Mentoring, workshops, and office hours are now available!
The EU Space Academy Learning Platform offers enthusiastic entrepreneurs a free and customisable online development programme tailored to their unique goals.
Motivated to shake up your industry by employing the latest knowledge in space data? You’ve come to the right place.
Our academy brings you:
curriculum
Programme
Data & Signals
& Sales Product Team
Business Market
Insights
- EU Space market insigths
- Urban Development
- Mobility
- Sustainability
- Natural Resources (SOON)
- Agriculture
for Security
- Introduction to Space for Security
- Space Industry and Business (SOON)
- Cybersecurity
- Space Services and Applications for Security and Governmental Services
Dushinka Karani is an expert in marketing, communications, innovation, sales, and trade marketing. Dushinka worked as a Marketing Director for multinational companies, and she is now the Global Marketing Director at FundigBox. She helps SMEs and start-ups in shaping and scaling their tech solutions.
Thomas Tanghe is one of the Partners at SpaceTec Partners, with over 10 years of experience in consulting, leading the innovation advisory practice. He is author of several reports about access to finance, innovation financing and alternative financing of the space industry.
Frank de Jong is a tech enthusiast with over 30 years of experience as a hard- and software developer, and project manager. Frank has been a Business Innovation consultant at Orange for several years, leading the Smart Industry practice. He is now working as a Tech Evangelist and Program Director of Edge Computing in the CTO office of Orange.
Claus Nehmzou has more than 30 years of experience in business development for multinational companies across diverse industries. Claus specialises in emerging technology, and he is the founder and CEO of a gamified online education start-up in Hong Kong. He is renowned for his innovative approaches and valued for his business and technology insights.
Sven Przywarra is a co-founder of LiveEO. Sven is leading a team of more than 90 people working on bringing the insights of earth observation to utility enterprises. He is convinced that earth observation will have a positive impact on every major industry within the next 10 years.
Sven Przywarra is a co-founder of LiveEO. Sven is leading a team of more than 90 people working on bringing the insights of earth observation to utility enterprises. He is convinced that earth observation will have a positive impact on every major industry within the next 10 years.
Ginny Radmall is a start-up coach providing personalised group coaching, 1-1’s and online training. She has worked with some of the biggest tech companies in the world such as Microsoft, Google and Salesforce. Her start-up experience extends to Accelerator Programmes such as Techstars, Google for Startups, and others.
Simona Ciuciuc is a tech enthusiast who spent 8 years in the tech industry with Orange. Simona worked in several areas as a functional architect for mobile money services at Orange and as a cloud architect for their public cloud solution. She is a senior Data&AI architect, and her main activities are to contribute to and support the Orange B2B Data AI transformation.
Miguel García has over 30 years of experience as a consultant, coach and trainer to 500+ executives, business owners, public officials, and entrepreneurs. In 2001, he founded his company ASAP Operational Research specialised in market research. He provides consumer insights, competitive vision and basic rules for the economic viability of the project.
Miguel Ángel has over 15 years of international experience in business development and growth, management, strategy, and sales in 12 organizations of 4 countries. His expertise covers business projects design and execution, including launching, growth, and monitoring.
Founder/partner @ Grand Prix consulting
Seasoned marketing professional, mentors early-stage founders for startup success, focusing on online presence and competitive edge. Experience in the US and European startup scene, her diverse background in telecommunications and IT adds strategic value to budding entrepreneurs.
Lecturer at the Hellenic Naval Academy, Division of Combat Systems and Sensors
Holding an MSc in Physics (Sensor Concentration) from the Naval Postgraduate School, California, USA, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, he has transitioned from a 17-year tenure as a Naval Officer and a 3-year role as a Naval Faculty member to a career in academia and research. He serves as a Lecturer at the Hellenic Naval Academy, teaching electro-optical systems and radars, and as an Academic Associate at the University of West Athens, focusing on UAV antenna patterns at the post-graduate level. He also serves as an evaluator of European Defense Funds (EDF) proposals, and a business coach for the European Union Defense Innovation Scheme (EUDIS)
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager @ Deimos Space
PhD in Geoinformatics from University of Rome. He has decades of experience working in the RS and ML fields, in several industries and research domains. Currently senior Remote Sensing scientist/project manager for Deimos Space, working on several ESA and EU funded projects related to Earth Observation data analysis.
