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🍽️Those who know me will know I sound like a broken record when I say I don't think there’s a better way to get to know people than over a meal! 🚀After the Techstars Space Accelerator Mentor and Alumni Mixer, the crew gathered at La Casina DC for an unforgettable dinner with the cohort’s startup founders. The group pretty much took over the entire restaurant – almost every table filled up with founders, mentors, and industry friends. It felt like everyone had a story to share, a challenge to dive into, or an idea to brainstorm. 🍕A huge thanks again to Joshua Brueckner, Elena Friedberg, the Techstars team, and sponsor Logan Holland of Arc for the foresight to plan this and for creating such a welcoming space for everyone. It was a night of great food (with equally great vegetarian options), shared ambitions, and global connections that are bound to last! 👩🍳La Casina DC Co-owner x chef Angela Andellini and staff truly went out of their way to accommodate this group of space cadets! Part 2️⃣ of 2️⃣ / Part 1️⃣ of 2️⃣: https://zip2.it/dcspace1 #Techstars #TechstarsSpace #Dinner #WashingtonDC #DC #LaCasinaDC

🏛️Was in Washington DC for the day and had a fantastic time at the Techstars Space Accelerator Mentor and Alumni Mixer - an excellent chance to connect with industry leaders, investors, mentors, and, of course, the stellar 2024 cohort. Special thanks to Joshua Brueckner, Elena Friedberg and team for graciously hosting a great event and creating such a welcoming environment for everyone. 🌍 It was wonderful to reconnect with new friends from Astron Systems (UK), Pramatra Space (India), Spiral Blue (Australia) and others - whom I’d recently met at the 615.vc #SFTechweek Space x Aerospace Happy Hour or the New York event - and to meet so many new startups who are part of the Fall 2024 cohort. 👏Hats off to Matt Kozlov and team for building such a strong program that continues to attract top talent from around the globe. This fall’s cohort was more international than ever, with over 50% of companies coming from outside the U.S., showcasing the truly global nature of space.  🍕After the event, the team hosted a wonderful dinner for the cohort startups at La Casina DC - but that's a story for another post. Stay tuned for Part 2: https://zip2.it/dcspace2 🚀Enjoyed meeting so many brilliant founders and industry leaders pushing the boundaries of space innovation. Events like this truly highlight the power of community and collaboration in driving the space sector forward. Looking forward to seeing what this talented cohort achieves in the coming months! 📸If you were at the event and need a link to the rest of the photos - please DM me. 🔗 Related posts: https://zip2.it/sfspace1, https://zip2.it/nyspace1 #Space #Techstars #WashingtonDC #DC

🗽Last week while in New York for the Antler x 615.vc Space x Aerospace Happy Hour (https://zip2.it/nyspace1), I was able to drop by the NYSE Space Summit. 🚀The summit focused on the intersection of space and capital markets, with insights from leaders at companies like Stoke Space, Lunar Outpost, Interstellar Lab, Impulse Space, Firefly Aerospace, Sierra Space, Voyager Space, and VC firm Space Capital. Although I was only able to catch part of it, topics covered innovation, policy, and capital allocation—ranging from commercial opportunities to sustainable growth, offering a clear view into how these players are shaping the future of the industry. 👏Kudos to Kevin Hawkins and the NYSE team for delivering such a well-organized and impactful event. #NYSESpaceSummit #NYC #NY #NYSE #Space #Summit #NewYork

🚀Want to give a belated shout-out to my friend Craig Baerwaldt’s upcoming mega Space Happy Hour x Launching in Houston event happening this Wednesday, Oct 30, at Space Center Houston! The event features Eric Berger - author of #Reentry - plus, there’ll be book signings, photo ops with the Apollo 17 Command Module, and networking with space industry folks from around Houston and beyond. 🎟️Details and tickets: https://lnkd.in/eriftykx 🗓️Craig x Space Happy Hour upcoming events: https://lnkd.in/e_4nFM8r Craig, 🙏 apologies for the delayed post – travel had me a little off the grid last week! I am sure this is going to be one great event! #SpaceHappHour #Houston #Texas #Reentry #Space #HappyHour #Apollo17

