Platform for building and growing space startups and organizer of the Disrupt Space Summit

Disrupt Space UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

BerlinNew on Amplifa

2016Founded

HRB 179979 B, Amtsgericht BerlinCommercial Register

About Disrupt Space

Disrupt Space is a UG (limited liability company) founded in 2016 and headquartered in Berlin, which operates a platform for building and growing space startups. The company organizes the recurring Disrupt Space Summit, which brings together startups, investors, corporate representatives, municipal actors and media. In addition, Disrupt Space offers StartupWeekend Space events, workshops (including on IP and ITAR), delegation trips and the SpaceFounders initiative. The company was founded in Bremen with the support of the City of Bremen; in 2017 the Summit moved to Berlin. Its activities are aimed at the space economy and the startup ecosystem, internationally with summits and delegation trips including to China. The goal is to break down barriers between the space sector and other industries and to promote a sustainable space economy.

Site: Berlin
Processes: Organization of summits/events (Disrupt Space Summit), StartupWeekend Space events, Platform for promoting space startups, Delegation trips, Workshops (e.g. IP/ITAR)
Materials: Disrupt Space Summit, StartupWeekend Space, SpaceFounders, Delegation Trips
Founded: 2016
Industries: Space/Space Economy, Startups/Startup Ecosystem, Venture Capital/Investors

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Conception of formats
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Organization of summits and events
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Workshops and delegation trips
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Networking of startups, investors and partners

Offerings and Formats

Summit

Disrupt Space Summit

International meeting for space startups, investors and decision-makers.

SW Space

StartupWeekend Space

Startup events, held for the first time in 2015 in parallel in Bremen and Shanghai.

SpaceFounders

Initiative with entrepreneurs, stakeholders and ecosystem actors from multiple countries.

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Delegation Trips

Trips to local stakeholders, e.g. to Chengdu (China).

Locations

Berlin

Office/Headquarters

Industries

Space/Space EconomyStartups/Startup EcosystemVenture Capital/Investors

Additional services

Organization of summits/events (Disrupt Space Summit)StartupWeekend Space eventsPlatform for promoting space startupsDelegation tripsWorkshops (e.g. IP/ITAR)

History

2014
Magni and Philippe met at the International Space University in Montréal; collaboration on the topic of Space & Open Innovation
2015
Organization of Europe's and Asia's first StartupWeekend Space, held in parallel in Bremen and Shanghai with over 120 participants
2016
Founding of Disrupt Space in Bremen; first summit with 200 participants from 19 countries
2017
Summit in Berlin with 270 participants, 49 startups from 20 countries and 18 investor firms
2018
Launch of SpaceFounders in Ibiza with representatives from nine countries
2019
Disrupt Space Summit 2019 in Beijing as a gateway to the Chinese space market, with a delegation trip to Chengdu (May 14–19)