Galaxy Aerospace successfully launched the first star Lei Jun and other investors with a gorgeous lineup.

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65438+ 10 16, "The First Star Launched by Galaxy Space" boarded a hot search in Weibo. Galaxy Aerospace Science and Technology Co., Ltd., the protagonist of this incident, naturally became the focus of public attention, and Weibo, a personal of Lei Jun, the chairman of Xiaomi Group, made the investors behind Galaxy Aerospace surface. Lei Jun said in this Weibo that Galaxy Aerospace successfully launched its first satellite, which opened the curtain of China's commercial aerospace innovation era. "We are very fortunate to be able to invest in Galaxy Aerospace at an early stage and become a major investor in Galaxy Aerospace."

In this Weibo, _ _ Bible is the former president of Cheetah Mobile. In fact, Galaxy Aerospace has received four rounds of financing since the establishment of 20 16, and its latest valuation claims to exceed 5 billion yuan. In addition to Shunwei, many well-known institutions are also the capital behind the company. So what do investment institutions such as PE and VC think about the commercial aerospace field? When will China's version of Space Exploration Technology Company appear?

Capital is the first to see the development potential.

2065438+In July 2008, Xu Ming officially stepped down as the president of Cheetah Mobile. Fu Sheng, Chairman of Cheetah, published an internal letter, reviewing the years when 16 and Xu Ming started their business. At the end of the letter, he said: "Xu Ming will always be the fearless teenager who sprints to his dreams."

Many people speculated that Xu Ming's next destination was, but he didn't announce it. He just silently posted photos and resumes on the website of a startup company, indicating his identity as chairman and CEO of Galaxy Aerospace. Commercial space flight is his next journey.

2065438+February 2009, OneWeb launched the first batch of six Internet satellites, and officially began to lay out its own space layout, which is an "over-the-air Internet" composed of 1980 satellites. Xu Ming and his team have found the right target. He wants to weave a global space internet with thousands of satellites to save the 4 billion people on the earth who are not connected to the internet from the information gap.

In his internal sharing of Galaxy Aerospace, he expressed the hope to become a commercial aerospace company that can compete with OneWeb, Space Exploration Technology Company and even the "national teams" such as NASA and China Aerospace. "This is a dream in my heart."

In his business introduction to Galaxy Aerospace, the reporter of the National Business Daily saw this statement: Galaxy Aerospace is committed to developing low-cost and high-performance small satellites on a large scale through agile development and rapid iteration, building the world's leading low-orbit broadband communication satellite constellation and establishing a globally integrated 5G communication network between heaven and earth. Improve the network connection of all regions and people, and provide economical, practical, fast and convenient broadband networks and services. Xu Ming said that Galaxy Aerospace is a new species in essence: "We are not an aerospace company or a traditional Internet company. We will become a' new company and new species' in the new era like Xiaomi. "

Before this "new species" skyrocketed, capital had taken the lead in seeing its potential. Since its establishment, Galaxy Aerospace has obtained four rounds of financing, including many well-known investment institutions. This list of investors can be said to be very gorgeous. Shunwei Capital, a subsidiary of Lei Jun, did enter from the early days. The head institutions such as Morningstar Capital, Junlian Capital and IDG Capital are also fond of this company, and their popularity can be seen.

So what do investment institutions think?

Lei Jun and Shun bet on capital.

To say that Lei Jun himself and Xu Ming have deep roots. At that time, Xu Ming and Fu Sheng started their business together, and 20 10 merged with Kingsoft Security to form Kingsoft Network. Fu Sheng is the CEO of the new company, Xu Ming is the CTO of the new company, and Lei Jun is a member of the board of directors of the new company and later served as the chairman.

As mentioned earlier, Xu Ming's style was deeply influenced by Lei Jun, which was also quite obvious when he founded Galaxy Aerospace. This company meets all the imaginations of Xu Ming, and it is a vast sea of stars. When sharing, he said that the process of the integration of the Internet and aerospace culture may be a bit painful: "But it is precisely because of such collision and friction that the final integration of aerospace Internet thinking and culture is an extremely important guarantee for the ultimate success of our company."

Shunwei Capital told the National Business Daily reporter that Shunwei paid attention to the commercial aerospace field on 20 15 and 20 16, and began to invest in this orbital company on 20 17. So far, * * * has invested in four commercial aerospace companies. Its trajectory layout is as follows: in the field of rockets, it invested in interstellar glory with solid rockets and liquid oxygen methane as its technical strategy, and took the deep blue aerospace with liquid oxygen kerosene technical route; In the field of satellites, we have invested in Qianqi exploration, which is mainly based on remote sensing satellites and narrowband communication satellites, and Galaxy Aerospace, which is mainly based on developing broadband communication satellites.

