Our Mission: To develop a thriving ecosystem of high-growth space entrepreneurs in every corner of the UK.
In partnership with the space experts at Exotopic, we are delivering the UK Space Agency Accelerator. Between February 2023 and March 2025 we will be supporting 180 space entrepreneurs to develop and grow their businesses.
Our support is open to businesses using space technology (satellite data, GPS etc) in any sector, as well as those within the space sector developing innovative new ideas. We’re not just interested in rocket ships, but in innovation across the whole supply chain. Our aim is to bring the benefits of space to the whole of the UK by supporting entrepreneurs in every corner of our nation.
We have programmes available for every stage from idea through to scale-up, all delivered by resident experts in people, growth, technical/product development, finance and sustainability.
And if you would like to see the evidence, check out the impact report from our 15 month pilot programme in 2021/22, where we worked with 88 space companies from a range of sectors.
Harshbir Sangha, Director of Growth at UK Space Agency, said:
“I’d like to congratulate everyone who successfully completed our Space Accelerator. The UK has a strong entrepreneurial culture and a growing space sector, and there are significant opportunities for new space businesses to start up and thrive with the right support.
“The Space Accelerator perfectly encapsulates the value we seek to bring as an agency: catalysing investment, delivering space capabilities and championing space. With record levels of investment flowing into the sector, we want to accelerate the growth in space start ups and create thousands of new jobs across the UK.”