Agenda

Places are limited so will be awarded on a first come first served basis and require advance registration.

Please note: This forum is taking place off the show floor in the North Gallery Meeting Rooms.

Welcome Address: Lydia Green, UK Space Agency

Investor Q&A Panel:

• Alexander Holt, Seraphim
• Jodi Bartin, Citicourt & Co.
• Shruti Iyengar, Future Planet Capital
• David Ford, Silverpeak
• Harry Morgan, 7% Ventures

Meet the businesses pitching, ranging between Seed and Series C:

Oxford Space Systems

Oxford Space Systems’ vision is to become the global leader in deployable antennas for Space, providing effective solutions today for the space-based services of the future. Oxford Space Systems offers a portfolio of antennas aimed at improving performance, maximising stowage efficiency and minimising mass.

Orbit Fab

Orbit Fab is developing an orbital infrastructure designed to provide a ubiquitous supply of propellant for all in-orbit assets, both governmental and commercial, extending their lifespan and reducing the need for deorbit and replacement. This vision will end the single use paradigm for spacecraft and enable the next generation of missions based on extended lifetimes and unlimited flexibility for manoeuvring and re-tasking of assets. The UK team is rapidly growing with ongoing activities supporting groundbreaking space sustainability missions and plans to lead missions and develop products natively, in concert with the European space industry.

ClearSpace

ClearSpace is a leading in-orbit servicing (IOS) company with a bold vision: to revolutionize the way space missions are conducted by bringing maintenance and services to orbit, thereby enabling a circular space economy. Founded in 2018 in Switzerland, we are now a global company with dynamic engineering teams in Switzerland, the UK, Germany and Luxembourg. We are developing cutting-edge technologies and solutions that will enable a wide range of IOS applications, from disposal and in-orbit transport to inspection, assembly, manufacturing, repair, and recycling. We are committed to supporting institutions and commercial operators alike to enhance the sustainability of space operations and to unlock new possibilities in space.

Trade in Space 

Trade in Space partners with some of the world’s largest soft commodity and refined-product traders to verify compliance with market requirements. Our patent-pending process analyses satellite imagery to assess the environmental sustainability of commodity goods. We serve a growing portfolio of coffee, natural rubber, cocoa, and soybean customers, helping them meet sustainability standards. With strong market traction, we are on track to achieve £1 million in ARR by 2025.

Super-Sharp Space Systems

SuperSharp is an Earth-imaging company developing unfolding space telescopes to capture high-resolution thermal infrared (TIR) images of the Earth. Our technology allows us to fit a large telescope in a small satellite, making low-cost, high-resolution, and frequent Earth-imaging possible. This makes powerful TIR space telescopes much more affordable while achieving 4x greater resolution per unit cost than the current state-of-the-art solutions. The images captured by our space telescopes can be used for applications such as tackling climate change, crop monitoring, and maintaining global security. We are determined to offer high-quality affordable Earth-imaging solutions to empower our world in responding to global change.

Oxford Dynamics 

Oxford Dynamics brings together a unique blend of hard-won serial tech entrepreneurial expertise, ‘new space’ technology development experience and cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence research. Oxford Dynamics undertakes work for various HMG entities whilst developing its core intellectual property for commercial exploitation. We’re developing a new range of cutting-edge AI-based tools that solve some of the world’s toughest data processing challenges. We achieve this by enabling computers to process data in a more human like way then ever before. Our current activities focus on the following areas: AI-enabled Space Situational Awareness (SSA); real-time understanding of multi-modal data; and enabling complex technical data to be understood by a non-technical audience.

HyImpulse 

HyImpulse is developing sustainable small launcher services based on hybrid rocket propulsion, using candle wax – paraffin as the fuel. This will open up a new cost performance frontier for access to space.

B2Space 

B2Space, founded in 2016 and with sites in UK and Spain, is the European leader in High Altitude Operations, delivering a set of unique services already generating commercial revenue: Near Space Testing, High Altitude Pseudo Satellites services and Products, and Satellite Launch using the “rockoon” concept.  With strong traction (>£4m B2B sales with >£3m pipeline, >£1m Equity raised, £3m grants) and demonstrated experience and know-how (+7 years operating, +30 launches, 4 HAPS systems delivered to UK MoD and flying in real operations theatre), we are now looking to complete our Series A in 2025 after successfully completing our Pre-Seed (2019) and Seed (2021) rounds.

Space Solar 

Solving reliable, affordable, baseload, zero carbon power. Our space based solar power satellite design uses coherent radio frequencies, similar to WiFi, to beam anywhere from 30MW to GigaWatts of 24/7 ‘any weather’ power to large but lightweight ‘rectenna’ nets anywhere on earth. These 1.5 – 4km diameter nets can be co-sited above anything from existing intermittent renewables sites to data-center campuses to active farmland. Safe by design, the power can only be targeted at the receiving rectenna, the maximum intensity at rectenna centre is only 1/4 of the mid-day sun (no harm to birds/planes), and the satellite is physically sized to ensure background RF safety limits can’t be exceeded outside the rectenna area. Economic by design, no batteries needed to deliver baseload, the DC- radio frequency -DC conversions are very high efficiency, solar panels in space receive c. 8-13x the average solar flux of terrestrial panels and in zero-G the satellite can be built very lightweight, saving on both materials usage and launch cost. Our patented design is well developed to concept maturity level 4 following a major design study for the UK government – already a similar maturity to fusion after spending orders of magnitude less. Our prototype proven ability to electronically control transmission in 360 degrees lets us use all components all the time, making it uniquely light-weight per MW of power delivered, critical to the economics given the cost of launch. Its solid state, no moving joints, structure lets it operate in a variety of orbits to serve all locations globally. The design is highly modular, with the modules assembled into satellites in-orbit to maximise the satellite size per launch. Modules allow mass production economics and high reliability with no single point of failure, as well as allowing easy scaling of satellite size and hence power output (up to the safety max for a given orbital distance), allowing us to serve almost any potential power customer on earth and indeed beyond.

ANGOKA 

ANGOKA is a cybersecurity company that provides solutions for securing the digital infrastructure for smart and connected systems. With a heritage in the mobility industry, including connected and autonomous vehicles and drones, the company is now developing solutions for secure space communication across ground, space and lunar segments.