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đ€ŒÂ People
Intel Ignite cohort Spring â24
I (Jonatan) got the honour to give initial feedback to two of the final pitches of the European Intel Ignite cohort - Pathway and Zeropoint. Both Zuzanna and Iliam did a great job at pitching their companies. Intel Ignite continue to do great work coaching founders.
Neil Buchanan, Thomas Santini and Jakub Jecuminek - Co-founders and VP at Lodestar Space
We spent a lot of time with the Lodestar team these past weeks! Working together on the pre-seed investment, followed by strategy work has been a real pleasure. Neil and Thomas are impressive founders whoâve built a culture of getting shit done, fast. Theyâre going to space for sure. To learn more, check out our memo.
đŒ Portfolio jobs board
This weeks selection of opportunities from the portfolio:
Senior Space Systems Engineer at Lodestar Space (New portfolio company!)
đ Companies
[REDACTED] - Autonomous underwater drones
Status: Deployed in war zone
Source: dms
Founders: [REDACTED]
Why itâs cool:
Protecting the maritime domain is difficult because of the physical properties of water (itâs wet and dark). But the capability is important. Check out the latest Russian demoâs of Zubr-class LCAC, and submarine cable surveying for recent examples. US-based Saronic recently raised $175M Series B for Unmanned Surface Vessels.
Intrepid AI - Robotic Operating System
Status: Pre-seed raised
Source: CAVI
Founders: Francisco Gadaleta
Why itâs cool:
They run a productive blog on AI, but are also building a platform for managing and building for robots. As we all agree, robots are the future, in various shapes and forms, giving AI a physical form makes sense. But to get there we need to make it easier for hardware developers to build and deploy fleets of embodied AI.
Holy Technologies - Composite manufacturing optimization
Status: Pre-seed
Source: CAVI
Founders: Moritz Reiners, Bosse Rothe
Why itâs cool:
Weâre still limited in using carbon fiber because of manual labor and latent know-how. Holy can open new markets for light-weight materials and potentially replace steel or aluminium. CAD-to-Product is a whole category nowadays.
đĄÂ Ideas & Science
Alex Patowâs Guest Post at Data-driven VC
Alex summarized his learnings from the past years of âdata in VCâ first with EQT Motherbrain and since last year with us at inflection.xyz. The tl;dr is: data is not only sourcing, and the methodology is the same as for any startup. Start small and test what works in a product-engineering hybrid. Thanks Alex for this!
Some Proposals for Reviving the Philosophy of Mathematics by Reuben Hersh
A great, accessible piece for anyone whoâs ever thought âwhy am I doing thisâ in math class. Or in preparation for the inevitable post-3 beer pub question of âwas mathematics invented or discoveredâ.
US âArmy taking wide-open approach to high-altitude platformsâ: SMDC chief
As investors into Radical Aero, weâre glad to see more public support of HAPS!
Minuteman Missile Communications
A very nerdy deep-dive into how communications of the Minuteman missile facilities was/is done. Hyper-critical of course.