Webinar
SpaceTech Investing - Panel Webinar
Join Alumni Ventures for an exciting panel discussion on the rapidly evolving world of space technology investing.
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Hosted by Ron Levin and Meera Oak, this special webinar will feature insights from Ashi from Spaceium and Brian from Lux Aeterna—two leaders at the forefront of innovation in the final frontier. The conversation will cover the state of the commercial space industry, promising technologies in development, and how venture capital is playing a critical role in enabling breakthroughs. Our panel will share their experiences building and backing space startups, along with perspectives on emerging opportunities and the challenges of scaling in a capital-intensive sector.
Whether you’re a seasoned investor or simply space-curious, this session will offer a valuable look into one of the most captivating sectors in tech. Reserve your spot today to hear from operators and investors actively shaping the future of space.
Why Attend?
- HomeGet a behind-the-scenes look at space tech startups from both founders and funders
- HomeLearn how venture capital is fueling innovation in launch, satellite, and deep tech segments
- HomeGain practical insights on evaluating and investing in high-impact frontier technologies
Alumni Ventures is America’s largest venture capital firm for individual investors.
About your presenters
Ron has spent his career in a variety of entrepreneurial, leadership, and business development roles. He has been an angel investor and advisor to over a dozen technology startups. Ron was Co-Founder and CEO of TravelPerk, a VC-backed travel management platform that is now a “unicorn” company with thousands of employees and customers across the globe. Prior to TravelPerk, he started the B2B division of Booking.com and before that was a consultant with McKinsey & Co. Ron began his career at Lycos, one of the web’s pioneer search engine and web portals. Ron graduated from Babson College and received his MBA from Harvard Business School. He is the author of the impact-focused book, Higher Purpose Venture Capital.
Seed Fund, Partner
Meera Oak invests in AI-native infrastructure redefining how software is built. She views this shift as the next cloud moment, a fundamental transition where value moves from manual execution to intelligent orchestration and simplicity. As engineering moves from direct control to higher-level automation, Meera focuses on the foundational layers of compute, data, and agents.
At the investment level, her lens prioritizes agent development infrastructure and AI-native frameworks that favor simplicity over complexity. She seeks out the operating systems for teams made up of both humans and AI agents, with a focus on orchestration, memory, and context coordination. These platforms form the backbone of the next enterprise stack, much like AWS and Salesforce did for the cloud era, by making powerful capabilities feel simple and developer-first.
Meera has built an extensive portfolio of leaders defining the modern AI infrastructure stack across agents, compute, and data. She backed OpenHands, an open source platform for cloud coding agents, and Standard Kernel, which is building a self-improving system that automatically generates and optimizes high-performance GPU kernels as core infrastructure for agentic and frontier AI workloads. Her investments also include Fundamental Research Labs for frontier model research, Atero, a GPU optimization company acquired by Crusoe, and Vamana, where she led AV’s investment in AI-native video infrastructure that makes video computable, searchable, and model-ready.
These companies reflect Meera’s broader strategy to invest in enduring platforms that re-architect critical systems. Her background leading product for cloud-based ERPs gives her the fluency to connect with developers navigating today’s platform shift. Whether backing agentic platforms or security layers, she believes the next generation of venture-scale outcomes will come from rebuilding the infrastructure that underpins the digital world.