Why Impulse Raised $500M to Move Things in Space | President & COO Eric Romo

About this episode

Eric Romo discusses Impulse Space's recent $500M funding round and the implications for space logistics.

Eric Romo, President & COO of Impulse Space, joins Sourcery on the company's manufacturing floor in Redondo Beach to break down the freshly closed $500M Series D co-led by 137 Ventures and BANNER VC that pushes Impulse past $1 billion raised. We get into what the capital actually unlocks (hiring and production, not flashy CapEx), why "space tug" doesn’t cut it for Mira, and how a single successful flight spurred demand from across the industry. Eric explains Impulse's three products — Mira, Helios, Caravan — and makes the case for staged access to GEO against traditional options. He also gets candid: reality on orbital debris cleanup, why Impulse is "closer to a fighter jet than a tugboat," and the hard lesson from his SpaceX days (he was employee #13; CEO Tom Mueller was #1) that made in-housing manufacturing non-negotiable. Eric Romo: https://x.com/_Eric_Romo Molly O’Shea: https://x.com/MollySOShea Sourcery: ⁠ https://x.com/sourceryy 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 YouTube: https://youtu.be/42035XPxgbA 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐒 • Brex —The modern finance platform, combining the world’s smartest corporate card with integrated expense management, banking, bill pay, &amp…

People in this episode

Host: Molly O'Shea

Guest: Eric Romo

Topics covered

• space technology
• funding
• orbital debris
• manufacturing
• satellite services

Keywords

• Impulse Space
• Series D
• space tug
• orbital debris cleanup
• GEO access

Sponsors

Brex, Turing, VCX

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Impulse Space, 137 Ventures, BANNER VC, SpaceX

Products: Mira, Helios, Caravan

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