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Image of Yuk Chi Chan and James Della Valle - Two UCL startups have been selected for prestigious Techstars Accelerator programmes, which provide investment opportunities for early-stage entrepreneurs. Startups BoxxDocks and Charter have secured coveted spots on the London and Space programmes respectively. Being chosen for the three-month accelerators, which kicked off in September, means the startups will receive funding, mentorship and access to the Techstars network, to fuel the success of their businesses. Charter, co-founded by Yuk Chi Chan (LLM International Law, UCL Laws) and Yukun Yin, is developing ATLAS, a collaborative logistics management platform that helps satellite companies to streamline missions and reduce wasted engineering hours so they can get to the launchpad faster. It is the first British space company to be accepted onto Techstars' Space Accelerator, which is partnered by NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab and the US Space Force. Yuk Chi described the award as 'an incredible opportunity for us to accelerate our trajectory', adding : " We at Charter are thrilled to be breaking ground as the first British space company to be accepted to Techstars Space, and the only non-US company featured in the class of 2022. With Techstars' long list of incredible partner organisations, illustrious mentors, and storied alumni, we're excited to be the newest members of the Techstars family." Techstars is one of the most active investors in spacetech, with more than forty sector investments over the last sixteen years.
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