Meagan Crawford is a prominent voice in the space industry, with a wealth of experience in startup leadership and a passion for promoting the industry's potential for investment and growth. As the Manager Partner of SpaceFund, Crawford directs venture capital investments in emerging space startups. She is also the host of Mission Eve, a podcast designed to encourage women to pursue careers in space. In her ten-year tenure as Co-Founder and Competition Manager of the NewSpace Business Plan Competition, Crawford judged a thousand space business executive summaries and coached many selected teams. A veteran of the space community, Crawford has also held leadership roles at Deep Space Industries and Eden Grow Systems. She holds an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurship from Rice University and a BBA in Management, Marketing, and Supply Chain Logistics from the University of Houston-Downtown.