Raphael Roettgen, CFA

We gathered the community underneath iconic Shuttle Discovery to talk about "Financing America's Space Superiority". The event brought together investors, Government and business leaders, and left everyone with a joint purpose and a strong vision to further grow the space sector in Northern Virginia and the larger DMV region. E2MC is proudly based here and we will continue to do our part.

Thanks to our co-organizers Fairfax County Economic Development Authority for our strong partnership, and also to our co-sponsors J.P. Morgan, Leonid Capital Partners and SpaceNEXT. Honored to be on this mission with you.

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Another pre-seed investment coming out of stealth:
E2MC was the first check into Applied Atomics last year.

When we saw Ash Modeste Johnson build a sophisticated multimode propulsion system virtually in his apartment and bootstrapping on a shoestring budget, while also lining up world-class partners like Thales Alenia Space, we knew we wanted to bet on him.

Now we have been joined in an oversubscribed pre-seed round by world-class investors including Oxford Science Enterprises (lead), BVVC, Raptor Group, Aramco Ventures, DraperU Ventures, Ante-Bellum Angels, Tiny Supercomputer Investment Company, Carat Venture Partners.

This will get Applied Atomics onto the way of building Star Reacher Network, a revolutionary space logistics platform.

Congratulations to Ash & his team. We are super psyched to be on this stellar journey with you!

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