Space Business Podcast #85 Egbert Jan van der Veen, OHB

Egbert Jan van der Veen is the head of strategy of well-known, publicly-listed German space company OHB. He’s also the head of their corporate venture capital arm, which has invested in a number of well-known space companies, including some that have been on this podcast. So he has a really good view of the space sector in general and also specifically about space startups. Enjoy!

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Timestamps

0:00 Intro

2:22 Egbert's background

5:39 Space in 2010

9:09 The OHB experience

10:38 Engineering vs. Business

11:47 What is OHB?

15:15 Vertical integration and supply chain

17:30 Cubesats and Smallsats

20:27 Vertical integration and demand

25:27 The DNA of OHB

28:12 Opportunities in satellite components

32:10 Noteworthy trends on satellite integration

34:30 The Software side of things

36:09 Rockets

40:33 OHB name origin

41:45 OHB Ventures

44:17 What kind of opportunities OHB is looking for

47:09 Disruptive Space tech in 2022

49:20 Sci-Fi