9 top space tech VCs on the market’s opportunities and challenges

9 top space tech VCs on the market’s opportunities and challenges

4 years ago
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https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/11/9-top-space-tech-vcs-on-the-markets-opportunities-and-challenges/

Space is a relatively niche area of tech investing in the best of times, but COVID-19 has redrawn the landscape. What do investors who are active in this sector think about what’s changed, what hasn’t and what’s coming in the future?

We caught up with nine top investors in the space market to collect their thoughts on what’s going on right now in the industry, what red flags there are to watch out for and what opportunities they see for new and existing space startups. On the whole, the group sounds fairly optimistic about the sector and its potential, with a particular interest in tapping early into whatever becomes the next GPS (or the evolution of GPS itself), space-based observation, and the analysis, distribution and management of data collected by existing space-based infrastructure. Our respondents include: