Startech 2025 Summer School

Tor Vergata University of Rome, in collaboration with Universeh's WP5 Space Innovation, is happy to introduce the Startech 2025 Summer School "Space Entrepreneurship: from Business Ideas to Start-Ups".

The goal of this Summer School is to provide participants with the skills, tools, and network necessary to conceive, develop, and launch a space start-up within a global context.

Dates and Teaching Modalities
8-12 September: 3 online synchronous sessions
15-19 September: onsite sessions
22-26 September: 1 online synchronous session

LEARNING METHODS & RELATED EXPERIENCES
• Learning-by-doing approach with a strong practice-oriented and interactive component;
• Fundamentals of entrepreneurship: online tools to create Business Model Canvas, pitch decks, and business plans;
• Teamwork to develop a space start-up project during the course;
• Lecturing and mentoring by, among others, experts from the University of Rome Tor Vergata (Start Cup Lazio network, Interdepartmental Research Center on TeleInFrastructures - CTIF Italy, and the Scientific Observatory on Women Entrepreneurship -OSIF), the AGH University of Krakow, the Luleå University of
Technology, and the Toulouse Business School;
• Visit to ASI (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana);
• Final presentation (group pitch) during the last day of the school: Selected teams will be invited to pitch also in the Grand Final of the Start Cup Lazio competition)