Technical Director @ Alpine Space Ventures
Catriona serves as the Technical Director of Alpine Space Ventures, an investment fund focused on supporting early-stage space startups in the NewSpace sector. Before joining Alpine Space Ventures, she was a Director at SpaceX, where in a technical role in the Avionics department, she contributed to the development of all the rockets and capsules that the company has produced.
Head of Innovation Management @ Airbus Defence and Space
Passionate about aerospace, adaptable and creative programme and team manager. Entrepreneur, startup mentor and astronaut candidate (ESA 2008 and 2021). Experience within Airbus, DGA (French MoD) and Thales - customer qualification, flight and integration tests, design and innovation.
Accelerator manager @ESRIC
Investment, strategy and business development executive with an entrepreneurial mindset, project management skills, an international profile and experience mostly gained from global industrial leaders (B2G/B2B) as well as deep tech startup and venture capital ecosystems. Previously Newspace Capital investment team, first global Private Equity firm with focus on space and space-related industries
Cofounder @ Darwix Space
Former head of "Innovation and Technology Transfer" dept. at the Italian Space Agency, former head of "Research and Tech transfer" dept. for the largest innovation agency (and lead of incubator), former CEO of private accelerator; 20+ years career in between RES and IND supporting also the creation of spin-offs or new business units.
Germany representative @ CNES
Space advisor to the French Embassy in Berlin, after having been Director of Innovation, Applications and Science at CNES until the end of 2021. Ex advisor to the cabinet of the Minister of Economy and Advisor in charge of innovation and research to the Secretary of State for higher education.
Venture Partner @ Wefunder
Aikaterini is a cleantech and deeptech executive who has sourced, vetted, and coached hundreds of Silicon Valley and European startups over the last eight years to scale, get funded, and exit.
Her work with entrepreneurs started in Silicon Valley, in 2015, during her mission at the French energy giant EDF (a 140B EUR company). There, she worked with dozens of Bay Area startups across the US, Canada, and Europe.
Currently, she works with the EIC pre and post investment (due diligence, founder coaching) to deploy Europe’s largest deeptech fund (10bn EUR).
She is a mentor at Breakthrough Energy (with the goal of accelerating innovation in sustainable energy), and a venture partner at Wefunder, the leading platform in equity crowdfunding.
Aikaterini features at the EIC Summit 2022, Forbes, Fortune, Silicon Republic, European Leadership Academy, and Spotify podcasts among others.
Data Science Team Lead @ OroraTech
Experience in the fields of Data- and Environmental Science. She worked in large corporates (public sector), public entities (DLR) and start-ups, always involved in innovation and creating new products.
Any person of legal age who resides in an EU Member State, Norway or Switzerland.
Register anytime during the academy by clicking at the courses on our website.
No, not at all. We encourage anyone with a passion for entrepreneurship and EU space data and signals to participate in the academy. You can learn about the opportunities of the downstream sector and business practices to create a successful start-up.
Yes, there is no requirement as such for participation in the EU Space Academy Learning Platform. Although the course is aimed at entrepreneurs within the space sector, the lessons are designed so any interested person regardless of their background can find modules of interest.
No, you can register to the online programme anytime! Once you registered, you will gain access to all the available courses that you can watch at your own convenience.
Each member of your team can individually join and benefit from the academy.
No, you can watch the lessons in your preferred order.
Yes, you will get a certificate after completing the academy. Additionally, after the completion of each course, you can download a completion badge and share it with your network.
Yes, feel free to join all the courses you like.
You can view the schedule your office hour session at the end of the Workshops module.
You can book up to 2 mentoring sessions, either with the same mentor or different ones. Note that places are limited and mentor availability cannot be guaranteed