Robert C. Jacobson

Robert C. Jacobson is a multi-faceted entrepreneur, industry leader, and mentor with over ten years of experience advising private investors in the potential of the space sector. His professional career has been characterized by an innate talent for early recognition of transformative industry developments, such as emerging sectors, new business trends and cycles, and enabling technologies. Robert was one of the earliest members and a principal with Space Angels (formerly Space Angels Network), the first space-focused angel group in the world and the leading source of capital for aerospace startups. At Space Angels, his extensive network in the space industry was instrumental in developing strategic partnerships with other space organizations and recruiting early members for the group. He later cofounded The Aerospace & Defense Forum, a global aerospace and defense leadership community that currently consists of over 2,000 industry senior executives and professionals. In 2017, Robert became one of the first team members of Arch Mission Foundation and was subsequently part of the three successful space missions: the Solar Library payload in Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster, now orbiting the Sun (via SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, 2018); the LEO Library, with the first English copy of Wikipedia in low Earth orbit (via a SpaceChain CubeSat, 2018); and the Lunar Library, a thirty-million-page archive on the Moon (via SpaceIL's Beresheet Moon lander, 2019). Today, Robert serves as the founder and chief executive officer of Space Advisors, a financial and strategic consulting firm that mentors startups and advises private investors in the potential of the space program for the benefit of humanity.