Astor Perkins’ All Things Space & Survival October 2nd Event: Astor Perkins Space Investor Roundtable
Moderating the roundtable will be Scott Amyx, Managing Partner at Astor Perkins
Let me introduce the investor roundtable panelists:
- Ola Sars is the Founder and CEO of Soundtrack Your Brand, the world’s fastest growing music-platform for B2B, which he co-founded together with Spotify back in 2014. Before Soundtrack, he was the co-founder and COO of Beats Music, acquired by Apple and transformed into Apple Music. Please welcome Ola Sars.
- Our next panelist is Jeff Ransdell, who is a founding partner and the Managing Director of Fuel Venture Capital, a $224M venture fund with 23 startups in its portfolio, including PredaSAR, Soundtrack Your Brand and Taxfyle. Prior to Fuel Venture Capital, he was a managing director and market executive at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, a role in which he was tasked with managing more than $130 billion of global private client investment assets, a P&L of $2 billion. Please welcome Jeff Ransdell.
- Ben Rifkin is the CEO and President of Ten Eighty Capital, a family investment office and VC that invests in high growth businesses. He is also a co-founder and board director of AcceleratUM, a privately funded collaborative that develops consensus solutions for the unmanned mobility industry. Prior to Ten Eighty, Rifkin served as President of Royal Street Investment & Innovation Center and advised Royal Street’s sale of Deer Valley Resort and Solitude Resort to Alterra Mountain Company.
- Jeff Crusey is an Investment Manager at Seraphim Capital, the oldest and most prolific space tech VC globally. Prior to Seraphim, Jeff managed strategy at Viasat, a provider of satellite communications for defense and commercial markets. He also led climate tech VC investments at DTE Energy Ventures and is also an entrepreneur. Jeff holds a BS in Economics from the Wharton School at UPenn.
- And today’s featured startup in the roundtable is Steelhead Composites, led by CEO Andrew Coors, who grew the company to a dominant global pressure vessel manufacturer. Steelhead is active in hydrogen storage for zero-emission applications and launch & propulsion solutions for aerospace and has over 120 customers worldwide. Steelhead has received numerous awards and accolades for advanced manufacturing. He holds a MS degree in Economics from the University of California and is a CFA Charterholder.
- A bit more about Steelhead:
- They have over 120 major customers in 26 countries
- Their customers are the “who’s who” of the new space race for launch and propulsion, such as SpaceX, Blue Origin, ULA, and many others
- Their revenues have grown 300% YoY since 2019 and are expected to maintain that growth rate next year
- They hold a strong patent portfolio that protects their proprietary design, engineering, manufacturing and testing of their patented pressure vessel designs
- They are the fastest in the industry for prototyping with a fully digital manufacturing floor
- They are aerospace quality system (AS 9100-Rev D) and environmental management system (ISO 14001) certified
- Let’s welcome Andrew Coors from Steelhead Composites
- A bit more about Steelhead:
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