As the 2020’s progress, NewSpace has made amazing strides, garnered billions in investment, and we are seeing very profitable exits. Not so long ago, these outcomes would not have been so easy to predict.
The biggest winners have been in the realms of launch, satellites, and related services for both.
But for humans to become truly – and permanently – an interplanetary species, much more will be needed, and the investors to go with it.
So what will be the Next Big Thing for investors to look at? This session will feature experienced pros in all aspects of the industry, with a focus on investor finance, from initial angel round to Series C. Expect a lively debate on what might be the next wave of space venture development!
Space Business
Session Chair Info
Thomas Andrew Olson
Board Chair, Center for Space Commerce and Finance
For over three decades, Mr. Olson has been a business systems engineer and analyst in the Communications, Aerospace, and Publishing sectors. In addition, he spent several years in the Financial Services sector (cash and fund management). He served on the original organizing committee for the ’Space Investment Summits’, an event that brought together interested investors and space entrepreneurs for knowledge sharing and professional networking. From 2006-2010, he was a regular Read More
Space Business
Session Speakers Info
Doug Owens
Founder and Managing Partner, Space Outcomes LLC
Doug is the founder and managing partner of Space Outcomes LLC. Doug is on a mission to help bring about a Star Trek future for the benefit of humanity, and his current focus is on helping to capitalize excited New Space projects. During his government contracting career, Doug helped build and run Coverent, an intelligence community startup who won consistently again big integrators like Leidos and CACI. He held executive Read More
Camisha Simmons
Attorney | Principal | Managing Member, Simmons Legal PLLC
Camisha L. Simmons is a business attorney based in Dallas, Texas. She is a frequent writer and speaker on cutting-edge legal topics that impact businesses. She is licensed to practice law in both Texas and New York. Read More
James Anthony Wolff
Partner, Greenspoon Marder LLP
James Anthony Wolff is a partner at Greenspoon Marder LLP and a space, AI, and emerging technologies attorney focused on the legal and capital architecture of frontier industries. His work spans space policy, planetary defense finance, and the structuring of mission-driven ventures operating at the intersection of law, science, and long-term risk. In 2023, he was a co-founder recipient of a NASA award for advanced space systems research, followed by Read More