We are pleased to announce that the first Space Academy will be held on 3rd-4th June 2019 in Helsinki, Finland, just before the Arctic15 conference, coinciding and in collaboration with the EBAN Annual Congress. The Space Academy is a two-day event for European space-tech entrepreneurs to accelerate their business. Day 1: An intense day where entrepreneurs can improve their skills and get insights from experts on various topics, with main sessions as well as one-to-one and roundtable meetings. Day 2: Panel, keynote and pitching sessions from 10 selected companies to an audience of representative of the financing industry, venture capitals and successful entrepreneurs from all over the world. All accepted entrepreneurs are welcome to join the Space Academy workshops during the first day on six great topics by prominent experts: Investment readiness; Crowdfunding; Hot trends in artificial intelligence and robotics; Business models; European funds for young SMEs; European Space ecosystem.   In addition, 10 selected companies will be entitled to receive high-level services for free: One-to-one meetings with investors and matter experts; Credit Passport (International creditworthiness certificate); Feasibility study on EU public funding; Business model analysis; Consultancy on HR matters; Intellectual property right analysis. Be sure to register before the 28th of February  

The EBAN Annual Congress is one of Europe’s largest and most international business angel events held annually by EBAN in cooperation with its best members. After 19 successful editions of the event, the last of which took place in Malaga in 2017 and Sofia in 2018, this year’s edition of the event is coming to Helsinki, Finland on 3-4 June 2019 at Kaapelitehdas (Cable Factory) and will be organized by EBAN incollaboration with the Finnish Business Angels Network  and Arctic15. Special discount available for EBAN members - contact info@eban.org for the code! Find out more about the event by visiting the EBAN Helsinki website.