Investment Insight with Kristina Pereckaite
We spoke with Kristina, one of our Investment Experts and Founder and Managing Director of South East Angels. Her syndicate recently closed an investment in Blue Skies Space. Kristina kindly shared with us how they evaluated a Space company and what helped them make that all-important decision to invest.
Kristina giving a talk at the Fusion Boot Camp
South East Angels have just closed an investment in a Space company, what helped you make this decision?
Our evaluation was just like with any other company, however as we are not industry experts, we spent even more time getting to know the founding team and getting external insights. Ultimately, our decision came down to the amount of validation the founders were able to achieve so early on in their journey.
Investing in the space sector is often perceived as high risk, what are your thoughts on this?
All startup investments are high-risk. I don't think that space tech is higher risk than other deep tech industries. It's just that if you don't understand something you cannot appropriately assess the risk, and therefore that makes it high risk for you.
With your experience, what factors do you think have made investing in Space increasingly more popular and lowered the barriers to entry?
Programmes that are helping founders to commercialise their technology mean more companies are getting to a stage where they have a great business as well as exciting innovation.
Also, by closing the gap of what a space-tech company actually is. It's not just about space exploration. Space tech is already powering a lot of what we do here on Earth, and our need for this kind of technology is increasing.
How does Fusion Connect with Capital get you excited about investing in Space?
Speaking to all of the brilliant innovators and founders on the programme. I have learned a lot about the sector, and it's made me intrigued to continue learning. I think because space tech has for a long time felt like something really futuristic, there is a lack of education about its importance. By educating investors on where the opportunities are and opening up these conversations between founders and investors, Fusion is closing this gap.
Meet Kristina
Kristina is the Founder and Managing Director of the leading investor group, South East Angels, which has invested over £1M into startups since forming just a few years ago. With over 8 years of experience in supporting startups, Kristina's expertise lies in early-stage startup capital, marketing, and finance.
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