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Meghan Hind is an operations analyst for SOSV. Her role includes gathering and analysing data on SOSV portfolio companies and syndicate investors, managing the funds’ databases and CRM, and reporting SOSV’s quarterly investments to external data providers. On Earth Day, April 22, SOSV published the SOSV Climate Tech 100, a list of the best startups that we’ve supported from their earliest stages to address climate change. There are always valuable insights embedded in a list like the 100. A TechCrunch story captured the investment perspective, and an SOSV post went deeper into the companies’ category breakdown and founder profiles. But what can founders learn from the list about climate tech investors? In other words, who invested in the Climate Tech 100? We dug into the “who’s who” of the list, which had more than 500 investors, and here’s what we found. ....
Umbra Raises $32M to Expand Satellite Constellation Share Article Space based intelligence company raises $32M to step on the gas expand team and increase satellite production Umbra has a desire to reduce the cost of radar data while offering unrivaled product quality. SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (PRWEB) April 28, 2021 Umbra, a 5.5-year-old Santa Barbara-based intelligence and technology company, announced that it has raised $32 million in equity financing. The financing was led by Nimble Ventures with participation from Umbra’s existing investors - CrossCut Ventures, Starbridge Ventures, Hemisphere Ventures, PonValley, and others. Umbra invented the world’s only microsatellite that can see through clouds, at night, in high resolution ( ....
Houston s Axiom Space raises $130M to build commercial space station FacebookTwitterEmail Houston-based Axiom Space raised $130 million in Series B funding to help build a commercial space station. Axiom was selected by NASA in January 2020 to develop a commercial space station module that will initially attach to the existing International Space Station. This first module is set to launch in 2024, and then additional Axiom modules will be added to provide areas for housing, research and manufacturing. The station is expected to cost roughly $2 billion. Axiom is funding this through private investment and revenue from providing full-service human spaceflight missions, as well as its research customers and brand partnerships. In January, the company unveiled its first three private crew members who will each pay $55 million to go to space. ....
Axiom Space boosts station plans with $130m funding Houston-based Axiom Space, which is aiming to develop the first commercial space station, has raised $130m in Series B funding. The financing will accelerate the growth of Axiom’s workforce and the construction of its privately developed space station, says the company. The idea is that Axiom Station will serve as a centre for commerce in Earth’s orbit. The company quotes the Bank of America and Morgan Stanley as valuing the potential for a space economy in the region of $1 trillion “in the next few decades”. The round was led by C5 Capital and includes TQS Advisors, Declaration Partners, Moelis Dynasty Investments, Washington University in St. Louis, The Venture Collective, Aidenlair Capital, Hemisphere Ventures, and Starbridge Venture Capital. ....