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January 20 news, headquartered in New York, the United States Space Capital recently released the 2022 annual space investment report. Private investment in the space industry fell 58% last year, according to the report.

Tuyuan PexelsSpace Capital attributed the decline in investment in the entire space industry to the negative macroeconomic impact. Although 2023 will be another difficult year for space start-ups, external pressure on companies will have a positive impact on the industry as a whole, according to the report.

"quality companies with products that meet market demand, good economic conditions and strong leadership will continue to receive financing and valuations will be more in line with historical averages," Chad Anderson, managing partner of Space Capital, said in the report. " We believe that less speculation will lead to fewer competitors and an increase in talent reserves, which will make the next two years an attractive opportunity to start and invest in space technology companies. "

Despite the poor performance of the space industry as a whole last year, investments such as SpaceX and Anduil increased. Last year, SpaceX successfully raised $2 billion, the second largest annual financing since the company was founded in 2002. It is worth noting that other large-scale financing companies in the industry are clearly targeting the defense sector. Defense technology startup Anduril completed $1.5 billion in round E financing, Shield AI received $225 million in round E financing, and Slingshot Aerospace received a total of $40 million in round A financing.

Overall, last year's more conservative venture capital environment had a greater impact on late-stage and growing companies, with early investment falling only 4% from a year earlier. The total number of financing rounds in 2022 was also 30% lower than the previous year.

Investment in the space industry did pick up in the fourth quarter, with 63 per cent of deals concluded in the fourth quarter, totaling $2.6 billion, according to the report.

The report found that the United States continues to take the lead in total private investment in space companies, with 46 percent of the investment taking place in the United States. China ranks second with 29 per cent. China's investment in space infrastructure continues to climb, according to the report.

The report also looks at emerging areas such as private space stations, in-orbit services and space mining companies, whose investment fell 63 per cent last year. Multiple rounds of financing in the fourth quarter of 2022 are invested in companies that are still in their early stages of development, reflecting that these emerging areas are still largely in their infancy.

Space Capital tracked 1791 companies in the space sector in the report. Over the past decade, investors have invested a total of about $273.3 billion in private funds into these companies.

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