Space Ambition: 2023 Year in Review
52 posts, audiences in 99 countries, subscribers went 7x, 20% readers are VCs, each post 5-7.5k views, backed by 16 peers, 3 meetups and a pitch session, a successful satellite launch, 20 volunteers
Issue 66. Subscribers 9802.
As we jump into 2024, we decided to take a moment and reflect on the past year: what we’ve been through, and what we have accomplished. It has been an amazing journey so far, and we are happy to have shared it with all of you. Our commitment to serving the best of spacetech and supporting both investors and founders is as strong as ever before.
Let’s start with the foundation. Our subscriber count has grown 7x this year: from 1,500 at the beginning to over 9,800 today. We want to thank each one of you, as we feel incredibly fortunate to have such knowledgeable and engaged readers!
Although most (31%) of our readers are in the US, across 46 states, we have subscribers across 99 countries! We’re eager to be global and we think we’re successful in it so far.
Our every recent article had a consistent range of 5,000 to 7,500 views. To be honest, we were quite surprised and impressed with a conversion rate like that. This enthusiastic engagement fuels our motivation to deliver even more insightful research, diverse opinions, and inspiring thoughts to you.
This year, we published 52 posts — one post every week. Here’s a sneak into some details on how it went.
Our Spotlight sections have been among the most popular, offering rich insights into spacetech through our conversations with top voices of the industry and representatives of our partners, the likes of Seraphim, Alpine Space Ventures, Balerion Space VC, TechStars Space, ESA, Rocket Lab, Starburst, and Primo Space Ventures.
Another engaging section our readers enjoyed was Country Review, where we've been laying out the core of the spacetech ecosystems of various countries, including Singapore, Israel, and Italy.
Other well-received sections were comprehensive resources for the industry, such as overviews of the top 50 space tech conferences, relevant accelerators for space tech startups, and space tech PR techniques (part 1 and part 2).
We’re happy that our posts are particularly popular among investors (as far as we can see, more than 20% of our readers are representatives of the VC industry). We believe that deep dives that we make, help them explore various sectors of the industry, assess their investment potential, and assist in the decision-making process. Topics that were the most attractive include satellite internet, electronics production in space, space's role in agriculture, satellite-enabled IoT, space robotics, orbital biolabs, an overview of thrusters, and monitoring greenhouse gasses from space.
We are proud that our blog is read not only by investors, but by startup founders, industry leaders, agency representatives, researchers, and many others.
We also appreciate the fact that we were recommended by 16 blogs on Substack, a tribute to the recognition of our peers
Space Ambition made their presence felt at some of the industry's most prestigious events, including the IAC, GSTC, Mars Convention, and many others as well as organizing our own: we’ve prepared and run three meetups and one pitch session.
Additionally, we have an outstanding achievement to highlight: one of our team members, Marat Airapetian, participated in the successful launch of the first-ever domestic satellite of Armenia - HAYASAT-1 on December 1st as a flight control specialist and assembling and testing engineer. You can support future projects of the team through a crowdfunding platform.
As long as Space Ambition is known for our blog, we want to showcase some other activities we were involved in. During this year we were actively working with VCs, founders, accelerators, and industrial partners. We helped 18 venture capital firms and angel investors dive deeper into spacetech either by building a space vertical or understanding how things work in the industry. On the other side, we mentored 7 startups helping them raise investments and structure their vision.
Of course, we wouldn't have made it without those who helped us along the way. We want to pay a special tribute to all volunteers (we worked with more than 20 of them this year), who decided to dedicate some time to research, study, and help us out. We appreciate the attitude and aspirations of each one of them.
Some believe 2024 is the year of a green dragon, a mythical creature capable of giving a lot of joy to people. We’d love to wish you happiness and productivity in the next year and thereafter. Doesn’t matter if you launch a startup, become a spacetech investor, or anything else, we wish you continued success and the best of luck in all that you’re doing!
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