Meagan Crawford is a leading voice in the entrepreneurial space industry and an experienced startup executive and founder, with multiple exits under her belt. She is the host of the Mission Eve podcast, which aims to increase the number of women in the space industry, and is frequently featured as a thought leader on the industry's development and investment potential.
Meagan is a strong believer in the power of free enterprise as the driving force that will lift humanity permanently off-world. She is managing partner of SpaceFund, a venture capital firm investing in space startups, and sits on the board of directors of over a dozen organizations, including both space startups and nonprofits. She holds an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurship from Rice University.
In 2009, Meagan co-founded the NewSpace Business Plan Competition, a program focused on educating both entrepreneurs and investors, and catalyzing deal flow. It is the world's longest-running space-focused business plan competition. As a manager, coach and judge for the last decade, she has read over 1,000 space business executive summaries, has coached hundreds of selected teams, and has helped award cash prizes to dozens of NewSpace startups.
What you will hear in this episode
What SpaceFund is and the journey to launching it
The selection process for investments and the current portfolio
The difference between a normal VC and a space VC
The NewSpace Business Plan Competition
The Mission Eve podcast and what Meagan learned from it
The world's first trillionaire and equity of opportunity
Government rules and regulations, and the pace of investment
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