Space Startups Compete for $100,000
Next week in Houston, Texas, USA the 2018 Space Commerce Conference and Exposition (SpaceCom) will take place. It’s one of the largest space conferences in the USA and the world attracting an enormous range of individuals, expertise, and knowledge across the space industry.
Part of the conference is the Space Entrepreneurship Summit which brings together early-stage startups and investors for two-days worth of workshops and activities…including a $100,000 (USD) pitch competition prize!
Astropreneurs from around the world (literally), tossed their hats into the ring. While the winners won’t be announced until Nov 28th, the 19 semi-finalists have been identified.
5 finalists will be chosen to give their pitches to a panel of judges, after which time the winner of the $100,000 will be named on the 28th.
Good luck to all! Whether you win or not, you are an inspiration to Astropreneurs around the globe. Keep pushing towards the stars.
Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order):
Arlula — Building a marketplace for people to access underutilized space assets.
Benchmark Space Systems — A low-cost propulsion system for the small satellite market
Cemvita Factory Inc. — Converting solar energy to food for early Mars colonists
Devali Inc — Textile based health and safety innovation startup
DexMat, Inc. — High-performance products from carbon nanotubes
Equatorial Launch Australia — Striving to be Australia’s first commercial spaceport
EXOS Aerospace Systems & Technologies — Selling reusable launch vehicles for sub-orbital experimental payloads
Finsophy Inc. — Developing a digital ecosystem for transparent and mission-oriented capital
Hedy-Anthiel Space Systems — Enable ubiquitous, fast, reliable communication across the solar system.
Hypersonix — The world’s first scramjet satellite deployment system
Lazarus 3D Inc. — Pioneering cutting edge 3D printing technologies in medicine
Lucid Drone Technologies, Inc. — Revolutionizing the way multi-storied buildings are cleaned
LunaSonde, LLC — Designing the next generation of spacecraft and small satellites
Molon Labe LLC
SaraniaSat Inc. — Actionable aircraft/satellite remote sensing for precision agriculture
Solstar Space Company — Commercial internet/communications to astronauts and machines in space
STARK Industries LLC — Make space travel easier and more manageable for human beings
Sugarhouse Aerospace — Providing affordable solutions in research, education, and testing using suborbital launches
Swift Data LLC
