| Date | Title | Description |
| 26.05.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 5/22/2023 | Starbridge Out and About
The 2023 Humans to Mars Summit | The Business of Mars: Is there now a business case for Mars technology?
In case you missed it, Starbridge GP Michael Mealling spoke on the investability of Mars settlement technolo... |
| 24.05.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 5/15/2023 | Portfolio News
Avealto
Axiom
Lynk
Umbra
SpaceX
General Space News
Other Space News |
| 10.05.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 5/8/2023 | Portfolio News
Axiom
SpaceX
Space Forge
General Space News
Other Space News
James Webb Eye Candy |
| 03.05.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 5/1/2023 | Portfolio News
Axiom
Lynk
Offworld AI
SpaceX
General Space News
Other Space News |
| 27.04.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 4/24/2023 | Portfolio News
Axiom
Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS)
Lynk/Orbital Sidekick
Orbital Sidekick
SpaceX Starship Launch
SpaceX’s first test flight of the fully stacked Starship and Super Heavy booster on April 20th (yes, that was 4/20 🚬)... |
| 21.04.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 4/17/2023 | Portfolio News
Axiom
Lynk
Orbital Sidekick
Outpost
SpaceX
Umbra
General Space News
Other Space News |
| 12.04.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 4/10/2023 | Portfolio News
Axiom
Lynk
Outpost
SpaceX
Xplore
General Space News
Virgin Orbit filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this morning.
We have received a few questions about the impact of this bankruptcy and whether it is a general issue i... |
| 12.04.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 4/3/2023 | Portfolio News
Lynk
2degrees, one of the three major telecoms in NZ, announced that a trial with Lynk which will bring it "closer to providing mobile connectivity everywhere in New Zealand" will begin "shortly".
Orbit... |
| 29.03.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 3/27/2023 | Portfolio News
Cosmic Shielding Corporation & Axiom
Lynk
Orbital Sidekick & Xplore
SpaceX
General Space News
If the only justification for human spaceflight is the GEO strategic implications then it is hard to imagine the ef... |
| 25.03.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 3/20/2023 | Portfolio News
Axiom
Lynk
Umbra
General Space News
Other Space News |
| 12.03.2023 | Looking Back at Starbridge's Predictions for 2022 | We thought this would be a great time to look back at our (un)official predictions about the commercial space industry from the past year to hold our crystal ball accountable!
This past year has seen a war in Europe, SLS and Artemis’ first... |
| 12.03.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 2/20/2023 | Portfolio News
Axiom
SpaceX
Umbra
Umbra announced an agreement with Maxar for direct access to their radar imaging satellites data. Above is an example of Umbra's SAR image and Maxar's optical image of the same location. You can find a ... |
| 12.03.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 2/27/2023 | Portfolio News
Axiom
Axiom is mentioned in CNBC's video covering NASA's next generation of spacesuits
Lynk
CNBC reporter Michael Sheets woke up to a text message from space last week:
Via Payload:
While satellite telephones have been ... |
| 12.03.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 3/6/2023 | Starbridge Out and About in DC
Michael is currently helping to shape the future of space policy on The Hill during March Storm and will be moderating the, 'When is Commercialization the Right Choice?' panel at the Goddard Symposium this we... |
| 12.03.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 2/13/2023 | Starbridge Update
Felix Hartmann, founder of Hartmann Capital as well as one of our wonderful Starbridge fund LPs, invited Steven Jorgenson and Michael Mealling to his podcast during Starbridge's recent business trip to Miami to talk about... |
| 12.03.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 2/6/2023 |
Starbridge Team Update
Michael and Steven were in Miami last week at the iConnections Global Alts conference locking in Starbridge Fund III commitments.
The first month of the year is always an incredibly busy time for any finance compa... |
| 07.01.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 11/14/2022 | Portfolio Company News
SpaceX
UK grants Starlink and Telesat NGSO licenses
British regulator, Ofcom, granted SpaceX and Telesat competing licenses to expand their constellation’s into non-geostationary orbit (NGSO).
