Space Week NY 2026 -- The Spacetech Legal & Capital Playbook (Cooley x Empire Space)
Come join Empire Space and Cooley for The Spacetech Legal & Capital Playbook as part of Space Week NY 2026 in New York City.
RSVP Required
This event is focused on spacetech startups, founders, and emerging companies navigating the legal, capital, regulatory, and operational realities of building in the space sector. Join founders, investors, legal experts, and industry professionals for an afternoon of practical discussion and networking on what it takes to build and scale a spacetech company.
The program will include two panels:
Structuring Space Companies to Raise Capital
Regulatory & Operational Essentials for Space Startups
Topics will include fundraising readiness, cap table and governance basics, IP and data room preparation, licensing pathways, export controls, government contracting, and practical compliance considerations for space startups.
The event will also include a resource review for attendees and a networking reception with informal office hours focused on:
Fundraising & Structure
Regulatory & Compliance
Forward this to founders, operators, investors, counsel, and others in the New York spacetech community.
Space Week NY 2026 is a week full of space programming for New York! Find our other events at SpaceWeekNY.com/schedule-rsvp.
Headline event:
Friday April 24th 9:30am-7:30pm [NYC]: New York Space Forum at the Intrepid Museum
Other events include:
Monday April 20th 5:30pm [Virtual]: Empire Space Town Hall
Tuesday April 21st [Ithaca]: New York Consortium for Space Technology (NYCST) Symposium
Wednesday April 22nd 5:30pm [NYC]: NYC Kickoff at Luxembourg House
Saturday April 25th: 6-10pm [NYC]: Closing Townhouse Party
Space Week NY 2026 Partners:
Questions? Reach us by email [email protected] or on Twitter @EmpireSpaceNY
Want to learn more? Visit our website empirespace.org
Hosted at Cooley on W 34th Street & 11th Avenue. RSVP for full address.