Eric Romo

“137 has known us for a while. They were a relatively small shareholder before this round and decided this was the right time to step up... It was exciting to see them essentially decide that we were the next big ones in space. That's a real big endorsement coming from somebody who owns more than 1% of SpaceX.”

“Eric Romo said — if you don't know 137 Ventures, you will know it very soon.”

“I asked him, did you know when you started rolling out Starlink that it was going to be this big? He said, absolutely. Let's get as many as we can out immediately.”

“Referenced in article as "full interview w/ President & COO Eric Romo" — signals strong operator bench alongside Mueller”

“They're a very large SpaceX shareholder... they essentially decided that we were the next big ones in space.”

“We've got our Helios program, which is to build effectively a third stage for medium launch vehicles...”

“Impulse Space Raises $500M Series D... Co-led the $500M Series D as a returning investor... Co-led the $500M Series D as a new investor... Participating investors in the Series D round”

“I was the 13th employee at SpaceX (joined early 2003).”

“Participants: Eric Romo, Molly O'Shea”

“I only got here three years ago... I came in with kind of fresh wide eyes, having not been in the space industry for almost 20 years.”

“operates Mira (precision maneuver), Helios (GEO kick stage), and Caravan (GEO rideshare) product lines; scaling to ~1 Mira per month”

“Romo himself was employee #13 at SpaceX; CEO Tom Mueller was employee #001.”

“"I think some people maybe think that they're putting numbers up on a scoreboard, and they should be excited about that... That just means the bar just got higher for us, right?" — Eric Romo”