’re breaking from our standard format to discuss the launch of our new book - The Space Economy: Capitalize on the Greatest Business Opportunity of Our Lifetime from Space Capital Managing Partner, Chad Anderson. The new Space Age has already begun, but there is still time for you to get in early. In The Space Economy: Capitalize on the Greatest Business Opportunity of Our Lifetime , accomplished venture capitalist and Spa...
Apr 18, 2023•43 min•Season 2Ep. 12
This is the Space Capital podcast and this is the Q4 2022 Space IQ review, our quarterly analysis of startup activity and investment trends in the space economy. We are going to walk through the results published in our Q4 2022 Space Investment Quarterly, explore current market dynamics, and deep dive into specific themes with industry leaders in Satellite communications and Geospatial intelligence. Download the Q4 2022 Space Investment Quarterly Download The GEOINT Playbook Watch the Space IQ p...
Mar 15, 2023•25 min•Season 2Ep. 11
In the 10th episode of the Space Capital podcast, the GEOINT Playbook we will walk through the Space Capital thesis, which analyzes geospatial intelligence (GEOINT). This framework helps us connect the dots from the origin and constraints of the geospatial stack to the larger role that space based technology plays in an ecosystem that intersects with the modern tech industry and serves customers across a wide variety of markets. Download the Q4 2022 Space Investment Quarterly The GEOINT Playbook...
Feb 28, 2023•31 min•Season 2Ep. 10
This is the Space Capital podcast and today we’re introducing Space IQ, our quarterly review of startup activity and investment trends in the space economy. We are going to walk through the results published in our Q3 2022 Space Investment Quarterly, explore current market dynamics, and deep dive into specific themes with industry leaders in Satellite communications and Geospatial intelligence. SkyWatch is enabling a new era in geospatial intelligence by providing developers with the tools they ...
Nov 03, 2022•29 min•Season 2Ep. 9
In this eighth episode of the second season of the Space Capital Podcast, we’re speaking with James Slifierz, founder and CEO of SkyWatch, a company that is enabling a new era in geospatial intelligence by providing developers the tools they need to efficiently and cost-effectively integrate Earth observation (EO) data into their applications and workflows. SkyWatch provides a modern API through which external users can access various types of EO data in high volumes and at fast throughput speed...
Sep 27, 2022•49 min•Season 2Ep. 8
In this seventh episode of the second season of the Space Capital Podcast, we’re speaking with Lucy Hoag, Co-Founder and CEO of Violet Labs, a company building a cloud-based software integration for complex hardware engineering. Violet Labs is building cloud-based software integration for complex hardware engineering. We integrate data from software tools used across the engineering lifecycle into a powerful centralized platform, enabling an engineering source-of-truth, bidirectional data update...
Aug 25, 2022•27 min•Season 2Ep. 7
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Aug 03, 2022•29 sec
In this sixth episode of the second season of The Space Capital Podcast, we’re speaking with Jonny Dyer, founder and CEO of Muon Space, about how he’s built a truly one-of-a-kind team to tackle one of the greatest opportunities of our lifetime. Muon Space is developing a data-centric platform with a multitude of scientific-grade sensors at global scale. The company sets out to become the turnkey mission provider with the technology, tools and expertise needed to efficiently define, implement and...
Jun 30, 2022•37 min•Season 2Ep. 6
In this fifth episode of the second season of The Space Capital Podcast, we’re speaking with Justin Cyrus, co-founder and CEO of Lunar Outpost, a robotics company w/ products serving extreme environments on the lunar surface as well as terrestrial industries including mining. Lunar Outpost has two contracted rides to the Moon (both first in human history to their respective locations) and has sold thousands of sensor products on Earth.
Jun 01, 2022•40 min•Season 2Ep. 5
In this fourth episode of the second season of The Space Capital Podcast, we’re speaking with Michael Small, co-founder and CEO of K4 Mobility, a digital technology and Internet services provider for off-grid communications. Space Capital invested in K4 earlier this year based on the quality and experience of the team, and we are incredibly excited about what they’re building.
Apr 29, 2022•30 min•Season 2Ep. 4
In this third episode of the second season of The Space Capital Podcast, we’re speaking with Sid Jha, founder and CEO of Arbol, a parametric insurance marketplace for farms and businesses exposed to weather risk; and he’s also Founding Partner of dClimate, the world’s first transparent, decentralized marketplace where climate data, forecasts, and models are standardized, monetized, and distributed – we’re going to talk about both of those today.
Mar 11, 2022•42 min•Season 2Ep. 3
In this second episode of the second season of The Space Capital Podcast, we’re speaking with Allan Cannon, founder and CEO of R3 IoT, a Scotland-based company, which combines satellite and cell technology to deliver mission-critical communication services to several different industries. R3 IoT combines cutting edge satellite communications technology with the best of IoT to offer unique end-to-end data services to the 90% of the planet that lacks traditional communications infrastructure.
Feb 10, 2022•33 min•Season 2Ep. 2
In this episode of The Space Capital Podcast, we’re speaking with Nathan Kundtz, founder and CEO of Rendered.ai, about the company’s upcoming launch and how it will further advance their competitive lead to overcome costs and challenges in acquiring and using real-world data for training machine learning and artificial intelligence systems. Rendered.ai has developed the Platform as a Service for Creating Synthetic Data, a Common Application Framework to enable the production of physics-based syn...
Jan 13, 2022•31 min•Season 2Ep. 1
In this episode, we’re talking about the role talent plays in successful startups. For decades companies like Google, Apple, Microsoft have been competing for top talent and the rise of venture backed startups around the world have driven the competition to an all out battle for great hires. Why? Simply put, the talent within an organization turns dreams into reality. The best founders quickly learn the pathway to success is surrounding themselves with great talent. The battle for top talent now...
Aug 30, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 21
