Oxford Space Systems wins the Most Promising Start-Ups with the Finspace Awards

Paris, September 14, 2017 – Awards were presented to the five most promising start-ups, as selected by an independent jury, during the FinSpace cocktail reception at the annual Euroconsult Summit for Satellite Financing which brings together the leading decision makers of the satellite enabled business sector. FinSpace is supported by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), the Portuguese Funding Agency for Science and Technology, and Raymond James.
Oxford Space Systems was one of the five winners that were selected from twenty-two finalists based on the assessment of qualitative criteria, including innovation, existing and future customer base, amount of capital raised, level of maturity and market approach.
The winners won the opportunity to present their projects during the FinSpace event and cocktail reception and also €10,000 worth of Euroconsult’s research products and six months’ public relations support with Communications Smart, a PR agency that supported the FinSpace initiative.
The jury, which has been in deliberation over the summer, was composed of leading figures from the satellite industry:
• Jury President: Jean-Jacques Dordain, Member of Advisory Board, SpaceResources.lu
• Pacôme Révillon, CEO, Euroconsult
• Pete Worden, Chairman, Breakthrough Prize Foundation
• Will Porteous, Partner, COO, RRE Ventures
• Ric Prentiss, Managing Director Telecom Research, Raymond James & Asso.
• Serge Van Herck, Space Entrepreneur
Mike Lawton (CEO of Oxford Space Systems) commented:
“For Oxford Space Systems to be a winner at this year’s FinSpace Awards is a fantastic achievement and one that myself and the OSS team is really proud of. It’s great to have such prestigious recognition of our business model, technical innovation and record-breaking achievement in getting our first novel deployable product in orbit successfully. Recognition from Euroconsult, a globally respected industry name, will enhance our profile and assist in attracting new investors and talent in our next stage of growth.”
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