Spacequake

Senior advisory for complex technology businesses

Independent advisory across strategy, capital, and execution

Founder/Former CEO, Orbital Sidekick

dan@spacequake.io

What I Do

Spacequake provides discreet, high-impact advisory support in situations where the stakes are high and the path forward is not yet clear.

  • Strategic direction and company positioning

  • Capital strategy, transactions, and partnerships

  • Navigating inflection points (growth, restructuring, change of control)

Focus Areas

  • Space, aerospace, and frontier technologies

  • Energy, national security, infrastructure, and industrial systems

  • Companies operating at the intersection of hardware, software, and data

Select Experience

Co-founder & former CEO, Orbital Sidekick

  • Built global leading hyperspectral satellite and analytics company

  • Raised ~$50M in equity and ~$16M in non-dilutive capital

  • Deployed a multi-satellite constellation

  • Established commercial relationships across the energy sector

  • Active TS/SCI, working on critical national security initiatives

Additional experience includes strategic advisory, capital formation, and operational leadership across early- and growth-stage companies.

  • Direct, senior-level engagement

  • High trust, low overhead

  • Focused on a small number of situations at a time

Work is typically structured as a short-term advisory engagement or a longer-term collaboration aligned with key outcomes.

How I Work