NewSpace Investment Trends

Sean C CaseySilicon Valley Space Center

sean.casey@siliconvalleyspacecenter.org

Sept 23, 2016 - Keizai Silicon Valley, Palo Alto, CA 1

Cubesat Market - Planet Labs ($1.1B valuation)

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Three U cubesats (10 cm x 10 cm x 30 cm) deployed by Planet Labs from the ISS

SpaceXVirgin Galactic*Blue Origin*Vulcan Aerospace*O3BOneWebPlanet LabsCloudera

Skybox (Terra Bella)Spaceflight IndustriesPlanetary ResourcesAstroscaleMapBoxSpireMoon ExpressSpaceILKymeta

Dauria AerospaceOmniEarthSatelogicNanoracksXCORRocket Lab*Firefly*Reaction EnginesAccion SystemsOrbital InsightClearStory DataPlanetOSSpaceKnow*

$200M - $2B $20M - $200M $2M - $20M

Crunchbase data 2015 (*) SVSC estimates

NewSpace Investments (NSG 50)

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East meets West at Satellite 2015“There is no investment in space!”

Peter Platzer, Spire CEOSilicon Valley, Meet Satellite 2015 panel

Investors are attracted to disruptive technologies applied to large markets

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