Our Partners
The UK Space Agency Accelerator brings together some of the best minds in space, technology and entrepreneurship.
Managed by UK Space Agency and lead by Entrepreneurial Spark, the UK Space Agency Accelerator presents some of the best partnership opportunities in the space sector.
Lead Delivery Partners
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UK Space Agency
The UK Space Agency inspires and leads the UK in space to benefit our planet and its people, playing a major role in delivering the UK Government’s National Space Strategy.
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Entrepreneurial Spark
Global experts in the entrepreneurial mindset, Entrepreneurial Spark knows how to help the people at the heart of business to break out of their comfort zone and fulfil their potential.
Delivery Partners
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Exotopic drives growth in science and technology by connecting government, industry and academia to develop new capabilities, skills and future-ready solutions.
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Technia supports innovators in bringing complex products to life, combining deep PLM expertise with cutting-edge tools to streamline design, development and delivery.
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Cowe Communications helps businesses sharpen their voice, define their purpose and grow with clarity, offering strategic insight and powerful brand storytelling.
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Harper Macleod is a full-service law firm trusted by high-growth businesses to deliver expert legal support from startup through to scale and exit.
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Marks & Clerk is a leading intellectual property firm helping space ventures protect and commercialise innovation, with deep technical and legal expertise.
Supporters
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Northeastern University
A global leader in research-driven innovation and entrepreneurship in deep tech and high-growth sectors.
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Satellite Applications Catapult
A central innovation hub for the UK space sector, offering access to industry networks and future-facing insights.
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Math Works
The developer of MATLAB and Simulink, used for engineering, simulation, and data analysis.
Constellation Members
The Constellation brings together exited entrepreneurs to support the next wave of innovation. As trusted advisors to the Geo cohort, they offer invaluable insight, challenge, and sector-specific guidance.
Mark Roberts
Mark is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor and board advisor. He is an experienced Board Chair, specialising in high-growth, tech-enabled businesses, often with a B2C brand.
As an Entrepreneur, Mark co-founded Beer Hawk (exited to AB InBev), an e-commerce venture which he scaled from two mates in a shed to a thriving business with over £80m in revenues and a team of over 200 beery enthusiasts.
As an Intrapreneur, Mark launched PerfectDraft globally, seeding the product in the UK before scaling it to over $200m in revenues, with a presence on 3 continents, and becoming a lead Direct-To-Consumer proposition for ABInBev.
As a Board Adviser, Mark is an Operational Partner for Praetura Ventures, an Industry Adviser at the University of Oxford and notably Chaired the Leeds City Region Local Enterprise Partnership.
As an Angel Investor, Mark has backed over 10 start-ups, provides ongoing mentoring for the founding teams, and is the Chair of Leeds Angels.
Mark published his first book in 2025, “The Entrepreneur Within”, and speaks internationally about innovation and entrepreneurship.
Hazel Savage
Hazel Savage is a serial founder, angel Investor and board member. Savage is a commercial specialist in Audio, Technology and AI both across B2B and B2C.
Hazel is a music-tech lifer, guitarist and former CEO/Co-Founder of Musiio (sold to SoundCloud in 2022).
Hazel Savage joined Syntho as CEO in Feb 2025.
Savage has previously lived in the UK, Australia and Singapore.
Previous roles held at Shazam, Pandora, Universal Music and BandLab Technologies.
Hazel is a sought after public speaker, she has been featured at SXSW, Music Biz, Wallifornia, Cog X, ADE, Big Sound, Music Matters and many more global conferences.
Currently Savage has invested as an Angel in 9 startups, mostly in the AI/Audio space, but with 2 investments in her new "3rd space" thesis vertical.
Alongside Mark Roberts as chair, and a team of Advisors, Savage is part of the founding team for Leeds Angels, an angel investing group where she acts in the Principal role.
John Young
John Young, based in Holt, GB, is currently a Director of Sales - International at Slingshot Aerospace. John Young brings experience from previous sales roles at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, Quadrant Security Group, Honeywell and Thales UK.
With nearly 25 years of sales experience, with both Primes and SME’s John has a wealth of experience in growing long term sustainable business across a number vertical and Geographics.
A key part of the BAE Systems PLC return to the space market, John has experienced the growing pains of capturing new business in a congested marketplace.
With a robust skill set that includes New Business Development, Business Development, Security, Solution/ problem Selling, and sales team Management John has the skills required to help set business growth strategy, understand the importance of sticking to your tactical plan and the tenacity needed to grow sustainably a new business.