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(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands)
We are a newly organized blank check company. We intend to focus on companies in the global space economy, including businesses in the technology and defense sectors.
Raphael Roettgen, 53, has served as the chairman of our board of directors since September 2025. Mr. Roettgen is the founder of the E2MC family of space ventures investment firms and funds. Mr. Roettgen is a recognized thought leader in the space sector, lecturing on space entrepreneurship and finance at several universities, authoring the introductory space economy book To Infinity, and hosting the Space Business Podcast. Mr. Roettgen is also the Co-Founder, acting Chief Executive Officer and sole director of Prometheus Life Technologies AG, a Swiss space biotech startup, a role he has held since November 2022. Mr. Roettgen started his career in mergers & acquisitions at JP Morgan and Greenhill & Co., and subsequently focused on public markets investments at Deutsche Bank and Gandhara Capital.
Peter Ort, 55, has served as our Principal Executive Officer and member of our board of directors since September 2025. Mr. Ort is currently a Co-Chairman and Principal Executive Officer of each of Digital Asset Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: DAAQ) and Real Asset Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: RAAQ), positions he has each held since December 2024. Mr. Ort has been a General Partner at Cambium Capital Management LP, a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in the advanced computing sector, since January 2020. Prior to that, he was the Co-Founder of CurAlea Associates LLC, a customized software and advisory firm to wealth and asset managers, from 2010 to 2022. Mr. Ort began his career at Goldman Sachs in 1996 and most recently was Managing Director and co-head of the Investment Management Division’s Hedge Fund Strategies Group until 2009. Mr. Ort also served on the board of directors of the Concord Acquisition Corp, Concord Acquisition Corp II and Concord Acquisition Corp III (collectively, the “Concord SPACs”) from 2021 to 2022, 2022 to present, and 2022 to 2024, respectively, and has served as the chair of the audit committee for each of the Concord SPACs. Mr. Ort is also a member of the board or advisory board of a number of privately held technology companies and is an active investor in early-stage companies and venture capital funds in the digital asset and other sectors.
Jeff Tuder, 52, has served as our Chief Financial Officer since September 2025. Mr. Tuder is an Operating Partner at Atlas Merchant Capital, LLC. Mr. Tuder is currently a Co-Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of each of Digital Asset Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: DAAQ) and Real Asset Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: RAAQ), positions he has each held since December 2024. Mr. Tuder founded Tremson Capital Management, LLC in January 2015 to invest in undervalued public equities and to make private equity and credit investments in partnership with a number of family offices. In addition, Mr. Tuder was the Chief Executive Officer of each of Concord Acquisition Corp, Concord Acquisition Corp II and Concord Acquisition Corp III from 2021 to 2022, 2022 to present, and 2022 to 2024, respectively. Mr. Tuder has also served on the board of directors of SeaChange International, Inc. from March 2019 to May 2021. In addition, Mr. Tuder has served on the board of directors of Inseego Corporation (NYSE: INSG), since April 2017, where he is Chairman of the Board, Audit and Compensation Committees. Mr. Tuder has also served on the board of directors of GCT Semiconductor (NYSE: GCTS) since March 2023 where he serves on the compensation committee. Mr. Tuder held various investment positions at JHL Capital Group, KSA Capital Management, and CapitalSource Finance. Mr. Tuder began his career as a private equity professional at Fortress Investment Group, Nassau Capital, and ABS Capital Partners.
(Note: Space Asset Acquisition Corp. filed its S-1 on Oct. 24, 2025, and disclosed the terms for its SPAC IPO: 20 million units at $10.00 each to raise $200 million. Each unit consists of one share of stock and one-third of one redeemable warrant.)
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