Management Roles

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:

  • Investment Focus: SVI specializes in early-stage investments in space startups in both Europe and the US. Their portfolio includes operational Earth observation startups, an emerging launch company, and early-stage ventures in Lunar Resources, Lunar Landers, and Space Commodities.
  • Expertise: They conduct proprietary research on the space industry and markets to inform their investment strategies.
  • Portfolio Management: SVI actively builds and manages an evolving space portfolio, adapting to technological changes to deliver returns to investors.
  • Business Development: Beyond investing, SVI is involved in actively developing and funding space-focused businesses, including incubating and co-founding innovative space companies.

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Lunar Resources and Lunar Mining, or Moon Mining

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:

  • Transparent Registry: LRR provides an "Open Lunar Registry" as a transparent platform to manage ongoing activities on the Moon. This includes registering locations and zones for space agencies, scientific endeavors, and commercial entities, promoting transparency and aiming to prevent potential conflicts.
  • Commercial Registrations as a Service: LRR offers a service for commercial entities to register their intent to explore and extract resources at specific lunar locations.
  • Lunar Mapping and Data: The company utilizes extensive analytical processing and various data sources (including remote sensing data from missions like Clementine, Lunar Prospector, and Moon Mineralogy Mapper) to create detailed lunar maps. These maps highlight precise locations of potential resources like iron, silicates, titanium, thorium, and water, particularly in polar regions. LRR maintains different online interactive maps for educational, governance, and commercial planning purposes.
  • Early Stage Lunar Mining Exploration: LRR positions itself as an early-stage lunar mining exploration company.
  • Affiliations and Partnerships: LRR participated in the European Space Agency Business Incubation Centre in Germany (from 2021 to 2023) and the Thales Alenia Space - Space Business Catalyst in Italy (2024 to 2025)

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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:

  • Space stocks (of all sizes)
  • Space funds and ETFs
  • Pre-IPOs
  • Private companies
  • Crowd-funding
  • NFTs


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.

Interviews about the respective space companies

PODCAST: Space races, resource mining, moon bases? What is the reality of trying to make money in the great unknown?


Also on:

TerraWatch Space - The Commerical Case for Lunar Exploration - Simon Drake

RT'S Boom and Bust - Space Investments and Space Tourism - July 2021

In the Mainstream News

I have been interviewe numerous times by print and online news platforms about space investing and innovation:

About Me...

The Space Connection

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.

The Early Years

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.

Hobbies

My favourite hobbies are drawing and oil painting.
I also collect antique maps. Here is my little collection.

Simon Drake Space Resources Week Simon Drake presenting October 9th 2019, Mining Space Summit, Luxembourg

Contact

I live in Frankfurt am Main, in Germany.

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Interviews...

Investing in Space with Simon Drake on the Kinvestor Report - April 2025

Space Ventures Investors - an Introduction by Simon Drake - 2021

RT'S Boom and Bust - Space Investments and Space Tourism - July 2021