S4: Seattle Space Superiority Summit
Please join FUSE, Orrick, Moss Adams, and Stifel Venture Banking, as we present the inaugural Seattle Space Superiority Summit (S4), a one-day conference dedicated to celebrating and connecting all parts of Washington's space community.
The Greater Seattle Area's space ecosystem is the undisputed satellite capital of the world, where an estimated 90%+ of US satellites launched in 2024 were designed and built.
S4 will put a spotlight on the Pacific Northwest space companies that make this region second-to-none. Larger space companies including SpaceX Starlink, Blue Origin, Amazon Project Kuiper, etc. headquartered in the Seattle-area have created an ecosystem of phenomenal engineering talent and opportunity, which builds the foundation for new startups to innovate across space-based applications and infrastructure of their own.
This invite-only event will be held on the afternoon of Thursday Sept 11th, 2025, in a private room at the world-famous Museum of Flight in Tukwila, WA.
Doors will open at 12pm noon for coffee and light snacks, we will have a variety of speakers, presentations, and lightning-round pitches until 5:30p, and then it will open for an afterparty full of incredible networking opportunities until 8pm.
The panel series will walk through the future of launch, satellite constellation applications, space infrastructure, and industry in-space. These insights will come from top local space execs, and founders that have collectively raised $685M+ in VC funding. We are thrilled to already be hosting:
Andy Lapsa, CEO/Co-Founder of Stoke Space
Chris Weber, VP of Sales & Marketing at Amazon Project Kuiper, former CRO of Gitlab
Rob Meyerson, CEO/Co-Founder of Interlune, former President of Blue Origin
Jeff Thornburg, CEO/Co-Founder of Portal Space Systems, former SVP of Propulsion at SpaceX
Alex Haro, CEO/Co-Founder of Hubble Network, Founder and former CEO of Life360
Tess Hatch, Managing Director at Stifel, former Partner at Bessemer, investor and/or Board Member at Rocket Lab, Boom Supersonic, and Spire
Austin Link, CEO/Co-Founder of Starfish Space
Philip Johnston, CEO/Co-Founder of Starcloud
Ron Faith, CEO/Co-Founder of RBC Signals
Mike DeRosa, CMO/Co-Founder of Gravitics
Nate Hamet, CEO/Co-Founder of Quindar
Chris McLain, CEO/Co-Founder of AscendArc, former Principal Engineer at SpaceX
Many more speakers will be announced shortly, and PSA to founders- please reach out if you would like pitch your startup to the audience.
If you have not received an invite directly, please apply for an invite above, and we will be in touch as we open up the event to members of the space ecosystem pending capacity.
Reach out to Emily Harrison (emily@fuse.vc) or Nolan Van Nortwick (nolan@fuse.vc) with any questions about the day.
Ad Astra!