Space Capital Podcast, the playbook for investing in the space economy, is hosted by Chad Anderson, founder and Managing Partner of Space Capital, the world’s leading seed-stage venture capital firm investing in the space economy. Listen for unique insights into startup activity and investment trends from the founders and innovators at the forefront.
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Dr Murray Collins and journalist Kim McAllister reveal why Edinburgh is on course to become the space data capital of Europe, in association with Picture Zero. From satellite data to space robots and even landing on comets - they interview experts from across Scotland. Professors, business leaders and students share insights from their work in space and satellite technology in Edinburgh and across the world. www.ed.ac.uk www.ed.ac.uk/bayes www.ddi.ac.uk Twitter.com/murraybcollins twitter.com ...
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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 curren…
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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 curren…
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From Niche to Ubiquitous - the $1.8 Trillion space economy
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32:05In 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 …
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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 pa…
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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, explor…
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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, explor…
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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, exp…
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Kayhan and the future of space traffic management
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Networked GPS and the Era of Precise Positioning
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44:52In 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 …
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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 spec…
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GHGSat is Delivering Climate Solutions
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39:01In 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 establi…
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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 …
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Achieving the Impossible with Top Talent
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47:18In 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 websit…
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Vision Pro and the Era of Spatial Computing
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36:25In 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, V…
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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 …
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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 fo…
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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 S…
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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 wi…
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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 Satell…
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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 w…
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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 softwar…
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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 s…
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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 h…
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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…
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Satellites, Smart Contracts, & Climate Change
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41:39In 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 m…
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Mission Critical IoT: The Missing Link
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33:27In 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 techno…
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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. Rendere…
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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 …
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GHGSat's vision is to become the global reference for remote sensing of greenhouse gas (GHG) and air quality gas emissions from industrial sites, using satellites. Their satellite is the first in the world capable of measuring air emissions from targeted industrial facilities. This information will help operators understand their own emissions and …
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GPS is a space-based technology that has generated trillions of dollars in economic value and some of the largest venture outcomes in history. “The GPS Playbook”, a new report by Space Capital and Silicon Valley Bank, demonstrates the potential for Space-based Communications and Geospatial Intelligence markets to generate over $1 trillion in equity…
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It's the season finale - so we've crammed in 3 interviews with 3 superstars! Dr Steve Hancock is working on NASA's GEDI mission from Edinburgh with the University of Maryland Vladimir Ivan is working with the only NASA humanoid robot outside the US, Valkyrie, to simulate life on Mars and David Alexander OBE joins us from Houston, Texas where the Gl…
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After our appearance on the BBC on Friday (Living in lockdown is like living on Mars - featuring Kim's interview with astrobiologist Charles Cockell) we turn to business and sustainability. Two guests with amazing stories share details of their pioneering work. Gary Watmough is using satellite data to measure poverty. Robin Sampson is fusing satell…
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Michael Sheetz started at CNBC covering breaking news and then joined the markets team, writing about Wall Street and stocks. During that time, CNBC gave him room to report on the space industry and realized there was a huge audience for it. Investors of all kinds, from the mom and pop retail investors to the largest investors on Wall Street, were …
