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Go to topicAn agreement was signed in July 2015 between ESA and Seraphim Space & Special Situations Fund in the UK to partner ESA’s ARTES Applications activities with new financial sources.
Venture capital funds worth £83 million (€116 million) will offer new funding opportunities beyond ESA.
Magali Vaissiere, ESA’s Director of Telecommunications and Integrated Applications, and Mark Boggett, Managing Director at Seraphim Space shook hands.