I am Manager / CEO of three space related companies and Project Manager one industry website:
European Space Ventures AG (ESV)
Role: CEO
European Space Ventures AG is a Frankfurt am Main-based company dedicated to space investments, supporting European innovation and international space companies. They bring 10 years of experience in the space investment sector and are part of the European Space Agency Business Incubation network.
Their strategy is built on three pillars:
- Strategic Space Value Chain
- Space Fortress Europe
- Space Resources
The company utilizes a hybrid Holding Company and portfolio approach, and they are planning Series A Capital Raising for Q3 2025.
Space Ventures Investors Ltd (SVI)
Role: Managing Director (CEO)
SVI is a shareholder driven company that invests in joint ventures and innovative space companies.
SVI focus is to solve existing inefficiencies, and take advantages of new opportunities, in the emerging space commerce sector.
Key aspects of SVI include:
The Lunar Resources Registry UG (LRR)
Role: CEO
The LRR has developed a Registry Platform for Lunar Resources that follows the required Space Legal and Policy Frameworks.
The Lunar Resources Registry (LRR) was founded in 2019 in Germany by Simon Drake and Kevin Mac Gowan, focusing on facilitating the orderly and transparent development of lunar resources. Headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, LRR operates a registry system for documenting and archiving human activities on the Moon, including past, present, and planned missions, as well as commercial and non-commercial zones for resource exploration and extraction.
Key aspects of the Lunar Resources Registry include:
Space Stocks and Funds
Role: Owner
SpaceStocksFunds.com is a research platform dedicated to investing in space-related ventures. It offers information on a wide range of investment opportunities, including:
The platform provides filtering and search capabilities, allowing users to find companies based on criteria such as:
Type: Stock, fund, pre-IPO
Reach: Asteroids, Earth surface, etc.
Sector: Aerospace, communication, etc.
Technology: Satellites, rockets, etc.
Country
Dividends
Additionally, the website features news, articles, and various resources relevant to space investing. You can explore the platform further at SpaceStocksFunds.
PODCAST: Space races, resource mining, moon bases? What is the reality of trying to make money in the great unknown?
TerraWatch Space - The Commerical Case for Lunar Exploration - Simon Drake
RT'S Boom and Bust - Space Investments and Space Tourism - July 2021
I have been interviewe numerous times by print and online news platforms about space investing and innovation:
I co-founded Space Ventures Investors (UK) in 2014, co-founded the Space Commodities Exchange (US, with four other founders) in 2019, in 2020 co-founded the Lunar Resources Registry in Germany, and lastly in 2025 co-founded European Space Ventures AG in Germany.
I am a passionate and pro-active Space Economy and Space Resources advocate.
I was born and raised in Brisbane, Australia.
I studied Graphic Design and worked in financial education, and then investment banking, including Rothschilds and Co, Jefferies, Goldman Sachs, and Houlihan Lokey.
I have also worked in marketing, public relations, in various levels of Government, for start-ups (online marketing, SaaS), and in small businesses; retail, B2C and B2B.
To date I have lived and worked in Brisbane, Sydney, Berlin, London and Frankfurt.
My favourite hobbies are drawing and oil painting.
I also collect antique maps. Here is my little collection.
Simon Drake presenting October 9th 2019, Mining Space Summit, Luxembourg