TAMPA, Fla. — Mandala Space Ventures, a Californian venture studio and incubator, announced July 8 the nine United Kingdom-based startups participating in its UK Space Agency-funded accelerator program this fall.
The eight-week virtual course starts Sept. 3 and culminates with an in-person investor pitch day at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, California.
The SoCal-UK Space Accelerator creates a “transatlantic portal for great ideas from the U.K.,” said Mandala founder and CEO Leon Alkalai, helping prepare them for venture capital and access to the U.S. market.
Mandala picked the U.K. cohort from a total of 42 proposals, added Alkalai, who founded Mandala three years ago after retiring as a Technical Fellow at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
Alongside networking opportunities with potential investors, he said the program aims to connect early-stage U.K. space ventures with mentors from JPL.
| Name | Description |
| Agtelligence | Agriculture-focused Earth observation analysis provider. |
| Angoka | Machine-to-machine communications software specialist. |
| Lodestar | A developer of robotic actuators for in-orbit inspection and capture missions. |
| Lumi | Software platform provider for orbit tracking and atmospheric turbulence monitoring. |
| Second Star | Satellite propulsion system manufacturer. |
| Space Solar | Space-based solar power technology developer. |
| Saif Systems | Software-based guardrail developer for autonomous artificial intelligence solutions in space. |
| Universal Atmosphere Processing (UAP) | A provider of gas capture technology that could support sustainable human habitats in space. |
| Frontier Space Tech | A miniaturized, autonomous laboratory developer for drug discovery in microgravity. |
The SoCal-UK Space Accelerator is one of four accelerators the UK Space Agency announced in…
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