Magni and Philippe first met at the International Space University in Montréal and worked together over the summer collaboratively with more than 30 other participants on the topic of Space and Open Innovation.

Taking lessons learned from the summer program and with help from friends and colleagues, Magni and Philippe formed two teams to organize Europe and Asia's first StartupWeekend Space in April 2015. It occurred simultaneously in Bremen and Shanghai and drew together more than 120 participants.

Onboarding Izan, the core team with support from the City of Bremen founded Disrupt Space to carry on the grassroots activities initiated in 2015. The first step was to organize a summit that drew together 200 participants from 19 countries in Bremen, Germany.