EOcafe Creating & Growing a New Business in Europe

In this EOcafe two young space companies, EARSC members ICEYE and Satellogic. Mr Tero Vauraste (Senior BD Advisor at ICEYE) and Ms Fernanda Ledo (EMEA Sales Director at Satellogic) shared with our host Geoff Sawyer (EARSC Strategic Advisor and former Secretary General) their entrepreneurial journey.

Topics addressed during this EOcafe include the following:

-Why is Europe a good place to set up a space company?
-What have been the critical steps along the establishment of your company?
-What were the hardest challenges in developing your business and how did you overcome the barriers?
-Supporting mechanisms, are they bad or good for a new company?
-Have you used any of the EU initiatives such as CASSINI or the European Space Agency’s Business Applications?
-How did you manage to scale up your business?
-How to stay competitive?