🚀 Absolute pleasure partnering with Antler VC (Jeff Becker x Kaila J. Lim) to host another successful Space x Aerospace Happy Hour in New York this past Thursday. We were able to bring together an incredible mix of space, aerospace, and deeptech founders, investors, and industry leaders to foster collaboration, spark new connections, and offer startups opportunities to connect with potential investors and partners. 🛰️During the event, it was great to feature some of Antler VC’s cohorts in this sector, as well as startups 615.vc is involved in. Shout out to HStar, Outbound Aerospace, Satlyt, ManufactureAI, Reditus Space, and Melagen Labs for their exciting contributions to the conversations. Thanks also to CNBC’s space reporter Michael Sheetz for sharing a few words. 🗽The event brought together an amazing group of talented and inspiring individuals from across the industry. Some traveled from out of town for this or other space-related events. The conversations were engaging, covering everything from lunar exploration to off-planet opportunities. It was great to see the space and aerospace communities come together in New York, a city that plays a significant role in space financing. 🙌Special thanks to sponsors Siemens, VetsinTech, and Empire Space, and host (Antler) as well as to everyone behind the scenes who helped make the event a success - your efforts were truly appreciated. And to the amazing group of people who showed up - thanks for making the event so memorable! Till the next one. 🔗Related Events: https://zip2.it/sfspacep1, https://lnkd.in/eqdvZsab #space #aerospace #happyhour #nyc #newyork #antler #615vc #AdAstra #PerAspera

Last night’s Space Dinner New York was a blast! The dinner brought together a great mix of local New York space startups, founders, investors, and partners, along with those visiting for the NYSE Space Summit earlier in the day and others in town for today’s Space x Aerospace Happy Hour. 🍽️ These space dinners continue to be an ideal setting for meaningful conversations, collaboration, and building wonderful connections. The evening flowed so well that it was hard to bring it to a close. Special thanks to Sydney Vaughn and Marina Bobrovich for supporting and partnering on this! 🚀 Always a privilege to spend time with such talented and passionate individuals from the space, deep tech, and aerospace sectors. I truly appreciate everyone who made the effort to attend despite their packed schedules and, of course, navigating the typical NY traffic. Dinners like this create invaluable opportunities for meaningful interactions, reminding us how critical in-person connections are to driving progress and partnerships. 🙏 A big thank you to all the attendees for making this dinner a success, and looking forward to future dinners in the series! 🛰️Shoutout to some of space x aerospace startups represented: Axiom Space, Lunar Outpost, ManufactureAI, Melagen Labs, Outbound Aerospace, Reditus Space, Satlyt, SpaceRig... Related Events: https://lnkd.in/g36sXrnz #Space #Dinner #NYC #NewYork #SpaceDinner

At Space Happy Hour, it's okay if your valves leak! Let loose and make stellar connections networking with the brightest minds in the space industry. Full list of upcoming events. ⬇️ Next-up: ⭐ Oct 23 Denver: Techstars Space Accelerator at Orbit Fab ⭐ 🛰️ Oct 24 SHH Seattle: Halo-Wave Motion Launch Corporation 🛰️ 🍎 Oct 24 New York: 615.Vc Space x Aerospace Happy Hour 🚀 Oct 30 Houston: Launch Party featuring Reentry Author Eric Berger 🚀 ⭐ Oct 30 Washington DC: ⭐Techstars Space Accelerator at National Press Club w remarks by Dan Goldin ⭐ 🛰️ Nov 07 SHH Los Angeles: Common Space Brewery 🚀 ✈️ Nov 13 Fight to Fly Film Screening 6-7pm: The Museum of Flight ✈️ Produced by Making Space with Blue Origin. 👨🚀 Nov 14 SHH San Francisco: Standard Deviant Brewing 👨🚀 James Penna, Finn van Donkelaar, Sophie Morgan, Keely Cat-Wells, Erin McLean, Gregory Melon 💡 (Go Zero-G), Meg Filer, Ted Huetter, Emma Dubery, Geoffrey Nunn, Brianna Clark, Eileen Duong #space #spaceindustry #spacehappyhour