A former Tesla exe... |
| 07.01.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 8/5/2022 | Portfolio Company News
Axiom
NASA, companies reject concerns over commercial space station development schedules
NASA’s Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations (CLD), which supports the development of commercial space stations, anticipat... |
| 07.01.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 9/30/2022 | THIS ONE IS FOR THE DINOSAURS
The final images leading up to the DART spacecraft’s intentional collision with asteroid Dimorphos.
Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL
Portfolio Company News
Lynk
Lynk will test the ability to send a 5G signa... |
| 07.01.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 12/12/2022 | Joseph Y. Bae, co-CEO of KKR
Warren Buffett's instruction to "be greedy when others are fearful" has become doubly important as most investors have pulled back somewhat from both public and private markets exposure. Bae's stateme... |
| 07.01.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 12/19/2022 | Portfolio Company News
SpaceX
Axiom
General Space News
Advent buying Maxar
Advent International, a private equity firm that seeks “to invest in well-positioned companies with operational and strategic improvement potential” with $8... |
| 07.01.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 12/5/2022 | Portfolio Company News
Lynk
SpaceX
General Space News
NASA cancels GeoCarb greenhouse gas monitoring mission - SpaceNews
GeoCarb appears to have been canceled by NASA due to cost overruns, technical concerns, and the availability of ... |
| 07.01.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 10/7/2022 | Michael joined Guy Adami and Danny Moses on their 'On the Tape' podcast to discuss investing in the space industry
Portfolio Company News
If you’re in or traveling to Chicago and in need of some cold-weather gear, go check out OROS’ f... |
| 07.01.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 8/26/2022 | An Editorial
Last night’s announcement from SpaceX and T-Mobile, plus other recent movements by well-funded companies, is an illustration of something Starbridge has noticed over the past few years: space is now a hypercompetitive area whe... |
| 07.01.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 11/28/2022 | Portfolio Company News
Axiom
While Hungary previously announced plans for sending astronauts to the ISS via Axiom, at the ESA ministerial they announced that they plan to spend $100 million to send a single astronaut to the ISS in two yea... |
| 07.01.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 10/31/2022 | Portfolio Company News
SpaceX
SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy, the world’s most powerful rocket, on Space Force mission
SpaceX Passes Boeing
Ars Technica reported that in the Federal fiscal year 2022, SpaceX became NASA’s second-largest co... |
| 07.01.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 11/21/2022 | Portfolio Company News
SpaceX
GeoOptics
GeoOptics Inc. won a NASA contract to provide researchers with data acquired by the company's small satellite constellation
The NASA contract is worth up to $7M over 5 years to provide researche... |
| 07.01.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 9/23/2022 | Brian Binnie, the pilot who flew SpaceShipTwo on its prize-winning suborbital flight nearly 18 years ago, has died.
Brian Binnie, pictured here standing on Space Ship One after winning the XPrize, passed away this week. Binnie's 24-minute ... |
| 07.01.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 8/12/2022 | Portfolio Company News
SpaceX
SpaceX loses $900 million in rural broadband subsidies
SpaceX lost its bid for almost $900M in rural broadband subsidies for its Starlink broadband service after failing to meet the FCC’s requirements for un... |
| 07.01.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 8/19/2022 | Portfolio Company News
SpaceX
SpaceX gets a $1.9 million Air Force contract for Starlink services in Europe and Africa
The US Air Force Special Operations Command awarded SpaceX a $1.9M, 1-year contract, to support military airlift units... |
| 07.01.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 9/16/2022 | Starbridge News
Starbridge spent this week at the SALT conference in New York and held a small reception with existing and prospective LPs. Steven and Neil worked the event hard and ended up in the Top 10 in the number of meetings held:
... |
| 07.01.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 10/14/2022 | Portfolio Company News
Axiom
Commercial space station developers seek clarity on regulations
Companies looking to succeed the ISS are requesting more clarity from the federal government on who will be responsible for regulating them and ... |
| 07.01.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 11/7/2022 | Portfolio Company News
Axiom
Saudi astronauts to fly on Ax-2 mission to ISS
NASA confirmed Axiom will be flying 2 astronauts from Saudi Arabia to the ISS on a private mission spring of 2023. They will be accompanied by Peggy Whitson and ... |
| 07.01.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 9/9/2022 | Portfolio Company News
SpaceX/Lynk/Apple
In case you needed to catch up on the latest Apple announcement and how it affects Lynk, here are a ‘few’ articles:
Axiom
NASA Taps Axiom Space for First Artemis Moonwalking Spacesuits
Most in... |
| 07.01.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 10/24/2022 | Starbridge
Michael Mealling addressed the inaugural session of ‘Space Technology: The Next Business Frontier’ Conclave last week at IIT Madras in Chennai, India. The event received some press in the Indian business news.
