In a recent IEEE list of start-ups to watch in the EO domain, only 1 of the 9 ventures is based in Europe which is ; Dauria Aerospace is based in Munich and whose business model is really quite traditional even if executed in a new way. I have remarked on many occasions recently concerning the lack of private European initiatives like Skybox Imaging, PlanetIQ and several others in the US and strongly regretted that this is the caseEurope cannot develop more business initiatives. Only SSTL (now part of Airbus) and their services subsidiary DMCSI DMCI have made a significant impact with a different business model and I mode. l feel that this lacl lack of European ventures is a result of a number of factors in the European environment (one of which is difficulty in accessing finance) . In and in the recent EC conference on Big Data I talked about the need to introduce an "Enterprise Culture" in part to draw attention to this lacuna.  However, I recently came across ISIS - Innovative Solutions in Space which is a company based in Delft, Netherlands offering cubesats which does seem to break this mould.

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