2023 Startups to Watch: Spaced Ventures helps out-of-this-world startups raise millions

Spaced Ventures Inc. next year will ramp up its efforts to finance the final frontier.

The Space Coast startup operates a public investment portal where aerospace firms curated by Spaced Ventures can seek investment from anyone in the U.S., Canada and U.K. who are age 18 or older. 

The company grew its investor base 600% between 2021 and 2022, and this year wants to raise tens of millions of additional dollars from investors around the world.

These are some of the reasons Spaced Ventures was one of 10 companies named a 2023 Orlando Inno Startup to Watch. Learn more about the nine other honorees here.

Here's more from founder and CEO Aaron Burnett about his company:

What does your company do? We are the world's first private neobroker dedicated to space investment. We vet the best space companies and match them with the best space investors. Our investor base is the most inclusive in the world, with opportunities for investors with $100 or $100 million checks.

What was your company's biggest accomplishment in 2022? We built the world's largest public SpaceX investment petition. In just two months we were able to collect more than $150 million in interest from both public and private sources.

What are you working on in 2023? Raising an additional $50 million for space companies from the world's largest community of space investors

Spaced Ventures Inc.

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