Location Forthcoming is becoming one of the fastest growing industries to build a startup, but most of the early-stage entrepreneurs we speak to aren't aware of the local tech resources that are available to help them get started.

With applications for the Location Forthcoming Founder Institute now open, we're excited to release the Location Forthcoming Startup Resource Guide, which is currently in Draft v1 below! It was developed by the Location Forthcoming Founder Institute and local leaders: Dan Lopez (Founder, Space Executive, FI Space), Kelli Kedis Ogborn (VP of Space Commerce and Entrepreneurship, Space Foundation), and Pete Biggam (CEO, Blacksite Solutions).

This is just a draft, and while we spent many hours on this research, more input is needed. Please leave your comments on this collaborative Google document to help us complete the list. There are definitely omissions on this current version. 

Are you looking to build a startup in Location Forthcoming? Then apply to the Location Forthcoming Founder Institute today!

Text version included below, for ease of searching:

Startup Stages

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There is no one right way to build a technology company, but for the sake of simplicity we have outlined a basic, common, sequential framework.

1. Idea Stage

This is where new entrepreneurs get inspired, learn best practices, develop skills, validate ideas, and begin to build their team and product.

A. Inspire

• Location Forthcoming Startup Media: Centralized local information, listings, and news. (i.e. startup blogs/ publications/ lists/ FB groups/ newsletters)

1. Silicon Republic - SpaceTech
2. SpaceTech Asia
3. Startup Daily - Space Tech
4. Startup Digest Space
5. StartUs Insights - Space Tech
6. TechCrunch - Space
7. WIRED Space

• Inspirational Location Forthcoming Startup Events: Open, inclusive startup events that often focus on ideation. (i.e. Startup Weekend, idea fairs, and inspirational meetups)

1. ASCEND
2. European Space Talks
3. Global Space Congress
4. Global Space and Technology Convention
5. MIT Space Week
6. NewSpace Europe
7. Paris Space Week 2022
8. SATELLITE 2022
9. Space Symposium
10. Space Tech Expo 2022
11. Space Tech Expo Europe
12. Space Tech Summit
13. SpaceCom 2022
14. Startup Weekend
15. World Space Week

B. Educate

• Best Practices: Beginner knowledge-sharing tech events. (i.e. beginner events that serve to educate more than inspire).

1. 1 Million Cups
2. Australian Space Network
3. Cluj-Napoca Space Club Meetup
4. Living in Space
5. New Worlds Space
6. NUCC Inc.
7. Pune Space Technology Meetup
8. Singapore Astropreneurs
9. Software for Space - Bay Area
10. Space Innovation
11. Space Latam
12. Space Startup Group
13. Startup Founder 101
14. Startup Grind
15. Trends in New Space Industry Group of Los Angeles

• Training & Feedback: Skill & Idea development events and startup bootcamps for entrepeneurs. (Includes comprehensive training programs, like Founder Institute, General Assembly, Lean Startup Machine, code camps, etc)

1. Adelaide Space Tech Meetup
2. Business in Space
3. Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific
4. Founder Institute Space Tech Accelerator
5. Garage48 SpaceTech Bootcamp
6. Hello Tomorrow
7. IoT Tribe Space Endeavour Bucharest
8. London Blockchain for Space Meetups
9. NASA Space Apps Bootcamp
10. New York Space Alliance Startup Bootcamp
11. NewSpace Chicago
12. NewSpace NYC
13. Silicon Valley Space Startups & Satellites
14. Singapore Space & Technology Training
15. Space Apps NYC Bootcamp
16. Space Entrepreneurs
17. Space for Humanity Bootcamp
18. Space Technologies at California
19. Space Technology Series
20. SpaceIL Lectures
21. Sydney Space Tech Meetup

C. Validate

• Team Formation: Events for Finding Co-founders in Location Forthcoming.  (i.e. tech networking events or other resources that facilitate early-stage recruitment and cofounder matching)

1. APECS Space Business Network
2. GEN Space
3. New York's Space Entrepreneurs
4. NewSpaceVision
5. OrbitOz - Space Entrepreneurs
6. Space 2.0 Queensland
7. Space Enthusiasts & Professionals Meetup (Wellington)
8. Space Impulse
9. SPACE::TALK

• Build First Product: Hackathons & product events in Location Forthcoming.

