ESA Investment Forum 2014

Criteria & Selection

ENTRY CRITERIA                                               
 DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION INVESTMENT READINESS PROGRAMME 
- SMEs in the space-related industry and onging to one of the sectors stated below

- An independent company with operational headquarters in Europe.

- Seeking growth funding in the next 24 months

 		 26 May 2014

 What to make your company more investor ready before the Investment Forum?
SECTORS  
Satellite Communications – SATCOM
  • Consumer Broadband
  • Mobile Communications
  • Satellite Networks
  • Video Distribution & Applications
  • Mobile Applications & Entertainment
 

Earth Observation – EO
  •  Natural Resource Management
  •  Land Monitoring
  •  Oceanography
  •  Meteorology
  •  Defense & Security





 
Satellite Navigation – SATNAV
  • Applications using the Galileo Navigation System Transport
  • Consumer
  • Professional
  • Road
  • Government
 
 

 Technology Transfer

  • Avionics, Sensors, Lasers
  • Aerospace & Aviation
  • Robotics & Materials
  • Solar Energy & Energy Storage
  • Other Renewable Energy
  • Satellites, Rockets & services
  • Space-Air Traffic Management Infrastructure
  • Space Transportation
  • Aviation
  • Security & Military Systems & Applications
     
You meet the Criteria?

APPLY AND SUBMIT the required materials to be considered:               		 
Deadline:
19 May 2014













 What to do before deadline:
Apply by registering here as a candidate for ESA Investment Forum and create your profile.
Provide Company Summary (name, location, website, products, turnover evolution, years of existence, etc)
Submit the two page profile completely filled in and Presentation (PPT).      

Selected?   
  • Apply for the Venture Academy  (1st July & free of charge)   
  • Apply to get 4 One2One meeting set up between you and Investors (free of charge)
COMPANY SELECTION CRITERIA    
Companies will be selected on their 2 page online profile and company presentation. Sections where the assessments are based on:
1. Business potential


2. Team experience


3. Product/Technology merit


4. Competitive position


5. Investment or partnering interest


6. Project profile quality


7. "Space" connection
 Potential market of customers for the presented product is attractive and the business model is strong.

Team has skills and experience to grow the business and is able/willing to work with industry & research.

Technology or product solutions developed are state-of-the-art and well advanced compared to the competitors.

The intellectual property of the company and its competences and strategic relations are outstanding.

The demand/offer to invest in or partner with the company is well defined and potentially attractive for partners

Information available from company profile sheet is complete, clear, balanced and convincing. 

The company is using space-related technology, applications or services in a non-space environment.