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Chad Anderson

Managing Partner at Space Capital

New York, New York

Overview 

Chad Anderson is the author of "The Space Economy" and the Founder and Managing Partner at Space Capital in New York, specializing in venture capital investments in space-related startups. He has successfully invested in companies like LeoLabs and ICEYE, showcasing his expertise in identifying and supporting innovative ventures in the space industry. Anderson's notable career highlights include his role as a Board Director for various companies such as Kayhan Space and Zephr.xyz, and his involvement in strategic investments in a range of sectors including Space, Cybersecurity, and AgTech, highlighting his diverse and impactful contributions to the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Work Experience 

  • Founder & Managing Partner

    2012 - Current

    Space Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm specializing in space-based technologies and their applications, i.e. the essential technologies that power the world's largest industries today. We understand the space economy at a fundamentally deeper level than our peers: our partners have built rockets, satellites, and operating systems. We have founded companies with assets currently in orbit and have led multiple exits as founders/operators (the latest was a $500M sale to Google). We've been pioneering investment in this category for over 10 years and now we've literally written the book on the subject with The Space Economy, published by Wiley.

Space Capital invests in the final frontier of technology and growth.

  • Board Director

    2023

Kayhan Space ensures satellite operators maintain situational awareness of their space assets

Raised $11,270,000.00 from EVE Atlas, Castor Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Booz Allen Hamilton, Beyond Capital, Space Capital, Techstars Ventures, Overline, Techstars and Root Ventures.

  • Board Director

    2023

Zephr operates as a developer of next generation location-based solutions.

Raised $3,500,000.00 from Space Capital, SRI Ventures and First Spark Ventures.

  • Board Observer

    2022

Muon Space designs, builds, and operates orbit satellite constellations to deliver mission-critical data.

Raised $91,703,744.00 from Congruent Ventures, ACME Capital, Costanoa Ventures, Activate Capital Partners and Radical Ventures.

  • Board Observer

    2021

Rendered.ai is the PaaS for generating physics-based Synthetic Data for visible and non-visible computer vision AI/ML applications.

Raised $6,000,000.00 from Space Capital, Uncorrelated Ventures, Congruent Ventures, Tectonic Ventures and Union Labs Ventures.

  • Board Director

    2022

  • Board Director

    2015

    The Satellite Applications Catapult is an elite technology and innovation center focused on the development and commercialization of the UK space industry.

  • Board Director

    2021 - 2023

  • Board Director

    2018 - 2021

  • Board Director

    2019 - 2021

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