Listen "Raphael Roettgen - Idealists In Space Investing - Cold Star Project S03E01"
Episode Synopsis
E2MC space venture capital firm founder Raphael Roettgen is on the Cold Star Project for this inaugural episode of Season Three. With host Jason Kanigan he explains:
what lead him to space as a career focus, and specifically investing in space
how he finds prospective space investments
what segments of space he finds especially interesting at this time
how he makes up his mind about whether to invest in a space company or not
what the most surprising thing Raphael discovered again and again in space and high tech firms he was tasked to look into in past analyst roles
what he sees in the near future of investing in space companies
his view of how other classes of investors, such as angels, family offices, private equity and strategics, see the space industry
the potential impacts of the recent slew of prominent space failures (OneWeb, Intelsat, Sky & Space, Speedcast)
why he started his own show, the Space Business Podcast, and what his biggest takeaway has been from doing the first several episodes.
E2MC website: https://www.e2mc.space/
(Space Business Podcast link in the top menu)
Sign up to receive email notifications of new episodes: https://www.coldstartech.com/msb
Talk to Cold Star: https://www.coldstartech.com/bookcall
what lead him to space as a career focus, and specifically investing in space
how he finds prospective space investments
what segments of space he finds especially interesting at this time
how he makes up his mind about whether to invest in a space company or not
what the most surprising thing Raphael discovered again and again in space and high tech firms he was tasked to look into in past analyst roles
what he sees in the near future of investing in space companies
his view of how other classes of investors, such as angels, family offices, private equity and strategics, see the space industry
the potential impacts of the recent slew of prominent space failures (OneWeb, Intelsat, Sky & Space, Speedcast)
why he started his own show, the Space Business Podcast, and what his biggest takeaway has been from doing the first several episodes.
E2MC website: https://www.e2mc.space/
(Space Business Podcast link in the top menu)
Sign up to receive email notifications of new episodes: https://www.coldstartech.com/msb
Talk to Cold Star: https://www.coldstartech.com/bookcall
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