VCs Should Keep An Eye On NASA...
That's because the space agency has completely reorganized the way it handles technology and may consider working with VCs again, according to NASA's new Chief Technologist, Bobby Braun, who visited NASA Ames today as part of his nationwide tour of all the NASA centers to get to know the local folks. NASA has had limited success with VCs in the past -- a partnership with Silicon Valley's Red Planet Capital, which was set up as a non-profit with a $75 million investment from NASA over five years, beginning in 2006, was discontinued, Braun said. (More on that later).
11 August 2010•3 mins read
