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Come with us to the factory floor of PLD Space in Spain, where hundreds of engineers and technicians are putting together a rocket in a building that used to make shoes. We look at Europe's plan to launch more of its own rockets in a market now dominated by the US and meet the companies who aim to get that job done. From the team that brought you A Dictionary of Finance. Subscribe to Invested by Europe, for more episodes like this one and for bonus interviews with Europe's rocket founders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When Elon Musk founded SpaceX, he set off a chain reaction that reshaped the global space industry. A former SpaceX engineer turned European investor, a rocket founder in a converted shoe factory in Spain, a banker at the European Investment Bank and the Inspector-General of the European Space Agency explain how Europe is responding. From the team that brought you A Dictionary of Finance. Subscribe to Invested by Europe for more episodes like this one. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From the people who brought you A Dictionary of Finance, a new season of Invested by Europe called Euros in Space. Subscribe to Invested by Europe so you don't miss any of the 30 episodes on the New Space business. Here's the first episode: Europe owns two of the world's most advanced space systems, Galileo and Copernicus, but it spends just 10% of what the US invests in space. Experts from the European Space Agency and the European Commission explain how satellites shape daily life in ways most people never notice. We also look at how Russia's invasion of Ukraine exposed Europe's dependence on foreign rockets, and why closing the investment gap is a strategic imperative. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From the people who brought you A Dictionary of Finance. Euros in Space is the latest season of Invested by Europe, from the European Investment Bank. It explores the people, the companies, and the money behind Europe's space economy. 30 episodes that follow the rocket builders, satellite makers, investors, and institutions working to secure Europe's place in the new space race. Subscribe so you don’t miss any of them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Deep tech is often described as the opposite of conventional or “shallow” technology. Rather than focusing on incremental improvements in software or business models, deep tech is driven by scientific breakthroughs aimed at solving real-world problems that persist over time.

In this episode of Invested by Europe, Jussi Hätönen, head of European Innovation Council Fund investments at the European Investment Bank, explains:

what deep tech really means
how it differs from traditional tech innovation
why it takes longer and costs more to develop
why getting deep tech right is essential for Europe’s competitiveness, resilience and sovereignty.

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