1. CASSINI Hackathons
2. KvarkenSat Innovation Challenge 2022
3. OpenSpaceLabs
4. NASA Space Apps Challenge
5. NASA Space Apps Challenge Pasadena
6. New York Space Alliance Hacking for Space (H4S)
7. Space Apps Central Florida
8. Space Bio Lab San Diego
9. Space Data Hackers
10. Space Hack Luxembourg
11. Space Hub Perth
12. Space Latam
13. SpaceTech Europe Online Hackathon
14. Vernadsky Challenge

2. Launch Stage

In this stage, entrepreneurs establish and formalize the company, develop the product, get feedback from customers, and prepare for the next step.

A. Start

• Establish: Location Forthcoming law firms & banks for startups

1. Alden Legal
2. BHO Legal
3. Bird & Bird
4. Brex
5. Bridge Bank
6. Clyde & Co
7. Cowell Clarke
8. Dentons
9. Deutsche Bank
10. Ellex
11. European Investment Bank
12. Fieldfisher
13. First Republic Bank
14. Hogan Lovells
15. Holland & Hart
16. Holland & Knight
17. IALPG
18. JPMorgan Chase & Co.
19. Knobbe Martens
20. Lecote Space Lawyers
21. Linklaters
22. Mercury
23. Milbank LLP
24. Mudd Law
25. Novo
26. Peacock Law
27. Rabobank
28. RBL Bank
29. Revolut
30. Rho
31. Sarin & Co.
32. Silicon Valley Bank
33. Stace Hammond
34. Vieira de Almeida
35. Wiley Law

• Location Forthcoming Workspaces: Co-working and flexible workspaces for startups in Location Forthcoming.

1. Impact Hub
2. Industrious
3. NewSpace NYC
4. Plug and Play Tech Center
5. Space Business Innovation Centre Noordwijk
6. TechHub
7. Techspace
8. WeWork

B. Develop

• Formalize: Location Forthcoming accounting, development and HR tools for early-stage startups.  

1. CAREERS IN SPACE
2. ESA Business Applications
3. EVONA
4. Moss Adams
5. Space Applications
6. Space Careers
7. Space Individuals
8. Space Talent
9. SpaceCareers.uk
10. Spacelinks
11. Spacetech International

• Location Forthcoming Incubators: Groups that prepare companies for seed investment and provide advanced mentorship. (i.e. advanced knowledge sharing, later stage events and resources)

1. Cicada Innovations
2. Creative Destruction Lab
3. ESA BIC
4. eSpace
5. European Space Resources Innovation Centre
6. Higgs Centre for Innovation
7. Intellectual Ventures
8. International Space University Incubator
9. Launchpad
10. London Space Innovation Centre
11. Microsoft for Space Startups Australia
12. Moonshot Space
13. NewSpace NYC
14. Scotland in Space
15. South Australian Space Industry Centre
16. Space Business Innovation Centre Noordwijk
17. Space Hubs Network
18. Space Tech Business Incubator @SCHWEIZERHOF
19. Space Technology Incubation Centers [S-TIC]
20. SpaceHub Incubator
21. SpaceUp Europe
22. STFC CERN Business Incubation Centre
23. UK Space Incubator Network
24. West Coast Space Lab

C. Launch

• Location Forthcoming Seed Accelerators: Seed funding mentor programs (Techstars-style programs that provide funding)

1. AeroInnovate
2. Astropreneurs
3. Boost VC Accelerator
4. Catalyst Accelerator
5. Copernicus Accelerator
6. Delta-V NewSpace Alliance
7. Fit 4 Start
8. Founder Institute Advanced Technologies Accelerator
9. Founder Institute Space Tech Virtual 2022 Accelerator
10. Hyperspace Challenge
11. IoT Tribe Space Endeavour
12. NASA Frontier Development Lab
13. New York Space Alliance Virtual Space Accelerator
14. Newspace Business Accelerator
15. PwC Future Space Accelerator
16. Satellite Applications Catapult
17. SCALE LA Aerospace Accelerator
18. Seraphim Space Camp
19. Space for Business
20. Space3ac
21. SpaceFounders
22. SSTL Space Accelerator Programme
23. Starburst
24. Techstars Space Accelerator

• Pitch & Demo Events: Tech events that showcase Location Forthcoming startups for investment.

