Space Launcher - accelerator by Kjeller Innovasjon

NORDIC LAUNCH ACCELERATOR PROGRAM
FOR SPACE STARTUPS
Next program: NORDIC LAUNCH fall 2022
Investing in early stage startups?
Join Space Launcher Demo Day
Sign up here get invited to DEMO - day
Investor sign-up
Who can apply?
All Norwegian startups (AS, ENK) with technologies (products or services) related to the space industry.

SPACE LAUNCHER is right for you if

your business is in the early stages
you have a drive to grow your business
you have a scalable technology or business model
What you get
Specialized business development support
Meet the industry and grow your network
Improve your business through workshops & talks
Improve your financial strategy and valuation
Guest speakers share valuable experiences
Meet the ESA BIC team and get insights in ESA funding opportunities
Pitch to investors and Kjeller Innovastion pre-seed fund
Are you ready to launch your business?
Program 2021 - (ended)
9 day accelerator program to launch your business. Please note that the program will be updated and might be subject to change. Covid-19: Guidelines and restrictions due to Covid-19 will be followed throughout the program,and may force the program to change and/or run through video conferences.

WEEK 1

1
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP

Tuesday 19.10
@Kjeller Innovasjon
Welcome and introduction
Business development workshop
Riskiest assumptions
Dinner & networking
2
SPACE AGENCY DAY

Wednesday 20.10
@Norsk Romsenter
Intro to ESA & Norsk romsenter
Upstream/downstream applications - research and present findings
Guest speakers
Evening event: Participation on Spaceport Norway Live Sessions @ Mesh Community

3
INDUSTRY DAY WITH EQUINOR

Thursday 21.10
@Kjeller with Equinor
Intro to Equinor's strategy Equinor Ventures and space initiatives
Pitch your idea
How can your idea be used in Equinors value chain? Get challenged by Equinor mentors
4
MENTOR DAY

Friday 22.10
@Kjeller Innovasjon
Pitch your company
Meet the mentors - get valuable feedback
25th-29th of October: No official program: Get feedback from mentors and Kjeller Innovation team.
WEEK 2:

1
HOW 2 SUCCED AS A (SPACE) TECH STARTUP
Monday 1st of Nov.
@Kjeller
Go 2 Market strategy
Guest Speaker: Harald Olderheim, Glint Solar
Guest Speaker: Amir Rahmani, NASA
2
FINANCIAL STRATEGY
Tuesday 2nd of Nov.
@Nordea Banking
Improve your financial strategy, connected with milestones & KPIs
What is VC funding? - I.e. SNÖ Ventures
Sources to finance
Impossible Valuations - Guest speaker - Ketil Wig
Food, drinks & networking
3
INDUSTRY NETWORKING DAY

Wednesday 3rd of Nov.
@Norsk Katapultsenter, Raufoss
Tour at Norsk Katapult Center
Industry-mixing day
4
PITCH TRAINING

Thursday 4th of Nov
@Kjeller Innovasjon, Kjeller
Work with ESA applications or business plan
Prepare and tune your pitch deck with valuable feedback from experienced business developers
5
DEMO DAY

Friday 5th of Nov.
@SNØ, Oslo
Present for Kjeller Innovasjons investor network, pre-seed fund and ESA BIC
Networking
Tentativ program Nordic Launch: WEEK 2:

1
FINANCIAL STRATEGY WORKSHOP

Date TBD
@Nordea Banking
Improve your financial strategy, connected with milestones & KPIs
What is VC funding? - I.e. SNÖ Ventures
Sources to finance
Impossible Valuations - Guest speaker - Ketil Wig
Food, drinks & networking
2
MENTOR DAY

Date TBD
@Oslo
Pitch your company
Meet the mentors
Get feedback from mentors and ESA
Pitch preperations
3
PITCH FOR INDUSTRY & INVESTORS

Tuesday 18th of Oct.
@Oslo with Space port Norway
Attend event, meet industries, startups, investors
Pitch at Space Port Norway Global Space Event.
Best 10 companies at the main stage. (300-500 global participants)
4
INDUSTRY NETWORKING

Wednesday 19th of Oct.
@Oslo with Space port Norway
Attend event, meet industries, startups, investors
Get challenged by industries
5
ROADMAP AND PLAN AHEAD

Thursday 20st of Oct.
@Oslo
Summary
Debrief of program and events
Work with Roadmap - individual feedback
Present plan
Program End
Meet our Mentors
Want to become a mentor? Please contact us.

CJ (Onno) Verberne
Business Development
Nammo
Ketil A. Wig
Financial Engineer
Remis
Rune Sandbakken
Head of Satellite Communication
Norwegian Space Agency
Amir Rahmani
Group Supervisor - Multi-agent autonomy
JPL, NASA
Claire Blackett
Senior Research Scientist, department of Humans and Automation
IFE (Institute for Energy Technology)
Leonor Tarrason
Research Director - Environmental Solutions
NILU (Norwegian Institute for Air Research)
Nils Haga
Manager
w/ extended solution sales experience
Kjeller Innovation
Axel Moulin
IP Management Consultant
Dehns
Henry Kongevold
Chief Engineer
Marlink
Apply before 19^th of September 2021
The program have a limit of 10 startups. Fee* per startup: 10 000 NOK excl. VAT

