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In January 2025, Absolut Sensing validated the performance of its hyperspectral sensors by launching the GESat GEN1 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9. Read about AI-based forecasting, @esa’s Copernicus program, and climate tech in this interview w/ @TristanLaurent: underline.vc/tristan-lauren…

Spotted: @bogdaniordache talking about 🪖growing the defense ecosystem in Romania in an event by @UKROTechHub:

🪖@bogdaniordache will join today from 3PM the "Building better defence industry partnerships: a conference on the UK/Romania opportunity", taking on the subject of defencetech and how to grow the ecosystem in Romania. An event by @UKROTechHub. Details: lnkd.in/eTCN3BA6

Tomorrow in Bucharest, @bogdaniordache will talk about trends in AI investments for the Bravva Angels community:

Alex’s take on the need for “Plan B” capabilities such as rendezvous, repair, and refueling to prevent debris crises: underline.vc/keeping-space-…

“With the 🛰️mega constellations on the rise, it makes space more congested. (…) This is going to stimulate the market massively for servicing, not just debris removal, but also making things that are in orbit last longer through life extension or refueling”, thinks Alex Godfrey.

Underline Team Update: Ana-Maria Calotă joins us as Fund Admin! Now, let's get back to work.

This week the upcoming proposal on "EU Inc." by the European Commission was leaked. We looked into the details. It contains a lot of improvements but yet fails on the actual main goal: Creating one true standard across Europe that creates legal certainty for our startups.

🪖@bogdaniordache will join the "Building better defence industry partnerships: a conference on the UK/Romania opportunity" next week on March 18th in Bucharest. More details here: lnkd.in/eTCN3BA6 cc.: @UKROTechHub

🧮 We’re reviewing the Visiting Analyst applications and you’ll soon hear from us! Here are some photos from “Stagii pe Bune” two weeks ago, when Cristina and Violeta met the majority of you looking for a tech #internship in Bucharest:

“Around 80% of the global space market comes from downstream services — data, applications, analytics — but most investments still go into the upstream side, like satellites and rockets”, thinks Justyna Redelkiewicz (GoCosmic). Read more: underline.vc/scaling-space-…

“The great story of American innovation is that it is a much more decentralized model, and that allows for innovation to flourish”, ponders Yuk Chi Chan (@AstroLawyer) on why 🛰️ @charter_space_ is now an US-based space startup, innovating in space insurance.

Analytics typically progresses through 4 levels: Descriptive → Diagnostic → Predictive → Prescriptive Together, these stages show how analytics evolves from reporting information to supporting workforce decisions. Find out more about them here: nestorup.com/blog/from-good…

Yes, that’s a hoodie from our portco @salesqueze!

Last evening in Bucharest, Demo Nights by @how_to_web returned after 6 years and @bogdaniordache was on jury duty. Congrats to all the pitching startups and the winner!

“Satellite data is going to become an ordinary tool, just another data stream that you're gonna use to make decisions,” thinks Dr. Adrian Dumitrescu. Read Adrian’s take on satellite data and space sustainability: underline.vc/adrian-dumitre…

📉Yesterday at the AWS for Startups event in Bucharest, Alexandru discussed about the 20% drop in transaction volume for investments in Romanian startups, as seen on the Venture in Eastern Europe 2025 Report by How to Web.

Wrapped up (for now) the space tech series at @UnderlineVC and I have 3 personal takeaways: • space is a core defense domain • space debris is the most dangerous threat to humanity • satellite data is common data

🛰️ Last week, @bogdaniordache joined the panel on space entrepreneurship at FAST Forum conference by Romanian Space Initiative (ROSPIN).

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