1. COSMIC Pitch Competition
2. ExF Space Tech Pitch Competition
3. Fit 4 Start Pitch
4. Hello Tomorrow Challenge
5. Hyperspace Challenge Pitch Competition
6. INNOspace Masters
7. myEUspace Competition
8. NASA iTech
9. NASA Science Mission Directorate Entrepreneurs Challenge
10. NewSpace Business Plan Competition
11. NewSpace Europe Pitch Competition
12. SATELLITE Startup Space
13. Space Investment Day
14. Space3ac Demo Day
15. SpaceFounders Demo Day
16. Techstars Space Accelerator Demo Day
17. Young Space Entrepreneurs Competition

3. Growth Stage

Here, a startup proves their utility, receives recognition, and scales up. This usually requires funding, angels, VCs, and ways to connect them to startups.

A. Recognition

• Location Forthcoming Investor Networking:  Events and groups that connect professional investors with founders.

1. Angel Investment Network
2. E2MC
3. Florida Venture Forum
4. Luxembourg Space Tech Angels
5. RIT
6. Space Angels
7. Space Forum
8. Space Ventures Investors
9. SPRINT
10. Tech Tour

• Major Media: Mainstream local business press that often showcase local startups.

1. Aviation Week & Space Technology Magazine
2. BBC Science Focus Magazine
3. CNBC - Space
4. Cosmos Magazine
5. Euronews - Space
6. Frontiers in Space Technologies
7. GeekWire - Space
8. National Geographic - Space
9. Payload
10. Popular Science - Space
11. Science Partner Journal - Space: Science & Technology
12. SciTechDaily
13. Space - Tech
14. Space Tech Journal
15. SpaceNews
16. SpaceWatch.GLOBAL

B. Funding

• Location Forthcoming Angel Investors: Seed-stage investors and micro-vcs.

1. Ben Kong
2. Chad Anderson
3. Dylan Taylor
4. Ethan Batraski
5. James Bruegger
6. Justus Kilian
7. Mark Boggett
8. Rob Coneybeer
9. Rob Desborough
10. Ted Elvhage
11. Yaniv Izaki

• Location Forthcoming Venture Capitalists: Series A and beyond

1. Airbus Ventures
2. Apeiron Investment Group
3. Arkisys
4. Bessemer Venture Partners
5. Blackbird Ventures
6. Canaan
7. CosmiCapital
8. Embedded Ventures
9. Enlightenment Capital
10. Founders Fund
11. Hemisphere Ventures
12. Herius Capital
13. Intellectual Ventures
14. Khosla Ventures
15. Lux Capital
16. NewSpace Capital
17. Outlandish Ventures 
18. Primo Ventures
19. Promus Ventures
20. RRE Ventures
21. Rymdkapital
22. Seraphim Space
23. Shasta Ventures
24. Space Capital
25. Space Ventures
26. Space.VC
27. Spaced Ventures
28. SpaceFund
29. Starbridge Venture Capital
30. TYPE5
31. Venrock
32. Voyager Space

C. Growth

• Infrastructure: Office space, HR, local business insurance. (i.e. office space/ HR/ insurance providers for capital-rich companies to grow and scale)

1. Allianz
2. Aon
3. AXA XL
4. CBRE
5. Chubb
6. Gallagher Insurance
7. Instant Offices
8. Korn Ferry
9. Lloyd's
10. LoopNet
11. Marsh
12. MatchOffice
13. Offices.co
14. OfficeSpace.com
15. Randstad
16. Regus
17. The Hanover Insurance Group
18. Travelers Insurance
19. Zurich Insurance Group

• Expansion: Location Forthcoming Growth accelerators and consultants. (i.e. programs and business consultants for capital-rich companies to grow and scale)