Portfolio Compa... |
| 07.01.2023 | Starbridge Weekly Space Update for 9/2/2022 | Portfolio Company News
SpaceX/Lynk
In case you needed to catch up on SpaceX/T-Mobile’s announcement last week and how it affects Lynk, here are a "few" articles:
Axiom
Axiom Space and NASA agree to send 2nd all-private crew ... |
| 05.06.2022 | Starbridge Weekly Update for 5/6/2020 | Portfolio Company News
Axiom
Canada's MDA announced it sold technology it is developing for the Canadarm3 robotic arm to Axiom Space.
Four of the eight awardees for NASA's In Space Production Applications (InSPA) awards involved Axio... |
| 27.05.2022 | Starbridge Weekly Update for 4/22/2022 | Welcome to the Starbridge Weekly Space update for April 22, 2022. After a long hiatus due to closing Fund II and tax season, the weekly Starbridge Space Update is back!
NASA announced Axiom Space’s Ax-1, launched April 8th, will now undock... |
| 27.05.2022 | Starbridge Weekly Update for 4/29/2022 | Portfolio Company News
Crew Dragon splashes down to end Ax-1 private astronaut mission
Axiom’s first private astronaut mission concluded Monday, April 25th after a 17-day mission to the ISS. Ax-1’s return was delayed by a week due to pers... |
| - | Space VC Open Office Hours | Since all of our space industry conferences are now on hold, Michael Mealling, one of our General Partners, is holding weekly open office hours on Zoom and Clubhouse in order to stay connected with everyone. The Zoom meeting opens every Tue... |
| - | Eventos Destacados De Starbridge Durante 1T 2020 | Hoy en día el mundo entero está enfocado en el SARS-CoV-2 y el impacto real que está teniendo en las personas y su economía. Si bien este será el caso en las próximas semanas/meses, también es importante tener en cuenta que todavía hay cosa... |
| - | Starbridge Weekly Update for the week ending 1/31/2021 | Axiom Space announced the crew of Ax-1 last Monday. Joining flight Commander and Axiom VP for Business Development Michael Lopez-Alegria are Larry Connor, mission Pilot, entrepreneur, and non-profit activist; Mark Pathy, Canadian investor a... |
| - | Starbridge Invests in Made In Space | Starbridge Venture Capital recently made an investment in space-based manufacturing company Made In Space (MIS). Through MIS’s combination of a strong management team and substantial market potential, they have established themselves as the... |
| - | Space Investing Is Global | Two events this week illustrate just how global the space technology sector is. Boeing's venture arm, HorizonX, participated in a $15M round in Myriota and the Japanese government announced a 100 billion yen ($940M) fund for space startups.... |
| - | 2020 Year In Review And A Look Forward | With all the news and challenges of the past year, I wanted to first take some time to review the most important events within the space industry of 2020, dig into them a bit in terms of what they mean going forward, and highlight some even... |
| - | Diversification Means More Than Just “More” | “... innovation is more about programmatic
disciplined effort, carried out over time in a
well-considered portfolio approach,
than it is about serendipity."
- Deloitte Insights, 2017
One of the challenges of being an angel investor is... |
| - | Starbridge Weekly Update for the week ending 3/1/2021 | Monday morning brought a fresh new round of SPAC press releases. The first was RocketLab at a $4.1B valuation raising $470M in permanent capital. That was quickly followed by Spire at a $1.6B valuation raising $475M in permanent capital. Bo... |
| - | Our Investment In Umbra Lab | We recently made an investment in the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) company Umbra Lab. This Santa Barbara startup is building a unique SAR constellation capable of quarter-meter resolution. The proposed 12 satellite constellation is capabl... |
| - | Axiom Space Raises $130M Series B | Axiom Station - Courtesy Axiom Space
Axiom Space announced the close of their $130M Series B round this morning on CNBC. Starbridge, which has been an early investor in Axiom since their first outside round, participated through our SPV.
