Jackson Moses is a successful serial entrepreneur and early defense tech investor. He currently serves as the Founder and Managing Partner of Silent Ventures, an early stage venture firm that invests in aerospace, defense, and national security startups including Andruil, Hadrian, Axiom Space, and Voyager Space.

Jeff Hart is a partner at AE Industrial Partners, a Private Equity firm with over $6 Billion in AUM that has invested in some of the most exciting aerospace, security, and industrial companies across the country including Firefly Aerospace, Sierra Space, and York Space Systems.

Introducing Justus Kilian, Managing Partner at Space Capital, a venture firm at the forefront of the Tech-Space intersection, boasting a robust portfolio with over $100 million in assets under management. With a steadfast commitment to innovation, Space Capital has joined forces with visionary founders and made strategic investments in break out companies like Rocket Lab and SpaceX.

Meagan Murphy Crawford, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of SpaceFund, which has invested in over 20 aerospace companies including SpaceX, Axiom Space, and Voyager Space.

Andrea Hippeau is a Partner at Lerer Hippeau, an early-stage venture capital fund that has invested in some of the most forward thinking brands - Warby Parker, Allbirds, Cotopaxi, Casper, and Thrive.

Joanna Arras joined Baird Capital in 2014, a venture capital investor focused on early- and expansion-stage companies that leverage technology to solve business problems or just make life easier. She is also currently a board member of ChurnZero, Circonus, FullContact, and SourceDay and was previously a board member of Appcast, Startwire, and Autobooks.

Cara Morphew is a Partner at Sweater Ventures, a venture fund for everyday investors, including non-accredited retail investors. Sweater is looking to democratize venture capital by giving access to an asset class that historically is limited to the wealthy. Sweater recently raised $12M to build out their team and technology. Prior to Sweater Cara was an investor at Chicago Ventures, Selwyn Ventures and Co-Founder of BeenThere Technologies.

Josh Chapman is the Managing Partner of Konvoy Ventures, an early-stage venture fund investing exclusively in platforms and technologies in video gaming.

Joe Musselman is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Broom Ventures, a Venture Firm backing some of the most mission-oriented founders out there with the belief that Teams, Leadership, and Culture are the critical factors to the ultimate success of an organization.

Daniel Faber is the CEO & Co-Founder of Orbit Fab, a space company building “gas stations” in space to provide the infrastructure necessary to create a robust in-space economy. Orbit Fab recently raised $10M in seed financing from numerous investors including Lockeed Martin Ventures and Asymmetry Ventures who led the round. Prior to Orbit Fab, Daniel was the CEO of Space Arena and Deep Space Industries.

Jeff Foley is the Co-Founder and Board Member of Propeller, a management consulting firm he grew to two hundred employees and $40M in revenue. Jeff also sits on the advisory board of Wishlist, Energy Keepers and is now an investor through Oregon Venture Fund.

Justin Bedecarre is the Co-Founder and CEO of Raise Commercial Real Estate,  a technology powered commercial real estate brokerage, working with companies like Palantir, Notion, and Brex to make searching and managing their workplace seamless and intelligent. Raise is backed by Point72, Founders Fund, and Initialized Capital. Prior to Raise, Justin was the Co-Founder of 42Floors and a broker at Cushman & Wakefield.

Dustin Watkins is the Co-Founder and CTO of DataBased, a data driven company that uses visualization tools that empower sales teams with performance standardization, development, and goal-setting efficiency. DataBased recently raised a $3M seed round with a $40M pre-money valuation with investors from SAP, HubSpot, Carta, Verizon, Klayvio, and Qualtrics. Dustin graduated from Brigham Young University in 2019 and resides in Lehi, Utah where the company is based.

Matt Blomstedt is the Managing Partner of SpringTime Ventures, an $8M seed fund focused on startups in the Mountain Region. His team has invested in over 20 startups including TrueCoach who sold to TSG earlier this year and SonderMind who recently raised $27M in their Series B. Prior to founding SpringTime, Matt worked in M&A in Oil & Gas for over 9 years in Texas.

Ben Rudman is the CEO of Western’s Smokehouse, a portfolio company of Charis Consumer Partners where Ben is the Managing Director and Founder. Prior to starting his own private equity firm, Ben worked in investment banking for 8 years at SDR Ventures after graduating from Cornell College where he played Varsity Baseball.