The Premier Space Finance Gathering of the Year.

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Join Us February 18–19, 2026 in Dallas, Texas

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Fueling the Future: Driving Innovation and Capability

Innovate Space: Finance Forum brings together top executives, investors, and public-sector leaders to accelerate the space economy through innovative financing models beyond traditional aerospace capital.

Over two days, private equity firms, institutional investors, family offices, venture capital, and space industry leaders will explore emerging financial mechanisms, forge partnerships, and drive deal-making to build a sustainable and diversified space ecosystem that scales public-private collaboration and unlocks the next wave of commercial growth and technological breakthroughs.

Who Should Attend

Innovate Space: Finance Forum is built for decision-makers shaping capital strategy and investment across the space economy. This is a focused finance forum—not a general industry conference.

You should attend if you are:

  • An investor or capital allocator evaluating scalable space and space-adjacent opportunities
  • A venture, private equity, or institutional investor seeking differentiated deal flow and partnerships
  • A CEO, CFO, or corporate strategy leader responsible for capital formation, M&A, or strategic partnerships
  • A space industry executive or founder actively raising capital or preparing for growth or exit
  • A public-sector or policy leader working at the intersection of capital, innovation, and public-private collaboration
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This forum is designed for leaders who are deploying, structuring, or enabling capital—and who want to be in the room where the next phase of the space economy is being shaped.

Watch sessions from the 2025 Innovate Space: Finance Forum

Transformational Technologies Driving the Future of Space

Space to Grow: The Commerce Department’s Investments in a Robust Commercial Space Sector

Exporting Space out of the US: Challenges & Opportunities

Impactful Conversations. Measurable Results.

Forge Capital Partnerships and Deal Flow
Connect with top-level executives, private equity, venture capital, and institutional investors to drive measurable increases in capital deployment into space ventures.

Strengthen Investor Confidence
Gain clarity on business models, risk-reward profiles, timelines to ROI, and exit strategies that improve investor understanding and confidence in the space sector.

Align Policy and Capital
Learn how evolving policies reduce financial and regulatory friction in accessing capital—critical for dual-use and early-stage technologies.

Identify Investment Gaps and Opportunities
Access exclusive insights and a post-forum report that pinpoints funding gaps in the space value chain and highlights priority areas for investment.

Discover Innovative Technologies
Stay ahead of the curve by engaging with groundbreaking technologies and business models shaping the future of the global space economy.

Navigate with Actionable Intelligence
Receive the tools and knowledge you need to strategically navigate the rapidly evolving $600+ billion global space economy.

Join us in Texas

Texas plays a commanding and rapidly expanding role in the global space ecosystem. Home to NASA’s Johnson Space Center, critical aerospace manufacturers, and a vibrant commercial industry, Texas anchors some of the most advanced capabilities in space exploration and commercialization.

Fueling this growth and potential is the Texas Space Commission, helping accelerate this ecosystem through a forward-looking economic strategy anchored by $300 million in grant funding to support infrastructure drive and innovation.

Texas offers a unique dynamic environment where innovation and investment intersect.

February 18–19, 2026

JW Marriott Dallas Arts District, Dallas, Texas

$369 plus tax
All Room block reservations must be made by Friday, January 30, 2026

Agenda Topics Include:

  • Outpacing the Adversary: Insights from Miami: Imperatives for America
  • The New Capital Stack – Blending Government, Private Equity, & Venture Funding
  • Public Sector as Capital Catalyst: Government’s Role Beyond Grants
  • Financing Dual-Use Technologies: Unlocking the National Security Market
  • Commercial Space as a Strategic Asset: Economic Growth, Diplomacy, and National Security
  • Building Investable Business Models
  • Smart Money in Space: Family Offices and Institutional Investors
  • Cross-Border Capital Flow
  • Financing the Future of Space: Innovation, Capital, and the Path to Maturity
  • Exit Strategies – M&A and IPO Trends in the Space Sector
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Our Growing Speaker Lineup:

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Charles Beames

Chairman
SmallSat Alliance

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Mr. Charles Beames

Chairman, SmallSat Alliance

Charles Beames is an aerospace investor, Chairman of the SmallSat Alliance and York Space Systems, and the Executive Chairman of SpiderOak and TrustPoint Inc.

