Gi Group teams up with SpaceUp For Innovation

Gi Group teams up with SpaceUp For Innovation

Funded by the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovationv(Horizon 2020), SpaceUp aims to provide Europe’s innovative start-ups in the space sector the opportunity to scale up and become world leading companies.

SpaceUp, with 10 consortium members from 5 different European countries and two Europe-wide business organisations, will work together to promote and encourage technology transfer, networking, outreach and matchmaking with business angels, crowd funders, investors, human resource specialists and CEOs from corporates.

As a global Human Resources leader, Gi Group will advise start ups on their HR needs, including but not limited to recruitment and retention of qualified staff.

In addition to Gi Group, under the coordination of the Aviaspace cluster in Bremen, eight partners will support the project: the European Trade Association for Business Angels, IBS Consulting, the Seed Funds and the Early Stage Market Players (EBAN), the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology (Fraunhofer IPK), the International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP), the European Panel of Space SME Associations (SME4SPACE), the crowdfunding platform 200Crowd, the Hypatia Research Consortium and Lazio Innova.

Throughout the project lifetime, 6 Space Academies will take place in various locations across Europe, networking new space tech entrepreneurs with potential partners.

The first Space Academy will take place in Helsinki, Finland 3-4 June 2019.

Read the press release in attachment for more info or visit the SpaceUp official website to send your application.