Aaron Burnett, Spaced Ventures Founder, on Investing in Space

Spaced Ventures is passionate about entrepreneurship, finance and all things space, and is dedicated to making the industry accessible to businesses and investors of all sizes. It aims to be the world’s largest community of startup investors in the space industry. In this Astro Ben Podcast interview, Ben talks to founder and CEO Aaron Burnett about how he co-founded the company 16 months earlier and why he made the leap into the space industry.

They also cover crowdfunding versus equity crowdfunding, whether space companies are riskier to invest in, how startups are vetted and how important video is in a crowdfunding campaign.

What you will hear in this episode

  • Crowdfunding versus equity crowdfunding

  • Whether space companies are riskier to invest in

  • How Aaron decides what to invest in

  • How Spaced Ventures vets startups

  • Whether Aaron has the best job in the world

  • How important video is in a crowdfunding campaign

  • The transformation of the space industry

  • Aaron’s career and his move into the space industry

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