1. Accenture
2. ALPHA Consult
3. Astralytical
4. Bain & Company
5. Booz Allen Hamilton
6. Boston Consulting Group
7. BryceTech
8. Capgemini
9. Deloitte
10. Ernst & Young
11. Euroconsult
12. Fairmont Consulting Group
13. Gartner
14. Global Space Consulting
15. Kearney
16. know.space
17. KPMG
18. McKinsey & Company
19. Norfolk Institute
20. Oliver Wyman
21. PwC
22. Roland Berger
23. Sapienza Consulting
24. Sheffield Haworth
25. Space Tech Consulting
26. SpaceGem
27. SpaceTec Partners
28. SpaceTech Analytics
29. Starburst Consulting
30. Startup ISAO
31. Tech for life Institute
32. Telecan Space

4. Location Forthcoming Startup Success Stories

Successful homegrown companies that have raised significant institutional funding, employ a large workforce, or have achieved liquidity.

1. Astra
2. Astroscale
3. Avio
4. Axiom Space
5. Boeing
6. Blue Origin
7. Capella Space
8. GHGSat
9. ICEYE
10. ispace
11. Kepler Communications
12. Kineis
13. LeoLabs
14. Nanoracks
15. Northrop Grumman
16. Orbital Insight
17. Park Aerospace
18. Planet
19. Raytheon Technologies
20. Redwire Space
21. Relativity Space
22. Rocket Lab
23. Sierra Space
24. Slingshot Aerospace
25. SpaceX
26. Virgin Galactic
27. Virgin Orbit

Supporters

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To facilitate the steps, every ecosystem needs strong supporters.

1. Location Forthcoming Startup Leaders

Successful local founders who lead the ecosystem & frequently mentor newbies.

1. Adam Cohen
2. Carla Muttoni
3. Dan Lopez
4. David W. Hurst
5. Elon Musk
6. Gordon McHattie
7. Ioana Cozmuta
8. Jeff Bezos
9. Kelli Kedis Ogborn
10. Kirill Satanovsky
11. Lawrence Bugg
12. Mark Polansky
13. Nahum Romero
14. Nancy Vermeulen
15. Norah Patten
16. Pete Biggam
17. Richard Branson
18. Ron Garan
19. Sean McClinton
20. Shay Har-Noy

2. Location Forthcoming Government Startup Resources

Public organizations that facilitate local economic development

1. Australian Space Agency
2. Austrian Technology in Space
3. CASSINI
4. Czech Space Alliance
5. EU Agency for the Space Programme
6. European Space Agency
7. Kvarken Space Center
8. List of Government Space Agencies
9. Luxembourg Space Agency
10. NASA
11. New Zealand Space Agency
12. Singapore Space & Technology Ltd
13. South Australian Space Industry Centre
14. Space Florida
15. Space Generation Advisory Council
16. UK Space Agency
17. UKspace
18. US Chamber of Commerce - Space Exploration and Private Aerospace

3. Talent

Major local business or tech universities and employers that attract and retain local talent.

• Local Location Forthcoming Tech Universities (universities with prominent technical or business programs)

1. Arizona State University
2. Caltech
3. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
4. Graz University of Technology
5. Harvard University
6. Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
7. Institute of Space Technology
8. International Space University
9. James Madison University X-Labs
10. Leiden University
11. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
12. Nanyang Technological University
13. Princeton University
14. Sorbonne University
15. Stanford University
16. Swinburne University of Technology
17. University of Arizona
18. University of California Berkeley
19. University of California Santa Cruz
20. University of Cambridge
21. University of Chicago
22. University of Colorado Boulder
23. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
24. University of Southern California
25. University of Tokyo
26. University of Toronto

• Location Forthcoming Tech Employers

1. Airbus
2. Blue Origin
3. Boeing
4. GHGSat
5. LeoLabs
6. Lockheed Martin
7. NASA
8. Northrop Grumman
9. Relativity Space
10. SpaceX
11. Virgin Galactic

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Learn more about the Startup Ecosystem Canvas here, and leave us your thoughts on the Location Forthcoming Canvas on this collaborative Google document (This is just a draft, and more input is needed!)

Are you looking to build a startup in Location Forthcoming? Then apply to the Location Forthcoming Founder Institute today