... |
| - | Happy Yuri’s Night and Congrats to SpaceIL and SpaceX! | It’s been a busy week of space first’s with SpaceIL’s attempt at landing on the moon followed by SpaceX’s successful second launch of their Falcon Heavy rocket and the recovery of their rocket booster’s.
Here at Starbridge, we know space i... |
| - | Happy New Year from Starbridge Venture Capital | 2018 was an exciting year for the space industry and Starbridge. SpaceX continues to disrupt the launch business and Blue Origin follows close behind. The Mars Opportunity rover fell silent after a dust storm, but two other spacecraft arriv... |
| - | Starbridge Weekly Update for the week ending 3/8/2021 | Starship launch fever followed the Monday morning SPAC fever with SN10’s spectacular launch and landing that appeared to be successful at first but a persistent fire at the base resulted in an explosion about 14 minutes after landing. But i... |
| - | Success at Ubiquitilink! | Congrats to Starbridge portfolio company Ubiquitilink! For those who haven’t yet read the recent WSJ and/or Techcrunch articles (first, second), Ubiquitilink launched and tested their basic connectivity on a Cygnus ISS resupply mission demo... |
| - | Starbridge Highlights for Q1 2020 | The world is currently focused on SARS-CoV-2 and the very real impact it is having on people; personally and economically. While this may continue to be the case for weeks to come, it’s also important to keep in mind that there are still go... |
| - | Starbridge Weekly Update for the week ending 2/8/2021 | In Starbridge news, Fund II has made an investment in Orbital Sidekick (OSK), a hyperspectral earth observation company. Hyperspectral imaging is a special class of spectrographic imaging where sensors collect a set of 'images' where each i... |
| - | Starbridge Weekly Update for the week ending 2/22/2021 | NASA's Perseverance rover successfully landed on Mars Thursday. The mission will attempt to identify past environments capable of supporting microbial life, seek signs of past microbial life in those environments, collect and store rock and... |
| - | Starbridge Weekly Update for the week ending 1/18/2021 | Starbridge made a new investment this week in Carbice, an Atlanta, Georgia based materials engineering company developing thermal management technologies using vertically aligned carbon nanotubes. Their materials have flown on several satel... |
| - | Starbridge Weekly Update for the week ending 2/15/2021 | This week in commercial space saw steady progress across the board. The news this week came more from the political world and national space programs. Both the United Arab Emirates’ Misabar Al Amal (Hope) orbiter and China’s Tianwen-1 orbit... |
| - | Starbridge Weekly Update for the week ending 1/25/2021 | SpaceX flew two significant missions this week. The first was a deployment of Starlink satellites in polar orbit, a first for the Starlink constellation and a topic of some concern within the FAA. The second was the first launch of SpaceX’s... |
| - | Starbridge Releases Details of Its Advisor Committee | Starbridge announced the members of its committee of experts that will advise the company on investments as well provide support and guidance to the fund's portfolio companies. Committee members are drawn from various industries, organizati... |
| - | NASA Selects Axiom Space For First Commercial Node For The ISS | NASA has announced that it has chosen Axiom Space to provide the first commercially developed and operated module for the International Space Station. In the announcement NASA said, “This selection is a significant step toward enabling the ... |
| - | Steven Jorgenson, Partner at Starbridge Venture Capital, Discusses Financing and Emerging Space Ventures at Satellite 2018 | Steven Jorgenson, founder and Partner with Starbridge Venture Capital, will be speaking at the "Emerging Space- Is there a Path to Profitability?" panel at the Satellite 2018 conference in Washington, D.C. on Monday, March 12, 201... |
| - | Our Investment in Axiom Space | The success of every space development initiative is optimized when one company’s efforts enables others.
Starbridge is excited to build upon those efforts by participating in Axiom Space’s most recent investment round. Axiom is building a... |
