It’s not a storm — it’s the climate
It’s not a storm — it’s the climate
Sparkmind Invested EPS 5: Hades, Yubico and SpaceX Transporter 16
2 April 2026
Summary:
In this week’s episode, Martti Wallin Christopher Lyrhem, and Colin Brown unpack three events and talk to the investor trends behind them.
Hades mineral extraction with lasers and geothermal. Followed by hardware component for controlling Agents and managing the attack surface from Yubico.
Last but not least, we dig into the fantastic trend of European companies becoming a third of the latest SpaceX rideshare!
This show is not investment advice, but it is entertaining and hopefully optimised for insights per minute.
Enjoy the episode!!!
TAKEAWAYS:
Hades:
- A Munich-based company focused on extracting the underworld using lasers and then creating geothermal sources.
- A great brand. Does what it says on the tin and is definitely another high-performing tech team out of Munich.
- Taking on two of the biggest problems for Europe. Accessing its own minerals efficiently and keeping Europe warm in the winter.
Yubico:
- Cybersecurity has been treated like insurance protecting against the unexpected.
- But what if millions of agents, including your own, run around and expose every vulnerability?
- The pendulum swings, and we need a hardware solution to a tsunami-sized problem.
SpaceX Transport 16:
- 119 payloads launched
- A third were European
- The European space ecosystem is accelerating.
- Astrolight from Lithuania
- Lodestar Space from UK
- ICEYE from Finland
- It doesn’t matter if it’s your first orbit or your 70th satellite, the trend is clear.