Previously, Mr. Beames served as President at Vulcan Aerospace where he managed asset allocation of Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen’s $1B aerospace and technology investment portfolio.

Before holding several executive positions with the DoD, his last one being the Principal Director of Space & Intelligence Systems in the Pentagon, Mr. Beames retired from the Air Force as a Colonel.

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Blair Bigelow May

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer,
Selene Space Corporation

Ms. Blair Bigelow

Co founder, Desert Legacy Capital

Blair Bigelow May is a dynamic executive with a proven track record in aerospace strategy, investment management, and high-impact philanthropy. As Vice President of Corporate Strategy at Bigelow Aerospace, she played a pivotal role in shaping commercial and government programs, leading strategic partnerships, and advancing next-generation space habitat technologies. She also served on the board of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, and contributed to early policy and contracting models that helped pave the way for a commercially led economy.

Blair is the co-founder of Desert Legacy Capital, where she oversees investment strategy and execution across a portfolio of emerging ventures and growth-stage companies. Today, her focus is on low Earth orbit and lunar infrastructure accelerating the next era of commercial human spaceflight.

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Mark Boggett

CEO
Seraphim Space

Mark Boggett

CEO, Seraphim Space

Mark is the CEO and co-founder of Seraphim, an investment firm dedicated exclusively to the global SpaceTech sector. In 2016, Seraphim launched the world’s first Space VC fund. Today, the firm also runs the Seraphim Space Accelerator across three continents, with more than $830 million raised for its alumni, and manages a space growth fund listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Together, these initiatives have built a portfolio of over 145 SpaceTech startups, making Seraphim the world’s most prolific investor in the space domain.

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Dean Cheng

Senior Fellow
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

Mr. Dean Cheng

Senior Fellow, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

Dean Cheng currently a Senior Fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, specializing in the US relationship with China. Prior to being with the Potomac institute, he recently retired as the Senior Research Fellow for Chinese Political and Military Affairs at the Heritage Foundation. He is fluent in Chinese, and uses Chinese language materials regularly in his work. Previously, he worked with the China Studies Division (previously, Project Asia) at the Center for Naval Analysis, a Federally Funded Research and Development Center, where he specialized in Chinese military issues, with a focus on Chinese military doctrine and Chinese space capabilities. Before that, he worked for Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), and as an analyst with the US Congress’ Office of Technology Assessment in the International Security and Space Division.

His published work includes the volume Cyber Dragon: Inside China’s Information Warfare and Cyber Operations (Praeger Publishing, 2016). He has testified before Congress, and spoken at the National Space Symposium, the US National Defense University, the USSTRATCOM Deterrence Symposium, Harvard, and MIT. He has appeared frequently in print and broadcast media to discuss Chinese space and military activities.

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Kevin Coggins

Deputy Associate Administrator & Program Manager,
Space Communications and Navigation Program (SCaN), NASA

Kevin Coggins

Deputy Associate Administrator, NASA's Space Communications and Navigation Program

Kevin Coggins is the Deputy Associate Administrator for NASA’s SCaN (Space Communications and Navigation) Program. He is responsible for the development, acquisition, and management of reliable and cost-effective communications and navigation services to meet NASA and other Government Agency requirements for human and robotic space exploration programs in Earth, Lunar, Mars, and Deep Space.

Kevin has served in senior executive roles in industry and the government, including as the Army’s first director of the Assured PNT Cross-Function Team and Direct Reporting Program Manager for PNT. Kevin’s industry experience ranges from senior executive roles at Booz Allen Hamilton, engineering roles across the aerospace and defense industry, and founder of a technology startup.

Kevin is a native of Pensacola, Florida, and is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps where he served as a Force Reconnaissance Team Leader. He has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida, is a Senior Member of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers and a Strategic Advisor to the Space ISAC, and has studied at the Naval Postgraduate School, Defense Acquisition University, and Darden School of Business.

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