Space Ambition
Research hub’s newsletter highlighting emerging space technologies, startup news, and global commercial space initiatives.
Exclusive Briefing: A Webinar with Rocket Lab
On May 25, Rocket Lab and Beyond Earth Ventures will host a one‑hour webinar aimed at investors, founders, and asset managers interested in the emerging space‑launch economy. The session will demystify launch as an infrastructure problem, explain how launch slots are booked, and dissect the long waitlists that affect satellite roadmaps. Speakers Dr. Sandy Tirtey and Alexandra Vidyuk will break down Rocket Lab’s margin‑driving business model and assess the ramifications of the SpaceX IPO. Attendees will leave with a clear view of where capital is flowing over the next three to five years.
How to Invest in SpaceTech: The Case of Rocket Lab
Space Ambition is hosting a live webinar on May 19, 2026, to dissect Bessemer Venture Partners’ 2014 investment in Rocket Lab. Co‑founder Denis Kalyshkin, a DeepTech venture capitalist with over a decade of experience, will walk participants through the original...
Join Webinar: Deep Tech Post Series A
Beyond Earth Ventures is hosting a closed‑format webinar on April 23 titled “Beyond the VC Playbook: Corporate Strategy for Deep Tech Post Series A.” The session, led by founding partner Alexandra Vidyuk and advisor Nick Dimitriou, will explore how deep‑tech founders and...
AI Week, The Place Where AI Meets Space
AI Week, Europe’s flagship AI conference, returns to Milan on May 19‑20, 2026, drawing over 25,000 attendees, 700 speakers and 250 exhibitors. The event spotlights AI’s impact on business, industry, cybersecurity, regulation and society, while underscoring the growing overlap with...
Why Institutional Capital May Be Pivoting To Space And Deep Tech
Institutional investors are shifting focus from SaaS and consumer tech to deep‑tech and the space economy. The World Economic Forum and McKinsey project the global space economy to hit $1.8 trillion by 2035, with 60% driven by Earth‑based applications such as...
The Q1 Space Tech Briefing: SpaceX's IPO, NASA's New Mandate, and What's Next
Beyond Earth Ventures is hosting a Q1 Office Hours webinar on March 31, featuring founding partner Alexandra Vidyuk and managing director Patrick Beatty. The session will dissect the potential SpaceX IPO, unpack NASA's latest moon‑base initiatives, and analyze current M&A...
Frontier Dark Matter Research Theories
In early 2026 the dark‑matter field shifted from hunting a single particle to mapping a complex Dark Sector. New theoretical contenders—axions, self‑interacting dark matter, primordial black holes, and dark‑photon forces—are gaining traction as WIMP searches stall. Cutting‑edge facilities such as...
ESA and CDL-Milan to Host the 3rd CommEO Award Selection Round in Milan
ESA’s Φ‑lab and Creative Destruction Lab‑Milan are hosting the third CommEO Award selection round in Milan, targeting early‑stage downstream Earth Observation startups in resilience, climate and infrastructure. The live pitch and demo event will choose five winners who advance to...
Houston, We Have a Hub: Why Singapore’s New Space Agency Is a Game-Changer for the Global Space Economy
The episode breaks down Singapore’s launch of its National Space Agency (NSAS) announced at the Space Summit 2026, highlighting the nation’s strategic shift from a regional tech hub to a pivotal player in the global space economy. It explains how...
Join an Exclusive Webinar About Satellite Imagery and AI
In this episode, host Dr. Oleg Demidov interviews Luke Fischer, CEO of SkyFi, to explore the $3.8 trillion market built around satellite imagery and AI. They discuss how Earth‑observation data has fallen from $20,000 per image to $20 per insight, shifting...
The Arithmetic of Ambition: Engineering Rigor and Aesthetic Futurism in Deeptech VC
The episode critiques the current venture‑capital approach to SpaceTech and DeepTech, arguing that hype‑driven narratives often replace rigorous engineering and economic analysis. It highlights the “drunkard’s walk” of investment decisions, using orbital data centers as a case study to show...
A Series of Webinars About How Venture Capital Works by a U.S. VC
In this three‑week webinar series launching on February 16, Denis Kalyshkin—a principal at a U.S. venture capital firm and former aerospace engineer—explains how VC funds operate, covering market analysis, deal terms, due diligence, and financial modeling for startups. He breaks...
Davos WEF Week 2026: Space & Defense: Frontier Tech, Capital, and Deployment
The Davos WEF Week 2026 session on Space & Defense explored emerging trends in commercial space and dual‑use defense technologies, highlighting where capital is flowing and the hurdles to scaling startups in these high‑impact sectors. Panelists offered strategic insights on...
How A New Economic Stack Is Being Built In Space
The episode outlines how the emerging space economy mirrors the early internet by requiring a foundational "economic stack" of infrastructure across four pillars: orbital logistics, robotics and automation, next‑generation energy, and advanced computing and communications. It highlights the dramatic drop...