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Space Business Podcast #85 Egbert Jan van der Veen, OHB


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Egbert Jan van der Veen is the head of strategy of well-known, publicly-listed German space company OHB. He’s also the head of their corporate venture capital arm, which has invested in a number of well-known space companies, including some that have been on this podcast. So he has a really good view of the space sector in general and also specifically about space startups. Enjoy!

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    Timestamps
    0:00 Intro
    2:22 Egbert's background
    5:39 Space in 2010
    9:09 The OHB experience
    10:38 Engineering vs. Business
    11:47 What is OHB?
    15:15 Vertical integration and supply chain
    17:30 Cubesats and Smallsats
    20:27 Vertical integration and demand
    25:27 The DNA of OHB
    28:12 Opportunities in satellite components
    32:10 Noteworthy trends on satellite integration
    34:30 The Software side of things
    36:09 Rockets
    40:33 OHB name origin
    41:45 OHB Ventures
    44:17 What kind of opportunities OHB is looking for
    47:09 Disruptive Space tech in 2022
    49:20 Sci-Fi
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