Fortuna Investments, which rose to fame with early bets on lithium, is now setting its sights on another frontier market. Founder & partner Justus Parmar joins Morgan Brennan to discuss the opportunities in the space space, why now is the time to invest, and his bullish case for Jeff Bezo’s Blue Origin.
Jul 11
Varda Closes $187 Million Series C Round with Varda Space CEO Will Bruey 7/11/25
Varda Space, an in-space manufacturing startup, has just raised $187 million in a Series C round led by Natural Capital and Shrug Capital. Since its inception four years ago, Varda has completed three successful missions, with a fourth in orbit and fifth expected by the end of 20 ... Show More
20m 10s
Jun 26
Redwire's Transformational Leap: Edge Autonomy Acquisition and the Future of Multi-Domain Defense 6/26/25
Morgan sits down with Pete Cannito, CEO of Redwire, and Kirk Konert, Managing Partner at, AE Industrial -- one of the few aerospace private equity firms out there--to discuss Redwire’s game-changing acquisition of Edge Autonomy and how it transforms the company. The conversation ... Show More
29m 12s
Jun 2019
Ryan Hoover, Founder of Weekend Fund & Product Hunt, shares lessons from building his early-stage fund, harnessing excitement for new markets, betting on founders with unique perspectives | Angel S3 E
Ryan Hoover, Founder of Weekend Fund & Product Hunt, shares lessons from building his early-stage fund, harnessing excitement for new markets, betting on founders with strong perspectives & unique qualities, & bringing his expertise & passion for creating communities to venture c ... Show More
1h 4m
Sep 2023
Venture Capital Investing: Exploring The New Tech Innovation Fund With Ben Miller, CEO of Fundrise
I speak to Ben Miller, Co-Founder and CEO of Fundrise about why his company started a new tech Innovation Fund. We explore why Ben thinks his firm has a competitive advantage, the most promising areas where the fund is investing, and the mechanics of investing in a private ventur ... Show More
1h 8m
Dec 2023
Holiday Special Part 1 | Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO, Abaxx Technologies + Guests from the Abaxx Team
This week, we present part one of our two-part Holiday Special. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely is joined by Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO of Abaxx Technologies, along with colleagues Dan McElduff, Joe Raia, and Ian Forester. Together, they discuss where they are now – and what’s n ... Show More
36m 1s
Apr 2024
An $11B bonanza for space startups, and where is all that a16z money going?
What is worth $11 billion and wants to go to Mars to collect rocks? NASA’s mission to Mars to collect rocks that was expected to cost $11 billion and take ages. So, the U.S. space agency is throwing the doors open to get more input, and that means that startups are looking at an ... Show More
10m 9s
Oct 2018
Ken Seiff: Staying Up When the Market Is Down
Ken Seiff is the Managing Partner at Blockchange, a venture capital firm investing exclusively in early stage block chain companies, protocols, and applications that are trying to make a dent in the universe.
In this conversation, Ken Seiff and Anthony Pompliano discuss the anato ... Show More
1h 3m
Mar 2021
Josh Wolfe and Tony Thomas - The Past, Present, and Future of Defense – [Invest Like the Best, EP. 216]
My guests today are Josh Wolfe and Tony Thomas, better known as T2. Josh is the co-founder and General Partner at Lux Capital. T2 is now a venture partner alongside Josh at Lux Capital, after serving for almost 40 years in the US military and becoming a 4-star general and the 11t ... Show More
1h 27m