Unlocking Space for Investment
Unlocking Space for Investment is an initiative, backed by the UK Space Agency, that aims to catalyse investment to support the growth of the UK space sector.
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Unlocking Space for Investment (USI), an initiative backed by the UK Space Agency, aims to catalyse private sector investment to support the growth of the UK space sector. The programme addresses key barriers to investment through targeted interventions and strategic networking.
Our Goals:
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Enhance Business Readiness: Prepare space businesses for investment opportunities.
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Strengthen Investor Confidence: Build trust and confidence among investors.
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Expand Financing Options: Explore diverse financing solutions to support growth in the UK space sector.
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Enhance Investor-Business Connections: Foster strong relationships between investors and space businesses.
For further information, questions, or feedback about these programmes, please contact the team at USI@ukspaceagency.gov.uk.
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Updates to this page
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Removed questionnaire section as this has now closed.
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Updated page copy, added Industry Questionnaire for Industry Support Programme section Unlocking Space for Investment: Programme overview - HTML attachment created 2024/25 Programme Delivery - new title for HTML attachment
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Link to Unlocking Space for Investment Network sign up form added. Updated Unlocking Space for Investment: Programme overview HTML
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Added information on Space Investment Pitch Day and Space Investment Day. Updated Privacy notice
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Updated privacy notice.
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Information about the Space Investment Day added to the Unlocking Space for Investment: Programme overview - HTML attachment.
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Changes made to content on the landing page. Updates made to the programme overview attachment. HTML and PDF versions of the '2024/25 Business and Investor Pathway Programme - Information' have been added as attachments.
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The Investor Pathway one-pager documents and the Business Pathway two-pager documents have been removed, as they have become outdated. The overview document has been removed and replace with a new document (programme overview) with up to date information. Content on the landing page has been updated.
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Updated with latest information.
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Update to section 3.1 of Unlocking Space for Investment - overview - HTML attachment. Applications have now closed to cohort 1, and have opened for cohort 2. Slight update to wording in section 3.2 to reflect the above.
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Slight wording changes to Unlocking Space for Investment - Business Pathway two-pager (PDF). Unlocking Space for Investment - Business Pathway two-pager - HTML version created to have accessible version of the PDF.
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Unlocking Space for Investment - Business Pathway two-pager (PDF) - file attachment added Unlocking Space for Investment - overview - HTML attachment updated Information on Business Pathway Programme added to landing page
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First published.