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Time to move away slightly from the science and into the commercial applications. We speak to two space companies working in Edinburgh - Orbital Micro Systems and EarthWave. American company Orbital Microsystems opened its first international office in Edinburgh - Greg Porter explains why they chose the city and what ambitions they have. EarthWave …
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We're looking out into the universe with two astonishing experts - one lands spaceships on comets and the other grows microbes on meteorites in the International Space Station. Both are based in Edinburgh. Colin Snodgrass is leading the next UK deep space mission called Comet Interceptor. This will catch a comet as it enters the solar system to fin…
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Measuring coastal erosion from space and trying out space data analysis at home... We're thrilled to have Encarni Medina Lopez join us to explain how space data can help us monitor our marine environments. Professor Iain Woodhouse - who literally wrote the book on remote sensing - explains how easy it is to download satellite images and start analy…
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How are we going to feed the world when resources are dwindling and population is exploding? Prof Mat Williams explains that "X-Ray vision" from drones and satellites allows farmers to understand the health of their crops and even predict yield. He's working with the European Space Agency to launch the 'Biomass' satellite with a brand new sensor - …
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Deforestation causes about 20% of carbon emissions - and it's completely unnecessary. Dr Murray Collins and journalist Kim McAllister talk to leading scientist Dr Ed Mitchard about his work mapping forests across the world using satellite data. Ed's work is helping governments measure their efforts to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and he ha…
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Why does Edinburgh have the ambition of becoming Space Data Capital of Europe? Dr Murray Collins (@MurrayBCollins) and Kim McAllister (@KimMcallister) present the first episode in an eight-part series examining the space ecosystem in Edinburgh and its relationship with the rest of the world. Featuring Kristina Tamane (@Kri0sis) and Callum Norrie (@…
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Could information from space help save the planet What can we contribute from Scotland? Will Edinburgh become the space data capital of Europe? Join me, Kim McAllister and Dr Murray Collins – space lead at the Bayes Centre – as we interview some of Scotland’s leading experts in satellite data, space robots and even landing on comets. We’re launchin…
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Quantum computing is advancing rapidly and this is creating a problem for secure communications that rely on the supposed mathematical complexity of asymmetric encryption keys. Although these keys are secure against computational hacks today, most are easily cracked with quantum computers. China is leading the world in creating its own impenetrable…
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When the number in the corner of our smartphone screens changed from 3G to 4G, few of us even noticed. The same when LTE appeared as an alternative to 4G. However, tech futurists say that fifth-generation networks will support a plethora of internet-connected sensors, vehicles, appliances, and other devices that will perform functions not yet unima…
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Space-based technologies are the building blocks of innovation and enable our global economy. Early infrastructure investments in GPS by the government were leveraged by distribution pioneers Trimble, Magellan, and Garmin, who not only made the signal more useful/accessible by military troops, but also for commercial purposes. The importance of thi…
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Increased access to space has lowered the barriers to entry, which has ushered in a new wave of entrepreneurial space ventures. With companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin addressing the heavy lift segment of the launch market, companies like Vector Space Systems are addressing the burgeoning market for small satellites. Vector is now on track to be…
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The legacy of satellite imagery dates back to the ’60s, but widespread access is just becoming a reality. The ubiquitous use of GPS has become engrained in everyday life, and satellite imagery is on the precipice of a similar boom. In this episode, we talk to James Slifierz, CEO of Skywatch. Skywatch makes satellite data more accessible by providin…
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Tractors have been using autonomous driving for decades, but the AgTech sector is relatively new. With water becoming a scarce resource and fertilizer waste growing, precision agriculture is paving the way toward a more sustainable farm. In this episode, we talk to Anastasia Volkova, CEO of FluroSat. FluroSat uses an analytics platform that leverag…
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In the space, government, and science communities, Lori Garver is a household name. She served as the second-in-command at NASA during the Obama administration, where she was a key proponent of the commercial space industry. She is a co-founder of the prestigious Brooke Owens Fellowship for women in aerospace and is also the CEO of Earthrise Allian…
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With the number of satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) projected to swell to up to 15,000 in the next five years, space situational awareness and debris mitigation have become a much-discussed topic in the last year. In this episode, we talk to Dan Ceperly, CEO of LeoLabs, whose mission is to ensure safe commercial operations in LEO. The Space Ange…
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Andy Aldrin is a true child of the Apollo era. Son of Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, his career has spanned nearly every aspect of the space economy from big defense contractors, to entrepreneurial space, and academia. Currently an Associate Professor at the Florida Institute of Technology, Aldrin has recently launched the Center for Space Entrep…
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