At the 10th ESA Investment Forum 2019 at ESA's European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany, 31 January 2019, the first podium discussion was moderated by ESA Head of Technology Transfer and Business Incubation Office Frank Salzgeber and addressed the question “Entrepreneurship in Space – Why does Germany need a 1 B€ Space Fund?”
On the podium Frank Salzgeber was joined with Claudia Kessler from Die Astronautin, Gareth Keane from Promus Ventures)and Jörg Kreisel from JKIC.
Organised jointly by ESA's Technology Transfer and Business Incubation Office (TTP), High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH (HTGF) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) the 10th ESA Investment Forum was arranged and kicked-off by ESA Business Incubation Centre Hessen & Baden-Württemberg (ESA BIC H&BW). Over 120 participates with more than 20 investors and 14 well-prepared start-ups