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 a panel on “Formation to Funding: Best Practices when Starting and Scaling a Spacetech Startup."
Topics will include how investors evaluate spacetech companies, current fundraising dynamics in the sector, the role of hardware, capital intensity, regulatory exposure, and long-term market demand in investment decisions, and the legal and regulatory issues founders often encounter earlier than expected, including considerations related to foreign investment.
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 Sponsors:
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.