Starfighters

Capturing Velocity: The Vision Video That Took Starfighters Global

When Fortuna Investments' Justus Parmar approached us about Starfighters, the opportunity was clear: Rick Svetkoff had a vision that deserved to travel as fast as his jets.

Rick, a former Navy pilot turned aerospace entrepreneur, had pioneered something remarkable—a new method of deploying small satellites via retrofitted fighter jets launching from Cape Canaveral. While others were building billion-dollar rockets, Starfighters was democratizing space access for the "little guy." And Rick could convince just about anyone to invest in that vision.

The challenge? As fast as his planes traveled, Rick couldn't be everywhere at once. Fortuna needed a way to transport Rick and his vision around the globe—to put his conviction and clarity into every conversation, whether he was in the room or not.

The Challenge

The technical innovation was genuinely groundbreaking, but highly technical stories don't open checkbooks on their own. We needed to translate satellite deployment systems and fighter jet retrofits into something that made investors feel the opportunity, not just understand it.

The real story wasn't about the engineering—it was about audacity. About being scrappy enough to crack open an industry that seemed impenetrable. About the conviction that space isn't just for superpowers and tech giants anymore.

What We Captured

We shot at Cape Canaveral, getting Rick on camera where he's most alive—talking about pushing harder, moving faster, making the impossible work through sheer determination. We interviewed Justus to capture the investor perspective: why someone backs a vision this ambitious, what they see that others don't.

The film doesn't dwell on technical specs. Instead, it captures momentum. The sense that something inevitable is happening and the only question is whether you're going to be part of it or watch from the sidelines.

The Result

The vision video became Fortuna's cornerstone fundraising tool. Rick's conviction, the audacity of the approach, and the size of the opportunity—all of it now traveled at the speed of a video link. Every investor pitch started with the film, delivering Rick's vision with the same clarity and power as if he were there himself.

Sometimes the best way to capture velocity is to bottle it up and send it everywhere at once.