Join Izzy as she chats with Jeffrey Ugbah at Galaxy Digital about how to attract an investor for a space company.
Back a few months ago, a podcast listener reached out and asked for an episode that focused on what investors are looking for in a company and what are some marketing tips to attract them. Here it is!
Izzy chats with Jeffery Ugbah, Director at Galaxy Digital, a venture capital company. They talk about what investors look for in a space company.
ABOUT JEFFREY UGBAH
Jeffery Ugbah
Director at Galaxy Digital
CHAPTERS:
01:15 Introduction to Jeffery Ugbah
03:48 Jeffrey's journey to space
08:54 Galaxy Digital
11:15 Why is the space industry interesting to investors?
14:15 How important is marketing and branding of a potential company to an investor?
19:00 What does a lack of branding say to investors?
21:05 Value of telling your story
22:48 The whole package
25:30 How does space differ from tech in expected growth?
28:57 Increase or decrease in first level Series A seed funding for space investments?
30:54 How do you find investors/investees?
35:37 Keeping your business a secret
38:12 Pitfalls that make companies undesirable to investors
42:12 How much percentage should a founder keep during a round?
43:43 Market fit
47:16 Bring in a marketing professional from the beginning of the development
48:42 Future of space
51:27 Final Thoughts
MENTIONS:
Evercore
Galaxy Digital
Bitcoin
Digital Assets
Computing
High performance Computing ASIC Miners
Gaming
Climate Tech
Frontier industries
Space tech
ABOUT IZZY
Izzy's website - https://izzy.house
Author of Space Marketing: Competing in the new commercial space industry AND Space Marketing: Spaceports on Amazon and Audible - https://bit.ly/Space-Marketing
Podcast host for Space Marketing Podcast - https://spacemarketingpodcast.com
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