CASSINI Entrepreneurship Days 2026

THE EUROPEAN UNION’s SPACE ENTREPRENEURSHIP INITIATIVE

CASSINI is the European Commission’s initiative to support entrepreneurs, start-ups, and SMEs in the space industry, including New Space, during 2021-2027. The initiative is open to all areas of the EU Space Programme, and covers both upstream (i.e. nanosats, launchers, etc. and downstream (i.e. products/services enabled by space data, etc.). CASSINI includes a €1 billion EU seeds and growth fund, hackathons and mentoring, prizes, a business accelerator, partnering and matchmaking.