Meet aerospace portfolio company HStar, founded by Nick Orenstein, at the Space x Aerospace Happy Hour in NYC. You'll hear the latest from startups, investors, and industry leaders in the space and aerospace sectors—brought to you by Antler and 615.vc. RSVP 👉  https://lnkd.in/gJfzba2x Oliver Muoto, Kaila J. Lim, Rama Afullo, Muhammad Hunain Ian Lee Jake Armenta Stef Crum Will Sherman  

When Yuk Chi Chan and James O'Shaughnessy converse, magic happens. Our thanks to O'Shaughnessy Ventures for having us on their flagship podcast, Infinite Loops! Tune in for a wide-ranging discussion covering: 📉The current state of space insurance and the ongoing insurability crisis in the industry 🔒How ‘ownership’ in space really works 🚀Why the sector impacts us FAR more than we think 🐶Why Yuk Chi measures his life in dog years 🐍 A mind-boggling mission by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s to launch an intrepid robotic space snake Links and transcript in the comments. In the meantime, here's a sizzle reel 👇

🙌Last week at #SFTechweek was fantastic! Got to host two great events, got to meet many old friends, and got to connect with brand-new ones. Similar to my strategy at #NYTechweek, the focus was definitely on quality over quantity! Here is my list of highlights: 🎉On Monday, the official SF Tech Week Kickoff party at Kaiyō was the perfect way to start the week. Had a great time hanging out with Jane Cheng, Todd Harper, Jai Talwar MBA FRSA, and many others! The rooftop was honestly the best spot to be on such a hot day in San Francisco.  Unfortunately, I couldn’t make my friend Kyosuke Togami’s MELT event - next year. 🚀On Tuesday, I had the pleasure of hosting my second Space x Aerospace Happy Hour at Studio 55. It was an amazing experience, and I'm grateful for all the incredible people who made it out. Definitely the highlight of my week (for me)! Huge thanks to everyone who supported and helped make it a success. https://zip2.it/sfspacep 🛠️On Wednesday, Omni Ventures x Root Ventures Deep Tech Nexus hit the spot! An amazing talented crowd of deep tech and hardware founders and investors, plus also caught with many of my space tech peeps! Thanks, Simon Lancaster 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇵🇹, sponsors, and team, for such a great event! https://zip2.it/nexus2 ☕On Thursday morning, I got to host another Biotech Breakfast with some fantastic partners at SV’s premier co-working space, CANOPY (shoutout to Suzanne Zadeh). Later in the day, I stopped by the American Dynamism at the Ballpark event, which featured a strong defense tech crowd and some great speakers! I was able to reconnect with Amanda Eakin from Sputnik ATX VC in Austin before wrapping up the night at the Anorak Ventures Founder x Investor DeepTech Mixer with the usual crew – the event was very demure, and the people were very mindful 😉 🍷On Friday, Waleed Arshad and Suffiyan Malik were kind enough to let me crash their amazing DeepTech Dinner – I felt right at home knowing so many guests! Great crowd, great food, great conversations! 🤝I kept crossing paths with a few familiar faces, some for three days straight: Yuk Chi Chan, Rama Afullo, Muhammad Hunain, John Gibson, Troy McCann, Andrew King, Ben McCrossan and Katie Swanson. No surprise, given our shared deep tech focus, but definitely fun. 🌟All in all, #SFTechweek was packed with great moments and even better connects. Looking forward to seeing all of you at the next one! #SFTechweek #SF #Sanfrancisco #highlights #biotechbreakfast #space #aerospace #happyhour