According to Shun Wei, although all these investments were completed in early 20 17, after three years of development, these companies have become the leading enterprises in the industry. For example, in August 20 17, Chiyoyo Exploration launched Chiyoyo-1 satellite 0 1 and Haichuang Chiyoyo in Jiuquan, which is the largest and most accurate satellite launched by China private satellite startup company so far, and the first operational satellite with remote sensing and earth exploration functions launched by private companies. According to the information provided by Galaxy Aerospace, the first satellite of Galaxy Aerospace was launched on June 65438+ 10/6, 2020. It is the first low-orbit broadband communication satellite in China with a communication capacity of 10Gbps, and it is also an internationally advanced low-orbit broadband communication satellite independently developed by Galaxy Aerospace.

It is also introduced that the first time we paid attention to the commercial aerospace field was when an American private aerospace company came to invest in China. Later, we began to pay attention to it as capital and found that the domestic commercial aerospace field was still blank. Then in the process of discovery, many talents in the system began to jump out to start businesses. "So our first concern is to see the founding team, whether the founder is good enough, whether there is a domestic institutional background or a background related to technology and the Internet. The second is whether the technology is deeply studied and mature. The third is whether this market is big enough from the perspective of the track. "

Some investors in the aerospace industry estimate that the investment scale of China's commercial aerospace industry in recent years is about several billion RMB, including government funds. According to the data of Jingwei Venture Capital, in 20 17 years, the total financing of China commercial aerospace enterprises 13 * * was 21600,000 yuan; In 20 18, at least 36 financing projects were completed in the commercial aerospace field in China, with the financing amount approaching 3.6 billion yuan.

Will China Space Exploration Technology Company appear?

China's private space industry started on 20 14. First, private enterprises were allowed to build and launch satellites, and then the policy was gradually opened. In 20 15, the National Medium-and Long-Term Development Plan for Civil Space Infrastructure was issued, and the official white paper China Aerospace in 20 16 was compiled.

The rapid development of space exploration technology companies has produced demonstration effects around the world. The domestic business environment of commercial space and private space is improving. A group of pioneers are exploring these fields, trying to build a China version of space exploration technology company. The aerospace industry has entered the process of commercialization in many fields. 2065 438+05-2065 438+07 established a number of start-up companies in the aerospace field, which can be roughly divided into rocket companies and satellite companies.

By 20 19, the industry gradually differentiated and shuffled. According to Shunwei Capital, in 20 18, many companies in the commercial aerospace field appeared intensively in the early stage, such as the first and second rounds of financing. By 20 19, the head company has gradually come out, both in terms of valuation and industry recognition.

From a global perspective, the commercial aerospace industry is a market of hundreds of billions of dollars. In addition, in recent years, the state has vigorously promoted the integration of national defense and civil technology, and the industrial upgrading and transformation of Internet plus aerospace. Under the background of a new round of global industrial revolution, the aerospace industry has also made breakthrough progress in commercial aerospace. "Now this industry is definitely still in a very initial stage. Although 20 16 and 20 17 began to lay out capital, the past two to three years are in the stage of technology accumulation, and it may not be the first year of commercialization until 2020. Therefore, for private commercial aerospace enterprises, the future market will definitely have great development prospects. "

However, some investors told the National Business Daily that according to the valuation, China's commercial aerospace market demand can support companies with a valuation of more than $10 billion. However, from a human perspective, it can be said that Space Exploration Technology Company has verified the feasibility of commercial aerospace in China, "so Musk is the first and only one".

The successful launch of the first satellite of Galaxy Space opened a hole to break this situation? It's hard to judge. However, according to Xu Ming's vision, this company will definitely integrate the thinking and culture of the space Internet in the new era, and integrate the different sense of power embodied in everyone.

To this end, he will "look up at the starry sky, down-to-earth, and let 5G satellites connect every corner of the earth." If you want to know more about "Galaxy Aerospace successfully launched the first star Lei Jun and other investors with gorgeous lineup", please continue to pay attention to the column of deep space science and technology information, and deep space Bian Xiao will continue to update more science and technology information for you. Heart of the King 2 Click on the demo.