E45: Denis Kalyshkin - Ambition For Space (Frontier #6)

Denis is Founder of Space Ambition and a DeepTech investor at I2BF Global Ventures, focussing on startups digitally transforming boring and unsexy industries. 🤖

Denis also does a huge amount of work around the wider startup consultancy arena, looking to inspire the next generation of DeepTech founders and VCs 🚀

His space origin story: while working in banking, he was approached to invest in an asteroid mining company, rekindling his childhood wonder for spaceflight, sci-fi and the cosmos - and he hasn't looked back since! 🛰

Denis and James discuss: Denis' love for space, how to invest in the space sector, exciting moonshot SpaceTech on the horizon, SpaceTech low-hanging fruit, hardware investing, how most software is becoming commoditised, how to ride the AI wave, and a call-to-action for aspiring DeepTech entrepreneurs 💪

His inspirational piece of advice: don't forget your dreams, follow your childhood passions! 🙌

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Explore Denis' Projects here:
SpaceTech Advisory: spaceambition.org
SpaceTech Blog: https://spaceambition.substack.com/
Ask VC: askvc.org

Connect with Denis here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denis-kalyshkin-b634592a/
Connect with James here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bannon/

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00:00:00 Introduction
00:04:44 Atoms & Bits
00:06:34 Commoditized SaaS
00:10:37 Barriers to Entrty
00:13:48 Hardware is Hard?
00:25:38 Denis' Space Ambition
00:32:59 Where Should I Invest in Space?
00:36:14 Moonshots
00:47:52 Denis' Future
00:52:51 Denis' Inspirational Advice

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