Chad Anderson
@chadson.com
Author of The Space Economy, published by Wiley.
Founder and Managing Partner at Space Capital.
Founder and Managing Partner at Space Capital.
↳ We expect 2025 to continue these trends and be a groundbreaking year for the space economy, particularly because of deregulation and pro-growth policies, geopolitics-fueled defense spending, Starship, AI advances, and a shake up among incumbents.
January 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
↳ We expect 2025 to continue these trends and be a groundbreaking year for the space economy, particularly because of deregulation and pro-growth policies, geopolitics-fueled defense spending, Starship, AI advances, and a shake up among incumbents.
↳ Applications rebounded in a big way, largely driven by AI, up triple digits Y/Y. 2024 saw the highest annual investments in GEOINT Applications (also surpassed GPS in annual round share for the first time in this category), largely being driven by AI integrations.
January 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
↳ Applications rebounded in a big way, largely driven by AI, up triple digits Y/Y. 2024 saw the highest annual investments in GEOINT Applications (also surpassed GPS in annual round share for the first time in this category), largely being driven by AI integrations.
↳ Notably, 2024 also ranks as the third-highest year for Emerging Industries investment (ie, space stations, SSA, energy generation, etc), reflecting growing interest from founders and investors in building for a post-Starship world.
January 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
↳ Notably, 2024 also ranks as the third-highest year for Emerging Industries investment (ie, space stations, SSA, energy generation, etc), reflecting growing interest from founders and investors in building for a post-Starship world.
↳ $9.5 billion raised by 99 space companies in Q4. Total investment rebounded 30% Y/Y, despite SpaceX not raising any new capital, indicating that 2023 may have been the bottom.
January 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
↳ $9.5 billion raised by 99 space companies in Q4. Total investment rebounded 30% Y/Y, despite SpaceX not raising any new capital, indicating that 2023 may have been the bottom.