Meagan Crawford

Meagan Crawford is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of SpaceFund, a venture capital firm investing exclusively in early-stage commercial space startups. Prior to this role, she co-founded the NewSpace Business Plan Competition in 2009, where she has coached hundreds of space startups and evaluated over 1,000 executive summaries. Crawford currently serves on the Board of Directors for the National Space Society and acts as Chair of the Board for the Center for Space Commerce and Finances. She holds an MBA in finance and entrepreneurship from Rice University and a BBA in management from the University of Houston, while also hosting the Mission Eve podcast to promote female participation in the aerospace sector. Her career focuses on advancing the commercial space economy through venture capital investment, entrepreneurship education, and executive leadership across more than a dozen organizational boards.