Chad Anderson (businessman)

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Chad Anderson
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Anderson in the February 2017 issue of Pequenas Empresas [1]
Born (1980-06-20) June 20, 1980 (age 43)
Nationality American
EducationMBA
Alma mater University of Oxford
Seattle University

Chad C. Anderson (born June 20, 1980) is an American businessman, venture capitalist, and author. Anderson is founder and Managing Partner of Space Capital, a New York City-based venture capital firm with investments in the space economy. [2] [3] Anderson is the author of The Space Economy: Capitalize on the greatest business opportunity of our lifetime, published by Wiley. [4]

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Education

Anderson holds an MBA degree from the University of Oxford [5] and Finance and Economics undergraduate degrees from Seattle University, magna cum laude. [6] [7] [8] [1]

Career

Anderson has been described by TechCrunch as “among the best-positioned people on either the investment or the operator side to weigh in on the current and future state of the space startup industry”. [9] [10]

Since 2012, Anderson has served as CEO of Space Angels, a venture capital platform focused on early-stage investments in the space economy. He re-founded the company in 2015. [11] [12] [13]

In 2013, Anderson published an academic paper that explored the ramifications of SpaceX’s inaugural International Space Station cargo run, explaining how public–private partnerships had made commercial spaceflight economically feasible and arguing for the real, near-term economic potential of space technologies. [14] [15]

Anderson founded Space Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm that invests exclusively in space-based technologies, with Tom Ingersoll and launched its first institutional fund of $16 million in 2017. [2] [16]

In addition to his work at Space Capital, Anderson serves on boards including that of the Satellite Applications Catapult, which supports the United Kingdom’s national strategy to grow its space sector. [17] [4]

Previously, Anderson was Business Manager at JPMorgan Chase where he managed a $50 billion real estate portfolio through the Great Recession. [17]

Exploration

Anderson is a Member Resident of the Explorers Club, a non-profit that promotes the scientific exploration of land, sea, air, and space and has served as director of the board. [18] [10]

Anderson was among the first people to swim the circumference of the island of Islay, Scotland. [10] [19] [20] [21] [22] Stopping at each of the island’s operating distilleries and filling a 30-gallon oak cask with whisky from each, he bottled and sold the resulting blend to benefit the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. [23] [21] Anderson produced a documentary film titled “The Great Islay Swim” about the expedition with an initial screening held at the Explorers Club in New York City. [24] [25]

Anderson also mapped the ancient mezcal trail in Oaxaca, Mexico, transporting a 50-gallon oak barrel of actively fermenting agave pulp across the state and, in the process, creating the world’s most unique mezcal. [10] [26] Anderson produced a documentary film “The Mezcalarians” about the expedition called with a special screening held at the Explorers Club in New York City. [27] [28]

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  2. 1 2 Weinzierl, Matthew C.; Haddaji, Alissa (March 18, 2019). "Space Angels, Multiple Equilibria, and Financing the Space Economy" – via www.hbs.edu.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ↑ Sheetz, Michael (January 14, 2020). "Space companies raised a record $5.8 billion in private investments last year". CNBC.
  4. 1 2 "The Space Economy: Capitalize on the Greatest Business Opportunity of Our Lifetime | Wiley". Wiley.com.
  5. ↑ Beames, Charles. "The Beginner's Guide To Investing In Commercial Space". Forbes.
  6. ↑ "Why investors are following Musk, Bezos in betting on the stars". The Washington Post . Retrieved 18 April 2017.
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  8. ↑ Network, Space Angels (17 September 2015). "Space: The Investing Frontier via BBC World News" . Retrieved 18 April 2017– via Vimeo.
  9. ↑ "Space Angels' Chad Anderson on entering a new decade in the 'entrepreneurial space age'". 16 January 2020.
  10. 1 2 3 4 Anderson, Chad (April 11, 2023). “About the Author” In “The Space Economy: Capitalize on the Greatest Business Opportunity of Our Lifetime”. Wiley. pp. 215. ISBN 978-1-119-90372-7
  11. ↑ "Four Out-Of-This-World Predictions For The Space Industry In 2017". 1 January 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  12. ↑ "Profile: Chad Anderson, Managing Director, Space Angels Network". SpaceNews. 17 November 2014. Archived from the original on November 22, 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  13. ↑ Jao, Carren (October 16, 2014). "Meet the Entrepreneurs at the Forefront of the Space Race". Entrepreneur.
  14. ↑ Anderson, Chad (April 11, 2023). “Introduction” In “The Space Economy: Capitalize on the Greatest Business Opportunity of Our Lifetime”. Wiley. pp. xvi. ISBN 978-1-119-90372-7.
  15. ↑ Anderson, Chad (November 1, 2013). "Rethinking public–private space travel". Space Policy. 29 (4): 266–271. doi:10.1016/j.spacepol.2013.08.002 – via ScienceDirect.
  16. ↑ "Tom Ingersoll Joins Space Capital Partners, Which Is Targeting $50m For First Venture Fund | Investment News | Trusted Insight". www.thetrustedinsight.com.
  17. 1 2 "Our Board". Satellite Applications Catapult.
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  24. ↑ "The Great Islay Swim". September 27, 2017 – via IMDb.
  25. ↑ "The Explorer's Club Tartan Night". www.nyctartanweek.org.
  26. ↑ "Camino de Mezcal - The world’s most unique mezcal." Mezcal Trail LLC
  27. ↑ NYC Tartan Week (April 5th, 2018). “The Explorers Club Tartan Night”. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  28. ↑ "The Mezcalarians" – via IMDb.
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