We are running Orbiventure, a design consultancy for space and deep-tech companies. We aren’t your typical beautification designers.
We are strategic and business designers. While you focus on the technical feasibility and the success of your business, we help you achieve product-market fit and commercial viability.
What we do.
Orbiventure helps companies solve their business problems by turning their technologies into commercially viable products.
We apply user-centered design and end-user testing to connect innovations with real market needs.
By aligning your business objectives with your customer needs, we help you open new paths for business and revenue growth.
Our Services
Design Audit & Ethnographic Research for requirements gathering
We audit existing products, services, and user interface design. Implementing primary research with end-users to validate market insights and understand their hidden pain points.
User Journey Mapping & User Testing for product-market fit
We take it a step further by laying out your user scenarios and your product touchpoints. We test your service to find opportunities for greater client adoption through product and service improvements.
Concept Design & Service Blue Printing for business growth
We provide concepts of viable products and services. They can unlock new product development and better service implementation across your business model for you to acquire more customers.
Human Centered Design
Human-centered design is an iterative approach that prioritizes the needs and experiences of users in the development of products, services, and systems.
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​HCD fosters innovation and leads to better outcomes by creating intuitive and effective solutions that resonate with users, enhancing user satisfaction 
and adoption.
Appropriate adoption of HCD models within product development and delivery can present:
10%
increase in customer acquisition
15%
raise in customer retention rates
20%
boost in customer engagement & sales
50%
increase in upselling success
Mckinsey & Company
Meet Our Team!
Abigail
Hoover
Co-Founder
Stéphane
Louis-Alexis-Borel
Co-Founder
Abigail Hoover is a Canadian industrial designer with over four years of experience shaping early-stage aerospace missions through concept development, systems engineering, project management, and market research. Her multidisciplinary approach- rooted in industrial, participatory, and engineering design- has supported diverse initiatives ranging from CubeSat missions and astrobotany research to collaborations with Indigenous communities, marine conservationists, and experts in space law.
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Abigail holds a joint MA/MSc in Global Innovation Design from Imperial College London and the Royal College of Art, where she specialized in ethnographic research and the integration of cultural perspectives within the space sector. Her work bridges technical and human-centered design, helping teams identify meaningful use-cases and build mission-driven solutions.
Stéphane LAB is a designer and entrepreneur with five years of experience in design, business development and entrepreneurship. He leverages his expertise in strategy, foresight and user experience to identify new commercial opportunities and to drive business growth.
Stéphane has a diverse experience in deep-tech, design and consulting. He has delivered value for clients in sectors like B2B software, aviation, transport, energy and water, sustainability and government.
Stéphane holds a design MBA certification, MA degrees from the Design Academy, Eindhoven and from the Ecole Estienne, Paris. He is also a member of the Next Generation Foresight Practitioners. Originally from France, he has worked in various European countries.
Our Experience
Our team has gained valuable experience in a variety of industries, including aerospace, built-environment, environmental conservation, and education. We are striving to collaborate with world-class leaders and institutions to cultivate transdisciplinary partnerships.
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Our diverse backgrounds and experiences outside the space sector provide us with a unique vantage point to aerospace consulting. We use design strategy and human-centered thinking to transform existing and potential use cases of space technology into viable products and services.
Our service offering include product and service innovation and human-centred design for space and deep tech applications.
Lets have a chat!
After all human centered design is focused on user needs so we have to hear yours first! Lets have a chat and sculpt the perfect collaboration to propel your company forward.
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Message us at info@orbiventure.com