Space equity investments tallied $18 billion from 2009 to 2018, with roughly $3 billion of that total invested last year alone, according to Space Angels. Credit: Space Angels

Space startup investments continued to rise in 2018

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Investors continue to fund space startups at an accelerating rate, according to two firms that track activity in the sector.

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Adam Draper, founder and managing director of startup accelerator Boost VC

Foust Forward | Space startups face new competition for investment dollars — or bitcoins

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The growth of crypto was a theme at the Space Tech Summit conference. It was a new, and puzzling, experience for some in the space industry, for whom ICO is a failed communications satellite venture and not “Initial Coin Offering,” a way some startups are raising money through cryptocurrencies.

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