Episode 4 │Investing in Space Start-Ups ⏤ Best Practices

In this episode we seek to understand the decision-making environment in which Space Business Angels operate and the mindset they follow when making investment decisions, exploring best practices, and getting an industry outlook from those with skin in the game. We talk about risk mitigation, selling shovels instead of digging gold, drivers of scale, investing horizontally vs vertically, why Luxembourg produces above the average space companies, and the role of EBAN Space.

Our guest today is Fabrice Testa, Chairman of EBAN SPACE, the space branch of Europe's leading early stage investors network, and Co-Founder of both the Luxembourg Space Tech Angels and Maana Electric. An Aerospace Engineer by training, Fabrice is a space business angel, serial entrepreneur, co-founder and Chief Financial Officer of Maana Electric which aims to be the utility company of the solar system, starting with solar panels on the Moon. He has supported start-ups in growing and scaling their ideas as a mentor, coach, and in several other key capacities.

SHOWNOTES

[1] Fabrice Testa https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabricete...

[2] Maana Electric https://www.maanaelectric.com/

[3] EBAN Space https://www.eban.org/eban-space/

[4] Space Tech Angels https://www.lsta.lu/

[5] Space Capital https://www.spaceangels.com/

[6] Maana Electric https://www.maanaelectric.com/