A venture studio for space-derived technology.
We find breakthroughs born of space research and build the companies that carry them to market.
Built in orbit. Proven in the field.
A venture studio commercializing space-derived technology in global markets.
Talk to the FoundersThe space economy is worth more than $613 billion today, and 78% of it is commercial.
JP Morgan and Merrill Lynch project trillions by the 2030s.
Inside that growth sits a quiet problem: technology designed for space rarely makes it to the markets it could change.
STH was formed to fix that.
We identify intellectual property born of space and aerospace research, validate it, and build commercially focused companies around it.
A venture studio only works when the people who invented the technology stay motivated to build it.
So we structure for alignment!
AlumaPower and Ancilia started as 50/50 joint ventures with their IP partners, and OrbitalAg started with a 60/40 split.
STH earns through the equity we build alongside our partners and the operating work we put in.
When a portfolio company exits, returns flow to STH members.
Is the IP real? Is the team coachable? Due diligence first, always.
We form the company and supply leadership, management, marketing, and finance.
Human and financial capital to carry the technology out of the lab.
A sale, an IPO, or a buy-out sends returns to STH members.
Three operating companies.
Every claim below is measured, licensed, or on a cap table.
Energy / Flagship
A new class of aluminum-air generator, the most energy-dense non-nuclear power source known to science.
Military and cold-chain projects are in the works.
Agriculture
A new class of bio-stimulant that carries key elements directly into plant cells, tested through a decade of work including aboard the International Space Station.
Licensed by California in August 2025 after trials showing typical yield gains above 30%.
Materials
Lightweight radiation shielding composites for crews, electronics, and radiation-rich environments on Earth.
In particle accelerator tests at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Ancilia's first materials outperformed best-in-class UHMWPE shielding threefold.
The next generation targets 20x.
STH's founders spent decades running commercial companies around the world, and working with the industries responsible for the International Space Station, the Space Shuttle, and SpaceX DragonLab.
They went on to build and fund ventures across spaceflight, venture capital, clean energy, agritech and life sciences, on both sides of the Atlantic.
Those years built lifelong relationships across the space community and most major US research universities, where the next breakthrough usually surfaces first.
Around that core sits a bench of experts in biotechnology, propulsion, clean energy, satellite imaging, semiconductors, materials, and global finance.
Richard Godwin is a Florida-based, UK-born U.S. citizen, a serial entrepreneur who has built companies across multiple industries, both private and public.
A venture capitalist who scales and commercializes deep tech and dual-use aerospace innovations, he describes himself as an "Orphan of Apollo" with a lifelong passion for expanding Earth's economic frontier. He holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA.
He combines deep technical roots with robust global experience commercializing space-derived technologies across the spaceflight sector (SpaceX, Space Technology Holdings, Celestis, NASA), venture capital (Starbridge Venture Capital), clean tech and energy (AlumaPower), and advanced Ag-Tech (OrbitalAg).
Driven by the philosophy that sustainable space-designed or space-derived endeavors require private capital and free enterprise, he leverages his specialized dual-use network and knowledge to execute rigorous technical due diligence and institutionalize highly investable, profitable structures that maximize investor returns.
Paul is a Dallas-based, UK-born U.S. citizen, a serial entrepreneur and award-winning mentor who builds and invests in fast-growing early-stage companies.
He trained in Manufacturing Systems Engineering, holds an MBA with Distinction, and came to the U.S. on an EB-1 "Einstein" visa awarded for his business expertise.
He has run operations across borders in space technology (Space Technology Holdings), IT and innovation consulting (Altran), clean energy (AlumaPower) and life sciences (Quintiles/Innovex/OrbitalAg).
Today he uses his North American network to put scalable systems in place, sharpen sales, and plan the funding and exit paths that reward founders and investors.
No. AlumaPower and Ancilia started as 50/50 joint ventures and OrbitalAg started with a 60/40 split. Companies die when their inventors stop caring, so our structures keep everyone motivated. We win when the company wins.
When a portfolio company has a private sale, an IPO, or a private equity buy-out, the resulting returns to STH are open to distribution to STH members. Members also hold right of first refusal to invest in every new company we create.
Every flagship claim on this page is verifiable: particle accelerator tests at Brookhaven National Laboratory, a California license to sell, field-trial yield data, and a Fortune 500 OEM on a portfolio cap table.
It stays yours while we talk. We start with due diligence and a conversation about fit, and any partnership is structured so the inventors keep real ownership and real say.
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