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Small launch startup Astra to go public at $2.1 billion valuation

The Verge

rocket launching from Alaska | John Kraus/Astra. Astra plans to become the first small rocket maker to go public, the company announced Tuesday, after reaching space for the first time in December. to take its launch business public in a deal that would value Astra at $2.1 The Northern California-based rocket firm’s “3.2”

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Rocket startup Astra is going public via SPAC

TechCrunch

Rocket launch company Astra, which just reached space this past December with a test launch from Alaska, will be going public on the Nasdaq via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) called Holicity. The arrangement sets a pro forma enterprise valuation of Astra at around $2.1

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Astra to acquire electric in-space propulsion company Apollo Fusion

TechCrunch

Astra, the space launch startup with plans to go public via a SPAC merger , will acquire electric propulsion maker Apollo Fusion, the company said Monday. Astra successfully launched its first test rocket from Kodiak, Alaska last December, but in public statements Kemp has indicated plans for monthly commercial launches.

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Builders and VCs explore the impact of air mobility on urban planning at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022

TechCrunch

Will the public widely accept and use it? In 2021, UP.Partners launched a $230 million venture capital fund , which includes investments from Alaska Air Group (the parent company of Alaska Air), Cathie Wood and Woven Capital. . What are the costs and benefits?

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What does a Purpose-Driven Company Look Like?

Saleforce Nonprofit

Public ideas about health are changing rapidly as a result of technology, medical research, and preventive and wellness services. For example, at the heart of Alaska Airlines is a sense of stewardship for the people and places it serves. So far, Alaska has reduced its emissions by more than 35% per passenger mile since 2004.

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The Top 54 Auctioneers for Nonprofit Fundraising Events

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Being a mission ambassador, professional public speaker, fundraising auctioneer and nonprofit trainer, Erin utilizes a smart, eloquent, energetic approach to engaging donors in the event venue and changing trajectories for organizations in the board room. She is very passionate about affecting change in the world.

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Did nonprofit leadership become more racially diverse after 2020? 

Candid

iii BIPOC includes people who publicly identify as Asian/Asian American/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx, Multi-racial/Multi-ethnic (two or more races or ethnicities), and Native American/American Indian/Alaska Native/Indigenous. For this analysis, we excluded data on co-leaders.