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# From SaaS to Space: The Defensible Value VCs Are Looking For


- **Date:** Thursday, Jul 9, 2026
- **Time:** 14:50–15:20 (30 min)
- **Room:** Tech Leaders Stage
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 Europe

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100104-from-saas-to-space-the-defensible-value-vcs-are-looking-for)

## Description

Building unassailable moats. In a crowded market, brilliant code alone is no longer enough to survive. This panel serves as a strategic reality check on true technological defensibility, stretching the spectrum from highly efficient, metrics-driven SaaS to high-risk engineering frontiers like Space Tech to answer one core question: How do you build a business that can't be copied? We will explore whether defensibility now requires proprietary data loops, hardware integration, or deep infrastructure, while breaking down how VCs evaluate value across different horizons—balancing the quick traction metrics of software against the immense stamina required for Deep Tech—to reveal where the smart money is quietly moving next.

## Speakers

### [Frank Seehaus](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@frank-seehaus)

Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Acton Capital
### [Friederike Hoffmann](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@friederike-hoffmann)

Partner at b2venture
### [Nils Eiteneyer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@nils-eiteneyer)

Partner at Capnamic
### [Trevor Cox](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@trevor-cox)

Partner at i5invest


## Related talks at this congress

- [5 Things in Tech That Matter Now - 2026 Edition](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1399-5-things-in-tech) — Christian Heilmann
- [Creating Europe's AI Moment – Now or Never](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1058-creating-europe-s-ai) — Antonella Mei-Pochtler, Thomas Jarzombek, Thomas Saueressig, Jasper Bennink
- [The Great Reskilling - Who Wins in the AI Economy?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1008-the-great-reskilling) — Daniel Terzenbach, Johannes Kopf, Rudi Bauer
- [Europe's Regulatory Paradox: Burden, Barrier or Competitive Advantage?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1398-europe-s-regulatory) — Andreas Klinger, Jakobus Schuster, Thomas Eriksson, Katharina Schneeberg