19.09.2021
Application deadline
19.10.2021
Launch of program
05.11.2021
Demo day
*If your are not able to pay the fee, but still interested in joining the program - let us know in your application, as you can apply for getting your fee covered by SIVA
Bergen Carbon Solutions
"The program gave us access to a valuable network of leading industry partners and experts.
- And last but not least, it has contributed to the capital raising". Jan B Sagmo - CEO

Solstorm
"I løpet av de ni intensive dagene fikk vi tilgang til ledende industripartnere, investorer og ressurser innen forretningsutvikling.
Vi fikk konkrete tilbakemeldinger fra partnerne i programmet, og justerte selskapets utviklingsløp og forretningsplaner for de kommende årene. Programmet ble profesjonelt gjennomført og ga oss tilgang til et verdifullt nettverk av industripartnere og eksperter" - Hans Theodor Johnsen, CTO & Co-Founder
Partners
Want to become a Partner? Please contact us
Investing in early stage space-tech startups?
Sign up here to receive information about attending startups and get invited to DEMO-day.
Investor sign-up

NORDIC LAUNCH ACCELERATOR PROGRAM

FOR SPACE STARTUPS

Next program: NORDIC LAUNCH fall 2022

Investing in early stage startups?

Join Space Launcher Demo DaySign up here get invited to DEMO - day

Who can apply?

All Norwegian startups (AS, ENK) with technologies (products or services) related to the space industry. SPACE LAUNCHER is right for you if your business is in the early stagesyou have a drive to grow your businessyou have a scalable technology or business model

What you get

Program 2021 - (ended)

9 day accelerator program to launch your business. Please note that the program will be updated and might be subject to change. Covid-19: Guidelines and restrictions due to Covid-19 will be followed throughout the program,and may force the program to change and/or run through video conferences.

WEEK 1

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP Tuesday 19.10

SPACE AGENCY DAY Wednesday 20.10

INDUSTRY DAY WITH EQUINOR Thursday 21.10

MENTOR DAY Friday 22.10

WEEK 2:

HOW 2 SUCCED AS A (SPACE) TECH STARTUP Monday 1st of Nov.

FINANCIAL STRATEGY Tuesday 2nd of Nov.

INDUSTRY NETWORKING DAY Wednesday 3rd of Nov.

PITCH TRAINING Thursday 4th of Nov

DEMO DAY Friday 5th of Nov.

Tentativ program Nordic Launch: WEEK 2:

FINANCIAL STRATEGY WORKSHOP Date TBD

MENTOR DAY Date TBD

PITCH FOR INDUSTRY & INVESTORS Tuesday 18th of Oct.

INDUSTRY NETWORKING Wednesday 19th of Oct.

ROADMAP AND PLAN AHEAD Thursday 20st of Oct.

Meet our Mentors

Want to become a mentor? Please contact us.

CJ (Onno) Verberne

Business Development

Nammo

Ketil A. Wig

Financial Engineer

Remis

Rune Sandbakken

Head of Satellite Communication

Norwegian Space Agency

Amir Rahmani

Group Supervisor - Multi-agent autonomy

JPL, NASA

Claire Blackett

Senior Research Scientist, department of Humans and Automation

IFE (Institute for Energy Technology)

Leonor Tarrason

Research Director - Environmental Solutions

NILU (Norwegian Institute for Air Research)

Nils Haga

Managerw/ extended solution sales experience

Kjeller Innovation

Axel Moulin

IP Management Consultant

Dehns

Henry Kongevold

Chief Engineer​

Marlink

Apply before 19th of September 2021

The program have a limit of 10 startups. Fee* per startup: 10 000 NOK excl. VAT

19.09.2021

19.10.2021

05.11.2021

*If your are not able to pay the fee, but still interested in joining the program - let us know in your application, as you can apply for getting your fee covered by SIVA

Bergen Carbon Solutions

"The program gave us access to a valuable network of leading industry partners and experts. - And last but not least, it has contributed to the capital raising". Jan B Sagmo - CEO

Partners

Want to become a Partner? Please contact us

Investing in early stage space-tech startups?

Sign up here to receive information about attending startups and get invited to DEMO-day.

Join Space Launcher Demo Day
Sign up here get invited to DEMO - day

All Norwegian startups (AS, ENK) with technologies (products or services) related to the space industry.

SPACE LAUNCHER is right for you if

your business is in the early stages
you have a drive to grow your business
you have a scalable technology or business model

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP

Tuesday 19.10

SPACE AGENCY DAY

Wednesday 20.10

INDUSTRY DAY WITH EQUINOR

Thursday 21.10

MENTOR DAY

Friday 22.10

HOW 2 SUCCED AS A (SPACE) TECH STARTUP
Monday 1st of Nov.

FINANCIAL STRATEGY
Tuesday 2nd of Nov.

INDUSTRY NETWORKING DAY

Wednesday 3rd of Nov.

PITCH TRAINING

Thursday 4th of Nov

DEMO DAY

Friday 5th of Nov.

FINANCIAL STRATEGY WORKSHOP

Date TBD

MENTOR DAY

Date TBD

PITCH FOR INDUSTRY & INVESTORS

Tuesday 18th of Oct.

INDUSTRY NETWORKING

Wednesday 19th of Oct.

ROADMAP AND PLAN AHEAD

Thursday 20st of Oct.

Manager
w/ extended solution sales experience

Chief Engineer

Apply before 19^th of September 2021

"The program gave us access to a valuable network of leading industry partners and experts.
- And last but not least, it has contributed to the capital raising". Jan B Sagmo - CEO