Q&A Kosmic Apple
The power of NewSpace startups Shagun Sachdeva, Founder of Kosmic Apple
With tech trailblazers like Bezos, Musk, and Branson fueling space economics, the investment community has fast developed a fascination for NewSpace startups. With powerful ideas and a great potential for growth on the horizon, Shagun Sachdeva, Founder of Kosmic Apple believes we’re likely to see more big moves from the sector, but there are still lessons to be learned.
Satellite Evolution Global
Laurence Russell, Associate Editor, Satellite Evolution Group
Q&A 24
www.satellite-evolution.com | July 2022
Question: Could you introduce us to Kosmic Apple and some of their recent successes? Shagun Sachdeva: Kosmic Apple is a platform for introducing space startups to investors, deriving revenue from advisement fees. We saw a knowledge gap between new, innovative ideas and the people trying to find the right opportunities in the maelstrom of NewSpace businesses. When both sides can get together, they can start to learn one another’s languages. Startups can get better at pitching their ideas in a way that makes sense to financiers, and people looking to put their money where the future is can learn about where critical growth areas are forming. We’ve been quite successful at that in the sense that all our startups have had at least one qualitative meeting with a prominent investor, which has put them on their path to scale their success. We’re currently working with an investor base that is worth a total of
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