ICEYE co-founder Rafal Modrzewski on raising for a satellite company in Europe: convincing investors to fund hardware with long timelines, and how each round's story evolved.
Deep-tech fundraising told through one company's full arc, from a founder who raised hundreds of millions for radar satellites.
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