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Growth Hub Overview and Videos

Published 2 December 2025

Unlocking Space for Investment: Growth Hub​

Welcome to the Growth Hub. Here  you will  find resources, insights and tools designed to help you as a UK Space Business become more investment ready. Explore the learning materials to help you on your investment journey.​​ 

Each track will have a video introducing you to the track, three videos diving into each specific unit, as well as a video Q&A session with the relevant expert and closing remarks. Alongside the videos, there are relevant supporting documents for you to take away and use to help on your journey. During or at the end of your journey, any and all feedback related to the Growth Hub, can be provided here. 

Kick off your journey with an introduction from the UK Space Agency’s Investment Director, Craig Brown. 

Track 1: Preparing for Investment​ 

This track shows how to lay the essential foundations for securing investment, from shaping your investor-ready thesis to building robust financial models and a professional data room. Whether you’re raising your first institutional round or preparing to scale, this track gives you the tools and confidence to make your business truly investable. ​Companies will also benefit from insights shared directly by investors and entrepreneurs through industry soundbites, making the Growth Hub a central resource for strengthening investor readiness. This Track is covered by the following videos:​

Introduction to Track 1 – An introductory video to ‘Track 1: Preparing for Investment’

Unit 1: From big idea to bankable success​ – Turning vision and market insight into an investable thesis​​

Unit 2: Financial mistakes kill interest​ – Creating compelling financial models that speak to investors ​​

Unit 3: The deal liver in the data room​ – Creating a data room that builds investor confidence​​

Track 1 Q&A – A concise, conversational look at what investors respond to in the space sector.

Track 2: Strengthening Leadership & Governance​ 

​This track shows how to structure funding rounds, build effective boards and reporting, and meet UK and international legal and regulatory requirements in the space sector. Whether you’re maturing your company or preparing for investment, you’ll gain practical tools to strengthen governance, demonstrate legal readiness, and inspire investor confidence. ​​​ This Track is covered by the following videos:​ 

Introduction to Track 2 – An introductory video to ‘Track 2: Strengthening Leadership and Governance’

Unit 4: The importance of Round architecture​ – Sizing, syndicate, and valuation guardrails aligned to milestones ​​

​Unit 5: Cadence creates confidence​ – Boards, management, reporting and KPIs that signal institutional discipline​​

Unit 6: Loose ends sink deals​ – Legal readiness, IP, and navigating and ​mitigating risk 

Track 2 Q&A – How legal and regulatory readiness impacts investment success in the space sector

Track 3: Series A to Scale​ 

This track shows how to turn strategy into sustainable growth, from refining your go-to-market model to expanding internationally and winning government and commercial contracts. Learn how to set milestones, strengthen your market position, and demonstrate Series B readiness with a credible, data-driven growth plan that investors can believe in.​​ This Track is covered by the following videos:​ 

​Introduction to Track 3 – An introductory video to ‘Track 3: From Series A to Scale’ 

Unit 7: Credibility comes from customers​ – Entering new markets, export strategy and procurement pathways​​ 

​Unit 8: Making Series A a success​ – Designing go-to-market strategies that prove traction and scale efficiently​​

​Unit 9: Line of sight to Series B and beyond​ – Setting targets and milestones that build to the next round ​​

Track 3 Q&A – A discussion on unlocking strategies for space startups: customer focus, commercial growth, and readiness to scale in a global market

Now that you have made it to the end of the three tracks, watch the Growth Hub Programme Summary Outro with the UK Space Agency Investment Director, Craig Brown.

Do not forget to access the accompanying Supporting Materials saved on the Growth Hub. We would also appreciate a few minutes of your time to please provide feedback on any aspects of your experience with the Unlocking Space for Investment: Growth Hub.

This information is a non-exhaustive summary of some of the factors which may be relevant to seeking investment in the space sector. Persons should take independent legal and professional advice before seeking any such investment.