This episode is a live recording of the Entrepreneurship Panel hosted at the National Student Space Conference, in Manchester on 04/03/2023. 

We discussed topics such as the role of private and public investors in the space industry, how the current economic climate is affecting space startups, support for founders in the space sector and much more. 

Panellists:

Zainab Qasim: Startup & Venture Lead at Seraphim Space Accelerator, a London-based specialised space accelerator taking a “VC-mindset” approach to the accelerator concept. LinkedIn, Blog: zainabq.com

Craig Brown: Director of Investment at the UK Space Agency. Twitter: @SpaceCraigUK, LinkedIn

Zaria Serfontein: Co-founder of Frontier Space Technologies, a startup focusing on developing customisable autonomous and miniaturised satellite laboratories for the capture of high-quality experimental data in space, as well as low-cost, de-orbit solutions. Frontier Space: https://www.frontier-space.co.uk/, LinkedIn, Twitter: @ZariaSAstro

Matjaz Vidmar: Lecturer in Engineering Management at the University of Edinburgh. Co-founder and director of several startups in biotech and space community development. LinkedIn, Twitter: @vidmarmatjaz

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Intro and outro tracks:

"Fanfare for Space" and "Discovery Hit" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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