First Contact
Connecting vetted aerospace startups with the agencies, prime contractors, and research institutes actively looking for what they've built. Founders pay nothing. Buyers pay for access to the pipeline.
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The first customer problem
Institutional buyers in aerospace run on relationships. Without a warm introduction, your email goes unanswered regardless of how good your technology is.
Showing up too early wastes everyone's time. Showing up too late means someone else got there first. Orbit matches when the fit is right.
Most founders don't know which specific person inside an agency or prime contractor is the right entry point. Orbit does.
How Orbit works
Submit a short profile of your venture — technology, stage, target market, and what a first win looks like for you. Mission Legible graduates are fast-tracked.
Julian reviews every application. Only founders with a clear technology, a defined buyer, and a realistic first-win scenario enter the active pipeline.
When a buyer in the network expresses interest in your profile, you receive a warm introduction — with context, with framing, and with Julian's credibility behind it.
Questions
Nothing. First Contact is free for founders. Institutional buyers pay for access to the vetted pipeline.
No, but Briefing Room graduates are fast-tracked. The vetting process is significantly faster if you've already been through the programme.
Currently building the buyer side with ESA programme offices, selected prime contractor innovation divisions, and aerospace-focused research institutes.
Join early
First Contact is selective by design. Early applicants get reviewed first and have the best chance of being in the first active cohort.
Join the waitlist
Email with subject: First Contact Waitlist
Apply to First ContactThe introduction is yours. No ongoing commission, no equity, no interference. Orbit's job ends at the introduction.
First Contact is in waitlist phase. The founder pipeline is being built now. Introductions begin when there is sufficient critical mass on both sides.